Healthcare Assistant

Job description

Job responsibilities

Operational Responsibilities • Carry out new patient health checks and NHS health checks. • Reviewing patients with Long Term Conditions to record routine measurements, offering disease management advice in accordance with the practice’s clinical protocols. • Carry out ECG’s. • BP monitoring • To undertake duties associated with 24 hour blood pressure monitoring to fitting and downloading from patient. • Phlebotomy • Obtaining specimens e.g. urine, and testing as instructed and completing appropriate laboratory forms and contacting patients to follow up results. • Processing and management of laboratory samples requested by GPs/Nurses, ensure specimens are labelled and bagged ready for collection with the necessary paperwork completed • Weight monitoring • Routine Preventative Immunisations • Carry out B12 vaccinations • Basic wound care/ulcer care and removal of sutures • Ear irrigation • Chaperoning and assisting patients where appropriate who are being examined by another clinician • Vaccine/cold chain storage, monitoring and recording • Surgical equipment and vaccine re-stocking and stock rotation • Clearing and re-stocking consulting rooms • To monitor usage of sharps bins, ensuring that rooms are adequately stocked and bins are transferred to storage for collection. • Ensure clinical waste collection runs smoothly, reporting any problems to the Practice Manager • Preparing and maintaining environments and equipment before, during and after patient care interventions including assisting GPs during the performance of minor operations • Assisting in the assessment and surveillance of patients’ health and well-being • Undertaking specific clinical activities for named patients that have been delegated and taught specifically in relation to that individual • Assist with childhood and adolescent immunisations maintaining any Child Health and Practice records including completing any necessary claims to the Health Authority. • Helping to raise awareness of health and well-being and how it can be promoted, provide lifestyle advice to patients making any necessary referrals within the Practice • Ordering and display of health promotional materials. • Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care as directed by senior nursing staff and GP’s. • Maintain and clean equipment used by the nurses and GP’s according to the practice infection control policy. • To order supplies as directed by the nursing and management team. • Undertake regular maintenance checks of water temperatures and vaccine fridge temperatures. • To co-ordinate the periodic maintenance checks and calibration of medical equipment in accordance with the practice policy. • Provide lifestyle advice to patients making any necessary referrals • Assist the nurse with child immunisations to include data input when required • Undertake housekeeping duties, including general tidiness and cleanliness of clinical rooms. • Maintain accurate records • Undertake home visits for patients for pre-determined duties covered within the existing remit of the Job Description. • To undertake Extended Hours/Access shifts. • Assisting with the collection and collation of data on needs related to health and well-being • Calling patients forward for appointments and pre- appointment procedures. • Such other administrative or clinical duties that maybe required from time to time by the Partners, Nursing Team and the Managerial Team.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• 5 GCSE's at Grade C (or equivalent) to include Maths and English.
• NVQ Level 3 Health and Social Care

Desirable

• Certified competency in phlebotomy
• Completion of Care Certificate

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of working in a patient care setting
• Experience of working within confidentiality and Information Governance protocols

Desirable

• Clinical skills to include blood pressure monitoring, wound care, long term conditions reviews, administering immunisations

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Halesowen Medical Practice

Address

2 Quarry Lane

Halesowen

West Midlands

B63 4WD

Employer's website

https://www.halesowenmedicalpractice.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)