Job summary
JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Title Health Care Assistant
Experience 2 years in a general
practice/NHS setting
Responsible to Senior Nurse Manager
Accountable to GP Partners
and Practice Manager
Hours - Part time
Indemnity Insurance - Cover under the practices MDU scheme.
Job Summary:
To work as a Health Care Assistant, within the nursing team, providing quality
clinical and administrative support in an efficient manner, under the direction
of the Senior Nurse Manager.
Main duties of the job
Specific responsibilities subject to appropriate training and
supervision could include the following range.
General
1 To provide a professional service to our multilingual diverse
practice population using available resources including interpreters to aid
effective communication.
Clinical
1New Patient Checks
2 Other Health Checks including blood pressure checks,
urinalysis and height/weight etc for different groups of patients
3 Lifestyle advice
including smoking cessation, weight management
4 Foot checks for Diabetic
patients
5 Phlebotomy
6 Flu/Pneumococcal
vaccinations
7 B12 injections
8 Stitch and clip removals
/ Simple dressings
9 ECGs
10 Maintain infection control
standards
Admin
1 Medical records
summarising
2 Call and recall letters
for Nurse clinics
3 Ordering of stocks and supplies
4 Monitoring of vaccines
and other drug stocks
5 Ordering health promotion
literature and organising displays
6 Carrying out admin
duties that may be required
Other
1 Maintain confidentiality
at all times
2 Act as a chaperone (after appropriate training), during intimate
examinations as and when necessary in line with the practice chaperone policy
documenting every occasion in the patients records using the practice
chaperone template.
3 Attend and participate in practice meetings and communicate
effectively outside of meetings
4 Maintain health and
safety at all times
About us
We are one of the larger
practices in Newham with over 13 thousand patients, 6 GPs, 1 Nurse, 2 Health Care Assistants and 3 Clinical Pharmacists. We have a health visitor and district nurse
team, a midwife and CBT therapists attached to the practice.
Job description
Job responsibilities
MARKET STREET HEALTH GROUP
JOB DESCRIPTION.
Job Title Health Care Assistant
Experience 2 years in a general
practice/NHS setting
Responsible to Senior Nurse Manager
Accountable to GP Partners
and Practice Manager
Hours - Part time
Indemnity Insurance - Cover under the practices MDU scheme.
Job summary:
To work as a Health Care Assistant, within the nursing team, providing quality
clinical and administrative support in an efficient manner, under the direction
of the Senior Nurse Manager.
Specific responsibilities subject to appropriate training and
supervision could include the following range.
General
1 To provide a professional service to our multilingual diverse
practice population using available resources including interpreters to aid
effective communication.
Clinical
1 New Patient Checks
2 Other Health Checks including blood pressure checks,
urinalysis and height/weight etc for different groups of patients
3 Lifestyle advice
including smoking cessation, weight management
4 Foot checks for Diabetic
patients
5 Phlebotomy
6 Flu/Pneumococcal
vaccinations
7 B12 injections
8 Stitch and clip removals
/ Simple dressings
9 ECGs
10 Maintain infection control
standards
Admin
1 Medical records
summarising
2 Call and recall letters
for nurse clinics
3 Ordering of stocks,
supplies and stationary
4 Monitoring of vaccines
and other drug stocks
5 Ordering health promotion
literature and organising displays
6 Carrying out other admin
duties that may be required
Other
1 Maintain confidentiality
at all times
2 Act as a chaperone, (after appropriate training), during intimate
examinations as and when necessary in line with the practice chaperone policy
documenting every occasion in the patients records using the practice
chaperone template.
3 Attend and participate in practice meetings and communicate
effectively outside of meetings
4 Maintain health and
safety at all times
Training
1 You will need to engage in ongoing training to learn the
skills required of this developing role as well as mandatory training relevant
to the practice team.
Please note this job description could change as the needs of the
practice and service changes.
Job description
Job responsibilities
MARKET STREET HEALTH GROUP
JOB DESCRIPTION.
Job Title Health Care Assistant
Experience 2 years in a general
practice/NHS setting
Responsible to Senior Nurse Manager
Accountable to GP Partners
and Practice Manager
Hours - Part time
Indemnity Insurance - Cover under the practices MDU scheme.
Job summary:
To work as a Health Care Assistant, within the nursing team, providing quality
clinical and administrative support in an efficient manner, under the direction
of the Senior Nurse Manager.
Specific responsibilities subject to appropriate training and
supervision could include the following range.
General
1 To provide a professional service to our multilingual diverse
practice population using available resources including interpreters to aid
effective communication.
Clinical
1 New Patient Checks
2 Other Health Checks including blood pressure checks,
urinalysis and height/weight etc for different groups of patients
3 Lifestyle advice
including smoking cessation, weight management
4 Foot checks for Diabetic
patients
5 Phlebotomy
6 Flu/Pneumococcal
vaccinations
7 B12 injections
8 Stitch and clip removals
/ Simple dressings
9 ECGs
10 Maintain infection control
standards
Admin
1 Medical records
summarising
2 Call and recall letters
for nurse clinics
3 Ordering of stocks,
supplies and stationary
4 Monitoring of vaccines
and other drug stocks
5 Ordering health promotion
literature and organising displays
6 Carrying out other admin
duties that may be required
Other
1 Maintain confidentiality
at all times
2 Act as a chaperone, (after appropriate training), during intimate
examinations as and when necessary in line with the practice chaperone policy
documenting every occasion in the patients records using the practice
chaperone template.
3 Attend and participate in practice meetings and communicate
effectively outside of meetings
4 Maintain health and
safety at all times
Training
1 You will need to engage in ongoing training to learn the
skills required of this developing role as well as mandatory training relevant
to the practice team.
Please note this job description could change as the needs of the
practice and service changes.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- - Experience of diverse communities
- - Experience of working in a caring role
- - Experience of working in the NHS
- - Experience of working in general practice
- - Experience of working in a team
- - Experience of a GP clinical system
- - Experience of working with computers
- - Experience of taking blood
Other requirements / Qualities / Attributes
Essential
- - Reliable
- - Flexible
- - Commitment to meeting patient needs
- - Able to use common sense
- - Able to work as part of a multi-skilled team
- - Able to use own initiative
- - Ability to cope with occasional distressing circumstances
- - Fitness to do the job including taking blood
Qualifications
Essential
- - General education (eg GCSEs) to grade C or above including literacy and numeracy skills
- - Willingness to do additional training & development to meet the needs of the position
Desirable
- - NVQ Level 2/3 Health and Social Care
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- - Excellent verbal communication skills
- - Excellent written communication skills
- - Understanding barriers to health care
- - Understanding of confidentiality
- - Computer skills
- - Ability to work under pressure
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- - Experience of diverse communities
- - Experience of working in a caring role
- - Experience of working in the NHS
- - Experience of working in general practice
- - Experience of working in a team
- - Experience of a GP clinical system
- - Experience of working with computers
- - Experience of taking blood
Other requirements / Qualities / Attributes
Essential
- - Reliable
- - Flexible
- - Commitment to meeting patient needs
- - Able to use common sense
- - Able to work as part of a multi-skilled team
- - Able to use own initiative
- - Ability to cope with occasional distressing circumstances
- - Fitness to do the job including taking blood
Qualifications
Essential
- - General education (eg GCSEs) to grade C or above including literacy and numeracy skills
- - Willingness to do additional training & development to meet the needs of the position
Desirable
- - NVQ Level 2/3 Health and Social Care
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- - Excellent verbal communication skills
- - Excellent written communication skills
- - Understanding barriers to health care
- - Understanding of confidentiality
- - Computer skills
- - Ability to work under pressure
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions 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.
