Health Care Assistant

Job description

Job responsibilities

Undertake and record the following tasks.

Urinalysis

Measurement of blood pressure, temperature, and pulse

Peak flow measurements

New patient health checks

NHS Health Checks

Hypertension monitoring and other long-term conditions

Venepuncture

Organisation of housebound annual bloods and entering health monitoring data via System one into patients records

MMSE tests

Performing ECG's

Organisation of urgent blood tests for housebound patients at short notice

Other Responsibilities

Recognise changes in patients' observations which must be reported and acted on.

Assist clinicians in emergency management of patients.

Enable patients to access appropriate professionals in the practice team.

Act as a chaperone.

Provide relevant health promotion literature to the patient.

Maintain clinical equipment efficiently.

Instruct patients in appropriate techniques for medical equipment

Interact with patients and colleagues in a professional manner

Desired Covid Vaccinator Can be trained

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Skills, knowledge and experience
• Knowledge of the Personalised care approach
• Understanding of the determinants of health to include social, economic and environmental factors
• Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
• Knowledge of IT systems to include the ability to use word processing skills, emails and internet
• An understanding of the nature of general practice and Primary Care Networks
• Ability to build and maintain relationships whilst maintaining appropriate professional boundaries
• Excellent verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels inc. customers, patients and carers, specialist services, GPs and colleagues.
• Listening skills displaying empathy.
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form to a variety of audiences
• Experience of using GP clinical systems, such as System One
• Good technical literacy of Microsoft Applications e.g. Word, Excel, and Access etc.

Desirable

• Experience of working in primary care
• Experience of working in a GP practice
• Experience of working directly in a community development context, adult health and social care, learning support or public health/health improvement (can include unpaid work)
• Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
• Experience of partnership/collaborative working and of building relationships across a variety of organisations including the voluntary sector
• Ability to work flexibly to meet PCN demands
• Committed to personal and team development
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
• Ability to work within own limitations and refer to senior colleagues or GPs when appropriate
• Ability to establish and maintain working relationships with relevant stakeholders and key staff
• Excellent organisational and time management skills with the ability to cope with a busy working environment, with periods of interruption throughout the day

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to GCSE or equivalent (GCSE Maths & English C or above)
• Demonstrable commitment to professional and personal development

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

BWM PCN Limited

Address

Whitehall Surgery, Wortley Beck Health Centre,

Ring Road, Lower Wortley

Leeds

West Yorkshire

LS12 5SG

Employer's website

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