Job summary
Urban Village Medical Practice is seeking a Health Care Assistant (HCA) to join our friendly team.
We are looking for someone who enjoys working in a busy environment and has a love of patient care.
The ideal candidate would have experience of working in a GP practice in a HCA role but this is not essential, but must be willing to learn phlebotomy and all other elements of the role.
Main duties of the job
Other elements you will be expected to deliver (with training); blood pressure checks, NHS health checks, Smoking Cessation, Restocking of rooms, Diabetes Foot assessments, ECG measurement assisting with Infection Control processes and audits.
The post is 30 hours per week.
Ideally hours would be 7:30/8:00am -18:00/18:30pm across 3 days
About us
Urban Village Medical Practice is a CQC 'outstanding' practice that offers a high quality range of primary care services for a diverse population, with a focus on inclusion and equality.
We have a growing list size of 13,550 patients and our clinical team consists of 3 GP partners, 10 salaried GPs, 2 x pharmacists, 2 x practice nurses, 3 x specialist nurses and 1 x health care assistants. Our supportive admin team includes a practice manager, operational manager, reception supervisor and a great team of administration staff.
If you are self-motivated, with lots of enthusiasm and a strong team work ethic then please apply.
Job description
Job responsibilities
RESPONSIBLE TOO
Operations Manager
Clinically to the Senior Nurse.
MAIN PURPOSE
To assist the medical personnel with the care of patients. This will include treatment, preventative care, screening and patient education. The post will also include some administrative duties.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- BP monitoring
- Urinalysis
- ECG measurement
- Phlebotomy
- Weight monitoring
- Chaperone patients as necessary
- Smoking cessation clinics
- Injections B12, flu etc
- Provide lifestyle advice to patients making any necessary referrals within the Practice
- Foot assessments
- Health Promotion
- Learning disability reviews
- Restocking/maintenance of equipment
- Restocking of clinical areas and consulting rooms
2. Administration and professional responsibilities
- Participate in the administrative and professional responsibilities of the practice team
- Ensure accurate and legible notes of all consultations and treatments are recorded in the patients notes
- Ensure the clinical computer system is kept up to date with accurate details recorded
- Ensure accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with patient health care and registration with the practice
- Attend and participate in practice meetings as required
- Restocking and maintenance of clinical areas and consulting rooms
- To assist in seasonal and special projects as requested e.g. flu campaign
- Ordering and rotation of CSSD equipment.
- Cleaning and sterilisation of equipment and associated record keeping.
- Ordering of pathology stores equipment
Job description
Job responsibilities
RESPONSIBLE TOO
Operations Manager
Clinically to the Senior Nurse.
MAIN PURPOSE
To assist the medical personnel with the care of patients. This will include treatment, preventative care, screening and patient education. The post will also include some administrative duties.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- BP monitoring
- Urinalysis
- ECG measurement
- Phlebotomy
- Weight monitoring
- Chaperone patients as necessary
- Smoking cessation clinics
- Injections B12, flu etc
- Provide lifestyle advice to patients making any necessary referrals within the Practice
- Foot assessments
- Health Promotion
- Learning disability reviews
- Restocking/maintenance of equipment
- Restocking of clinical areas and consulting rooms
2. Administration and professional responsibilities
- Participate in the administrative and professional responsibilities of the practice team
- Ensure accurate and legible notes of all consultations and treatments are recorded in the patients notes
- Ensure the clinical computer system is kept up to date with accurate details recorded
- Ensure accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with patient health care and registration with the practice
- Attend and participate in practice meetings as required
- Restocking and maintenance of clinical areas and consulting rooms
- To assist in seasonal and special projects as requested e.g. flu campaign
- Ordering and rotation of CSSD equipment.
- Cleaning and sterilisation of equipment and associated record keeping.
- Ordering of pathology stores equipment
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience delivering phlebotomy services
- Confident utilising PCs for record keeping/ emails/ internal
- communications
- Knowledge of confidentiality
- High level of verbal and written English
- Able to work in an inclusive and non-discriminatory way
- Willing to learn new skills and undertake training to support role and personal development
Desirable
- Experience working in a GP surgery as a HCA
- Skills/ experience with regards to the job description
- NVQ/ BTEC in Health and Social Care or similar
- Knowledge of GP services working processes and workload
- Knowledge of local health services and organisations
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to GCSE level or equivalent
Desirable
- Qualified to NVQ level 2 in Health and Social Care
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience delivering phlebotomy services
- Confident utilising PCs for record keeping/ emails/ internal
- communications
- Knowledge of confidentiality
- High level of verbal and written English
- Able to work in an inclusive and non-discriminatory way
- Willing to learn new skills and undertake training to support role and personal development
Desirable
- Experience working in a GP surgery as a HCA
- Skills/ experience with regards to the job description
- NVQ/ BTEC in Health and Social Care or similar
- Knowledge of GP services working processes and workload
- Knowledge of local health services and organisations
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to GCSE level or equivalent
Desirable
- Qualified to NVQ level 2 in Health and Social Care
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).
Additional information
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).