Health Care Assistant

St Austell Healthcare

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Job summary

St Austell Healthcare are seeking a Healthcare Assistant to work alongside our highly skilled multi-disciplinary team.

Training to Level 2 is preferred but not essential, however, previous HCA experience is essential.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide clinical care as directed by the practice nurse and/or GP. Working under the supervision of a practice nurse responsibilities will vary, involving the implementation of clinical care packages, phlebotomy and assessment, treatment and the evaluation of patients care.

Overview of responsibilities:

  • Establish and maintain communication with a range of people on a range of matters in a form that is appropriate to them and the situation.
  • Monitor and maintain health, safety and security of self and others.
  • Contribute to the improvement of services.
  • Maintain quality in own work and encourage others to do the same.
  • Support equality and value diversity, identifying when own or others behaviour undermines equality and diversity.

  • Plan, develop, implement and assess approaches to promote health and well-being.
  • Recognise and report situations where there might be a need for protection

There will be a requirement to move between our sites.

Hours to be arranged between 8.00 am and 8.00 pm Monday to Friday, with rota participation on a Saturday from 9am to 5pm.

Benefits include 6 weeks holiday per year, NHS pension scheme and access to company car scheme.

About us

St Austell Healthcare has a strong multidisciplinary team comprising GPs, ANPs, Nurses, Paramedics, Physiotherapist and Pharmacists and an ethos for innovation and collaboration with health and social care partners.

We are an award winning, happy team and take pride in our work and the care we offer our 37,000 patients.

We are constantly seeking new ways of working to enhance service provision and the patient experience, introducing new technologies and methods of working to meet the expectations of our patient group. We are ambitious and wish to provide the best service we can for the people of St Austell.

Date posted

14 October 2022

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

A0543-22-2401

Job locations

1 Wheal Northey

St Austell

Cornwall

PL25 3EF


Job description

Job responsibilities

Specific Responsibilities:

Clinical Skills

  • Undertake record and follow guidelines for the tasks for which you have received appropriate training.
  • Venepuncture.
  • Urinalysis and preparation of specimens for investigation by the pathology laboratory.
  • Measuring and recording:-
    1. blood pressure
    2. pulse rate and rhythm
    3. temperature
    4. height and weight
    5. body mass index
    6. peak flow
    7. ECGs
    8. Blood glucose monitoring
    • Prepare and maintain environments and equipment before, during and after patient care interventions
    • Ensure GPs rooms and clinical treatment rooms are clean and well stocked.
    • Give accurate and appropriate information to patients and groups within own competence.
    • Support clinicians in providing minor surgery.
    • Plan, develop and implement ways of raising and promoting awareness of health and well-being, keeping records of what has been done.
    • Provide support and encouragement to patients to self-manage their conditions as appropriate.
    • Act as a chaperone, when requested.
    • Record information and activities undertaken with patients and carers in an accurate and timely fashion using manual or computer systems and Read codes.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Specific Responsibilities:

Clinical Skills

  • Undertake record and follow guidelines for the tasks for which you have received appropriate training.
  • Venepuncture.
  • Urinalysis and preparation of specimens for investigation by the pathology laboratory.
  • Measuring and recording:-
    1. blood pressure
    2. pulse rate and rhythm
    3. temperature
    4. height and weight
    5. body mass index
    6. peak flow
    7. ECGs
    8. Blood glucose monitoring
    • Prepare and maintain environments and equipment before, during and after patient care interventions
    • Ensure GPs rooms and clinical treatment rooms are clean and well stocked.
    • Give accurate and appropriate information to patients and groups within own competence.
    • Support clinicians in providing minor surgery.
    • Plan, develop and implement ways of raising and promoting awareness of health and well-being, keeping records of what has been done.
    • Provide support and encouragement to patients to self-manage their conditions as appropriate.
    • Act as a chaperone, when requested.
    • Record information and activities undertaken with patients and carers in an accurate and timely fashion using manual or computer systems and Read codes.

Person Specification

Other Skills

Essential

  • Practical and intellectual skills:
  • Demonstrates self-awareness, i.e. strengths and weaknesses, personal qualities and skills.
  • Able to communicate routine information that requires tact and persuasive skills, or where there may be barriers to understanding.
  • Standard keyboard skills
  • Planning and organisational skills:
  • Able to organise own time and workload, and cope with occasional last-minute changes
  • Training and education:
  • Willingness to undergo education/ training for both practice and service needs.
  • Willingness to work towards professional and performance objectives.
  • Disposition/ personal:
  • Demonstrates motivation, reliability and commitment to team working and the development of others.
  • Flexibility, commitment and adaptability.
  • Demonstrates an ability to value the opinions of others
  • Physical effort/ skills:
  • Ability to work within manual-handing policy.
  • Ability to handle simple medical equipment and undertake phlebotomy (dexterity and manipulation skills)
  • Mental and emotional effort:
  • Ability to deal with occasional exposure to distressing circumstances or emotional events
  • Ability to cope with occasional exposure to aggressive behaviour

Qualifications

Essential

  • General education (3 GCSE's) to grade C or above
  • Previous HCA experience

Desirable

  • Training to NVQ level 2
Person Specification

Other Skills

Essential

  • Practical and intellectual skills:
  • Demonstrates self-awareness, i.e. strengths and weaknesses, personal qualities and skills.
  • Able to communicate routine information that requires tact and persuasive skills, or where there may be barriers to understanding.
  • Standard keyboard skills
  • Planning and organisational skills:
  • Able to organise own time and workload, and cope with occasional last-minute changes
  • Training and education:
  • Willingness to undergo education/ training for both practice and service needs.
  • Willingness to work towards professional and performance objectives.
  • Disposition/ personal:
  • Demonstrates motivation, reliability and commitment to team working and the development of others.
  • Flexibility, commitment and adaptability.
  • Demonstrates an ability to value the opinions of others
  • Physical effort/ skills:
  • Ability to work within manual-handing policy.
  • Ability to handle simple medical equipment and undertake phlebotomy (dexterity and manipulation skills)
  • Mental and emotional effort:
  • Ability to deal with occasional exposure to distressing circumstances or emotional events
  • Ability to cope with occasional exposure to aggressive behaviour

Qualifications

Essential

  • General education (3 GCSE's) to grade C or above
  • Previous HCA experience

Desirable

  • Training to NVQ level 2

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

St Austell Healthcare

Address

1 Wheal Northey

St Austell

Cornwall

PL25 3EF


Employer's website

https://www.staustellhealthcare.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

St Austell Healthcare

Address

1 Wheal Northey

St Austell

Cornwall

PL25 3EF


Employer's website

https://www.staustellhealthcare.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

HR

hr.sahc@nhs.net

01726626857

Date posted

14 October 2022

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

A0543-22-2401

Job locations

1 Wheal Northey

St Austell

Cornwall

PL25 3EF


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