Healthcare Assistant

Thirsk Doctors Surgery

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Job summary

We have a vacancy for a Healthcare Assistant, required for a busy GP practice, providing care to 7700 patients in and around the North Yorkshire market town of Thirsk.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and reliable Healthcare Assistant for 18 hours a week.

Working hours are Wednesdays and Thursday, 8am to 6pm with an hour off for lunch.

For more information about the practice and the services we provide, please visit our website at thirskdoctorssurgery.co.uk

Our organisation is committed to safe and fair recruitment, safeguarding and protecting those we care for and serve. We have a robust recruitment policy, and all our staff are vetted prior to appointment including being subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. We also take up two satisfactory references before the individual starts work. Staff are trained and supervised fairly and to a high standard so that they can provide safe, effective, and compassionate care.

Interview Date: 18th December 2024

Main duties of the job

The following are some of the primary responsibilities of a Healthcare Assistant, the full job description is attached to NHS jobsite.

Undertake new patient health checks
Carry out baseline observations such as pulse oximitery, blood pressure, temperature, and pulse rate, recording findings accurately.
Facilitate routine home machine BP monitoring, advising patients accordingly.
Nurses phone in- advising patients of test results.
Undertake wound care, dressings and other clinical tasks as required and within trained competencies.
Carry out BMI checks as directed.
Act as a chaperone as required.
Undertake venepuncture, attend training.
Carry out ECGs as requested.
Urinalysis
Ensure specimens are recorded and ready for onward transportation.
Dopplar's
Provide support during minor operations and medicals as required.
Following agreed clinical protocols with referrals to the GP's
Ensure all clinical rooms are adequately stocked, clean and tidy and prepared for each session, maintaining and cleaning equipment used by nurses & GP's.
Ensure fridges are cleaned routinely in accordance with extant guidance, recording and monitoring of fridge temperatures.
Ensure clinical waste is removed from clinical areas and sharps bins replaced in accordance with the organisations IPC policy.
Partake in mandatory eLearning and face to face training.

About us

Thirsk Doctors Surgery are committed to providing high quality primary care services through an ethos of continuous learning and reflection, while ensuring all staff and patients are treated with dignity, honesty and respect.

We aim to be innovative and adaptable to the changing face of General Practice and to balance the needs of individual patients with those of the wider practice population. We are dedicated to promoting the aims of values of our Primary Care Network and Integrated Care Boards and strive to improve the health of our population and encourage self-care.

Date posted

14 November 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£11.55 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

A0933-24-0009

Job locations

Chapel Street

Thirsk

YO7 1LG

Job description

Job responsibilities

The following are the primary core responsibilities of the Healthcare Assistant. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:

a. Undertake new patient health checks.

b. Support the practice nurse with health promotion programmes.

c. Carry out baseline observations such as pulse oximitery, blood pressure, temperature, and pulse rate, recording findings accurately.

d. Facilitate routine home machine BP monitoring, advising patients accordingly.

e. Nurses phone in- advising patients of test results.

f. Undertake wound care, dressings and other clinical tasks as required and within trained competencies.

g. Support the practice nurses with the management of chronic disease clinics.

h. Carry out BMI checks as directed.

i. Act as a chaperone as required.

j. Undertake venepuncture, attend training.

k. Administer flu, covid, pneumococcal and shingles within trained competencies and attend training update courses where required.

l. Carry out ECGs as requested.

m. Urinalysis

n. Ensure specimens are recorded and ready for onward transportation.

o. Deliver smoking cessation clinics and attend the training if required.

p. Dopplar's

q. Provide support during minor operations and medicals as required.

r. Following agreed clinical protocols with referrals to the GP's

s. Ensure all clinical rooms are adequately stocked, clean and tidy and prepared for each session, maintaining and cleaning equipment used by nurses & GP's.

t. Ensure fridges are cleaned routinely in accordance with extant guidance, recording and monitoring of fridge temperatures.

u. Ordering stock from suppliers when required, stock checks.

v. Ensure clinical waste is removed from clinical areas and sharps bins replaced in accordance with the organisations IPC policy.

w. Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate.

x. Partake in mandatory eLearning and face to face training.

In addition to the primary responsibilities, the Healthcare Assistant may be requested to:

Participate in practice audit as directed by management.
Participate in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care.
Support and participate in shared learning within the organisation.
Complete opening and closing procedures in accordance with the duty rota when required.
Attendance of practice meetings, significant event meetings and staff training events.
Co-operate with annual appraisal meetings and interim performance reviews.

All staff will receive safeguarding training relevant to their role which is provided by both the practice and external safeguarding professionals. All new staff will be reminded during their induction training program, and subsequent training updates, of their personal, moral and legal roles and responsibilities concerning safeguarding.