Healthcare Assistant

Job description

Job responsibilities

Working under direct supervision of the Practice Nurse and strictly in accordance with specific practice guidelines and protocol, the Health Care Assistant will assist the Practice Clinical Team in the provision and delivery of prescribed programmes of patient care

Principal Duties and Responsibilities (dependent of the postholders skills and Qualifications:

New Patient Health Checks

ECG recordings

Phlebotomy

- Blood pressure monitoring

- Flu vaccinations, B12, pneumonia

- Wound care

- Chaperoning and assisting patients where appropriate who are being examined by another clinician.

- Processing and management of laboratory samples requested by GPs/Nurses

- Vaccine/cold chain storage, monitoring and recording

- Re-stocking and stock rotation

- Clearing and restocking consulting rooms

- Preparing and maintaining environments and equipment before, during and after patient care interventions including assisting GPs during the performance of minor operations, coil and implant fittings

- Assisting in the assessment and surveillance of patients health and wellbeing

- 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 wellbeing and how it can be promoted.

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

To provide administrative support to achieving the QOF and other incentive scheme clinical and non-clinical markers for each financial year. This will include recall systems, data inputting and validation.

- Actively involved in long term management such as hypertension and asthma

- To undertake projects with the Practice Manager and Business Manager to ensure that data is captured by the clinical team is of a uniform standard and to ensure timely and accurate reporting. To include template management

To support Practice Campaigns clinically and administratively, e.g. Flu.

Maintain BP measurements within strict protocols

- To provide administrative support to new initiatives for example the website and intranet

To carry out any additional duties as may be required following discussion with the Practice and Business Managers.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working within a nursing team.
• Experience of working with the general public.

Desirable

• Experience of working as a healthcare assistant within a GP Practice.
• Experience in the following areas:
• Phlebotomy
• Wound care
• ECGs
• NHS Health Checks
• New patient health checks

Qualifications

Essential

• GCSE grade A to C in English and Maths
• Healthcare Qualification (Level 3 or 4)
• Care Certificate

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

Cleckheaton Group Practice

Address

St John’s House

Cross Church Street

Cleckheaton

West Yorkshire

BD19 3RQ

Employer's website

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