Clinical Support Worker

Job summary

The post holder will support both the Homeless and Asylum Team within Brownlow Health both in a clinic environment and also within the homeless hostels. This is a multi- faceted role with a range of clinical duties including monitoring of long- term conditions, new patient health checks, health promotion and health prevention.

Main duties of the job

Clinical

• Lone visits to homeless hostels

• Monitoring of long-term condition/annual review - QOF related with complex patients referred to registered nurse
• New patient health checks
• Health screening for communicable diseases and give appropriate health promotion advice
• Administration of Flu, Pneumonia, Shingles, B12 vaccines under PSD
• Chaperoning duties
• Vaccine/cold chain storage, monitoring and recording
• Liaising with and assisting members of the nursing team
• Accurately perform and record clinical observations including: blood pressure both digitally and manually, temperature, respiration rate, and pulse, SPO2, weight and urinalysis.
• Have an understanding of their clinical values and know when to escalate.
• Post Hospital discharge monitoring
• Low level referrals such as social prescribing, smoking cessation, treatment room
• Support specialist practitioners- Diabetes, Respiratory.
• Use of interpreting and translation services.

Management:

• Assist the clinical team with the process of recalling patients for the management of LTCs
• Supporting new staff/junior HCAs.
• Take responsibility for a lead area

About us

Brownlow Health is a large GP training practice committed to supporting our team and developing our services. We have a diverse practice population over six sites in the vibrant City of Liverpool. This post is to work at our Central site at Pembroke Place.

We offer a wide variety of specialist services, including Homelessness, Asylum Seekers/Refugees, Care homes, Student health, Sexual health, Obesity and Frailty and have a large multi -disciplinary team of Nurses, GPs, Pharmacists, Care-co-ordinators, 1st contact physios, Social prescribers, Health coaches, Drugs worker etc.

We have a large supportive nursing team of over 40, managed by three Nurse Managers and a Nurse Partner.

Brownlow prides itself in being an exceptional employer. We have a dedicated staff wellbeing team and offer numerous staff benefits and incentives including flexible working and paid study leave plus generous study allowance. You will also receive a 6-month mentorship/induction package

Preference is for this to be a full-time position but part time can be considered.

Salary and Annual leave in line with Agenda for Change.

For more information please contact: BrownlowHR@livgp.nhs.uk