Job responsibilities
Role
of the Service
As part of
our diagnostic business unit, we are working across various locations in
Lancashire to provide NHS Health Checks to eligible patients aged 40-74. As
part of this check, patients have observations taken as well as Point of Care
testing for cholesterol and when appropriate HBA1c levels are checked. For
those not eligible, patients are offered a mini health check for observations.
All patients are given lifestyle advice and when appropriate signposted to
other services. These health checks can take place in various locations
including on our mobile treatment unit, local community venues, shopping
centres and workplaces.
Duties
and Responsibilities
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To undertake NHS health checks in the community face to face with patients.
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To provide patient education and health promotion.
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Work to attain the service KPIs and targets.
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Ensure all patient contact is recorded in a timely manner on the IT systems
to enable tracking of patient outcomes, both in real-time to support ongoing
intervention planning and retrospectively to understand the impact of the
service.
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To ensure mandatory training is kept up to date.
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Acknowledge and accommodate barriers to
communication and understanding including speech, hearing, language, and
emotion.
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Flexibility in attending organised educational
updates and eagerness to expand on current knowledge base and cascading new
educational information to colleagues whenever possible
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Inform the Clinical Manager of any untoward
incidents, work within all relevant policies and procedural guidelines e.g.
infection control, safeguarding and risk management.
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above list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be fully
comprehensive and may be amended to take account of changing circumstances or
requirements following consultation with the post holder.
Education
and In Service Training
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Be fully conversant in all the clinical
computer systems used within FCMS.
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Attend relevant study/induction days,
seminars, courses etc, for individual development and for the benefit of the
service.
- Where
necessary relevant training in the operation of new or unfamiliar equipment,
software or procedures will be provided or arranged.
Confidentiality
In
the course of your duties, you may have access to confidential information
about patients, staff or health service business. On no account must such information be
divulged to anyone who is not authorised to receive it. Confidentiality of information must be always
preserved whether at or away from work. FCMS
has in place a Whistle blowers Policy for staff wishing to express concerns.
Data
Protection Act, 1998
Carry out
any requirements within the duties applicable to the Data Protection Act, 1998.
Health and Safety At Work Act, 1974
Observe
all responsibilities and carry out all duties, whether general to all employees
or specific to the post, relating to Health and Safety in accordance with the
Practice and Departmental Safety Policies and any statutory requirements.
Clinical
& Corporate Governance/Quality Assurance
All
employees are expected to comply with the clinical and corporate governance
arrangements of FCMS. Every employee is personally responsible for the quality
of the work, and standard of care, which they individually provide. It is their duty to seek to attain the
highest standards achievable both individually and collectively within their
knowledge, skills and resources available to them.
Outside
Employment/Outside Interests
If you
have other work or outside interests, this must not conflict with your duties
and responsibilities of your attendance for work as an employee of FCMS.
It is a
condition of appointment that you must inform your manager before taking up of
any private practice, work for outside agencies or other employers, other work
for FCMS (including bank work on other services), voluntary work or outside
interests you have or propose to have.
This is to ensure there is no question of it creating a conflict of
interest with your duties. You must also
therefore seek your manager's approval before taking on any such other work or
outside interest at any time after entering employment.
Working
Time Directive
You are
required to comply with the regulations governing working time and to any
locally agreed associated arrangements.
Harassment
and Bullying
FCMS
condemns all forms of harassment and bullying and is actively seeking to
promote a workplace where employees are treated with dignity, respect and
without bias.
Equal
Opportunities
In all the foregoing text any reference to one
gender whether direct or implied equally includes the opposite gender unless
specifically stated to be otherwise.
Fire
Training
Each member of the staff has a statutory
obligation to attend a Fire Lecture each year.
It is the responsibility of each member of staff to ensure that they
comply with this legal requirement.
No Smoking
Policy
FCMS has a no smoking policy.
Disclosure/Criminal
Record (DBS)
This post will be subject to enhanced
disclosure under DBS and is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders
Act (Exemption Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission
for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known
as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. This will require three
forms of valid ID to be produced and verified. The onboarding process is also
subject to an Occupational Health check, suitable professional references and
eligibility to work in the UK (with the requirement to provide relevant
documentation as evidence).
Disability Confident Employer - As users of
the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled
applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy
*Please
note that our roles are not being considered for sponsorship at this time*
The organisation is committed to
safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable
adults and expects all staffto share this commitment. You will be
expected to fulfil your mandatory safeguarding training at the level applicable
to this role.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early
if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are
interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
