Healthcare Assistant

Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB DESCRIPTION- HEALTHCARE ASSISTANT

Job Title: Healthcare Assistant

Location: Church Elm Lane Medical Practice

Responsible to: Practice Manager for administrative matters

General Practitioners for clinical matters

Grade: Level 2 or 3 NVQ in Health and Social Care or equivalent

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Organisational Relationships:

Liaises with Internally: General Practitioners

Practice Manager

All other members of the practice team effectively.

Externally: Health Visitor

District Nurse

Other Primary care Team Workers including Social Services

Primary Care Trust

.with appropriate regard to confidentiality.

The post holder will be required to carry out a wide range of duties under the direction of the GP, Practice Nurse and Practice Manager to maintain high quality service delivery to our patients.

Job Summary:Working under the direct supervision of the GP, assisted by the Practice Nurses, and working as part of the clinical team and strictly in accordance with specific Practice guidelines and protocols, the Healthcare Assistant will assist the Practice clinical team in the provision and delivery of prescribed programmes of patient care.

Duties and Responsibilities:

To provide high quality patient care and to work as a supervised member of the health care team, performing delegated nursing duties, for example:

ECG recording

Assisting with flu clinics (under strict protocols, with up-to-date training and monitoring from GP/PN)

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Chronic disease monitoring

Measuring lung function / spirometry

New patient checks

NHS Health checks

Smoking service

Diabetic foot checks

HIV testing

Weight Management

Urine testing

Chaperoning duties

Summarising patient notes

Assist in the achievement of QOF and taking ownership of particular clinical areas

Vaccine/cold chain storage, monitoring and recording

Clearing and re-stocking consulting rooms

Preparing and maintaining environments and equipment before, during and after patient care interventions

Assisting GPs during the performance of minor operations and coil fitting

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

Helping to raise awareness of health and well-being and how it can be promoted

Assisting with the collection and collation of data on needs related to health and well-being

Health promotion displays

Data entry into the computerised clinical record database for QOF and Enhanced Services Requirements.

Referring patients as appropriate eg. National Diabetes Prevention programme, retinal screening, pulmonary rehabilitation, lifestyle guidance, social prescribing etc.

Nursing home visits for health checks and appropriate vaccines

Participate in audit to help achieve targets eg. QOF, enhanced servcies and monitor own work.

Undertake wound care (with appropriate training and supervision)

Please see the supporting document for the full Job description as it is too long for this section.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Level 2 or 3 NVQ in Health and Social Care or equivalent
• flu vaccines

Desirable

• Qualified in phlebotomy

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in General Practice as a Healthcare Assistant.
• Experience of carrying out NHS and new patient health checks, Diabetes foot checks, BP and BMI
• Experience of flu vaccinations
• Experience and able to carry out QOF and Enhanced services recalls.

Desirable

• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
• Experience of helping doctor carry out minor surgery
• Able to refer patients to National Diabetes Prevention program
• Create and run searches on EMIS web

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Church Elm Lane Medical Practice

Address

169 Church Elm Lane

Dagenham

Essex

RM10 9RR

Employer's website

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