HCA or Nursing Associate / Trainee Nursing Associate

Job description

Job responsibilities

Carry out diagnostic testing with scope and manage patient outcomes in-line with practice policies and protocols. Delivering high standards of holistic care, ensuring patient equality and dignity are maintained.

Input patient data into the medical record and action accordingly within scope and in-line with practice policies and protocols.

Support and delivery of other contracts such as LARC and Diabetes including completing home visits.

Managing and maintaining stock levels for LARC clinics through ordering processes.

General Responsibilities

Work as part of the PCN's MDT to provide and monitor care, under direct or indirect supervision.

Improve safety and quality of care at every opportunity.

Contribute to the delivery of integrated care.

Work with the PCN MDT to ensure delivery of nursing associate duties complement existing workforce.

Provide support and supervision to training nursing associates, healthcare assistants, apprentices, and those on learning assignments/placements as required.

Support registered nurses to enable them to be able to focus on the more complex clinical care.

Develop relationships across the MDT to support integration of the role across health and social care including primary care, secondary care and mental health.

Perform and record clinical observations such as blood pressure, temperature, respirations, and pulse.

After undertaking additional training, provide flu vaccinations, ECGs, and venepuncture, and other relevant clinical tasks as required by the PCN, in line with the competencies of the role.

Promote health and well-being to all patients, for example undertaking the NHS health check.

Care for individuals with dementia, mental health conditions, and learning disabilities.

Advise patients on general healthcare and promote self-management where appropriate, including signposting patients to personalised care colleagues and local community and voluntary sector services

Communicate proactively and effectively with all MDT colleagues across the PCN, attending and contributing to meetings as required.

Maintain accurate and contemporaneous patient health records.

Enhance own performance through continuous professional development, imparting own knowledge and behaviours to meet the needs of the service.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Either a care certificate if an HCA or having completed the Nursing Associate two-year foundation degree and holding registration as an NA, or be working towards completing the NA foundation degree.
• Data input skills.
• Good communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to organise own workload.
• Attention to detail.
• DBS Certification.
• Legal Right to work in the UK.
• Hold a current UK driving licence and have access to a reliable vehicle.
• Smart and professional appearance.
• A flexible and adaptable approach to maintain the consistent delivery of high-quality services.

Desirable

• Experience working within primary care.
• Experience working with Emis clinical system

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

Market Harborough & Bosworth Partnership

Address

67 Coventry Road

Market Harborough

Leicestershire

LE16 9BX

Employer's website

https://www.mh-bp.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)