Healthcare Assistant

Job description

Job responsibilities

To assist the practice clinical team in the provision and delivery of prescribed programmes of patient care in accordance with specific practice guidelines and protocols

To support the administration of the practices chronic disease management recall programme

Acting as the practice liaison with the wider community team in respect of arranging meetings and general communication

To ensure that patient confidentiality is observed and maintained at all times

Duties and Responsibilities:

• New patient health checks
• NHS health checks
• ECG recording
• Phlebotomy
• Administration of influenza and pneumococcal vaccines and B12 injections
• Chaperoning duties
• Wound management
• Processing and management of laboratory samples requested by GPs/nurses
• Vaccine/cold chain storage, monitoring and recording
• Preparing and maintaining environments and equipment before, during and after patient care interventions including assisting GPs during the performance of minor operations and coil fittings
• Assisting in the assessment and surveillance of patients health and well-being
• 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
• Administration of practices chronic disease recall programme
• Stock control

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to a minimum of GCSE Grade C in Maths and English
• Evidence of completion of secondary education
• A demonstrable commitment to professional development
• Sound written skills
• Sound time management skills
• Ability to express ideas clearly in writing and verbally
• Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines
• Ability to use initiative and capable of making decisions within the scope of the post

Desirable

• NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care
• Competent in basic health care duties as required for the post
• Experience of phlebotomy
• Relevant health care assistant experience
• HCA primary care experience
• Experience of Emis IT 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

Oaks Healthcare

Address

26 – 30 London Road

Cowplain

Waterlooville

Hampshire

PO8 8DL

Employer's website

https://oakshealthcare.gpsurgery.net/ (Opens in a new tab)