Job summary
Ashington House
surgery is seeking to recruit a PT HCA to join its current nursing team in West
Swindon.
Working with our clinical teams to deliver the best primary care
healthcare service to our patients. More specifically, our HCAs are responsible
for the normal primary care clinical HCA duties and clinical administrative
work.
Main duties of the job
Clinical
responsibilities include:
·
Vaccination management
·
Clinical stock control/re-stocking rooms.
·
Urinalysis and prepartion of specimens
·
Blood tests and phlebotomy
·
Long term condition reviews where appropriate
·
Ear Irrigation and vaccinations including flu/pneumococcal vaccines
·
Dressings and wound-care
·
Patient education and promotion of health and well-being
·
Gathering lifestyle data from patients
·
Infection control and equipment management
About us
We are an established surgery in West Swindon. We offer a high standard of patient centred healthcare to the local community.
We offer our patients a variety of appointments including book on the day, book in advance, online, telephone and video consultations.
The surgery is a member of the Brunel Healthcare Group and part of a primary care network alongside Ridge Green Surgery, North Swindon Practice and Park Lane Practice. Together we are committed to ensuring patients within the local community have access to the best care possible within the resources that we have.
As part of the primary care network we have recently improved services by jointly employing a primary care Pharmacist to improve the quality and safety of prescribing, and also a Health and Wellbeing advisor whose role is to coordinate social initiatives and advise individual patients how they can improve their health through lifestyle changes.
In addition we also offer additional services including, Physiotherapist, Medication reviews, Diabetes Management, Blood Tests, Antenatal Care, Family Planning and Chronic Disease Management.
Further information on the services we provide and how to access them can be found within this Website.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Working under the
direct supervision of the senior practice nurse 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:
·
Phlebotomy
·
Wound care
·
Simple
dressings
·
Ear
syringing
·
ECG recording
·
Blood
pressure monitoring
·
Vaccinations
- B12 Influenza Pneumococcal
·
Chaperoning
duties
·
Removal of
sutures
·
Processing
and management of laboratory samples requested by GPs/nurses
·
Sterilising,
cleansing and maintenance of surgical equipment
·
Vaccine/cold
chain storage, monitoring and recording
·
Surgical
equipment and vaccine re-stocking and stock rotation
·
Clearing
and re-stocking consulting rooms
·
Preparing
and maintaining environments and equipment before, during and after patient
care interventions, including assisting GPs during the performance of minor
operations
·
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
Job description
Job responsibilities
Working under the
direct supervision of the senior practice nurse 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:
·
Phlebotomy
·
Wound care
·
Simple
dressings
·
Ear
syringing
·
ECG recording
·
Blood
pressure monitoring
·
Vaccinations
- B12 Influenza Pneumococcal
·
Chaperoning
duties
·
Removal of
sutures
·
Processing
and management of laboratory samples requested by GPs/nurses
·
Sterilising,
cleansing and maintenance of surgical equipment
·
Vaccine/cold
chain storage, monitoring and recording
·
Surgical
equipment and vaccine re-stocking and stock rotation
·
Clearing
and re-stocking consulting rooms
·
Preparing
and maintaining environments and equipment before, during and after patient
care interventions, including assisting GPs during the performance of minor
operations
·
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
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified in Phlebotomy
- Good General Education
- Experience within a health care setting
Desirable
- Qualified to NVQ level 3
- Experience in GP Practice
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified in Phlebotomy
- Good General Education
- Experience within a health care setting
Desirable
- Qualified to NVQ level 3
- Experience in GP Practice
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.