Health Care Assistant

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Provide a caring approach to all services and work with the Practice Nurse in the organisation of clinics
• Works as part of the team to achieve good outcomes in; CQC, QOF, enhanced services and local improvement schemes
• Ensures awareness of statutory and local clinical protection procedures, including systems of referral. Ability to recognise signs and symptoms of child abuse.
• Ability to obtain and document informed consent (either verbal or written).
• Ensure infection control guidelines are implemented and followed.
• Ability to monitor and manage maintenance of stock and equipment to include refrigeration and emergency equipment and the monitoring under CQC.
• Assessing the health care needs of patients
• Providing health education through direction to the right staff in the practice
• In consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols, developing care plans with the Practice Nurse for health
• Able to recognise and manage anaphylaxis according to current UK guidelines.
• Able to perform Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation according to current UK guidelines.
• Supporting the practice and PCN delivery of the Covid response / Vaccine delivery
• Participate in the organisation and administration of immunisations programme including; flu, covid, shingles, travel vaccinations and others
• Participation in the running of chronic disease management clinics through the delivery of diagnostic testing.
• Undertake Health surveillance / screening:
• Seasonal Influenza vaccines/B12
• New Patient Health Checks
• Over 75 Health Checks
• Electrocardiograph recording
• Blood pressure monitoring
• Hypertension monitoring
• Pulse rate recording
• 24-hour blood pressure monitoring
• Phlebotomy
• Dressings, suture removal
• Support and educate patients to adopt and promote healthy lifestyles and apply principles of self-care

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience with undertaking patient appointments, undertaking diagnostics and healthcare support.
• Experience and understanding of the GP Practice environment, including in terms of systems and processes, and particularly with regards to confidentiality.
• A commitment to maintaining your clinical skills and knowledge, to ensure our patients receive evidence-based care.
• Willingness to develop.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent time management skills / ability to work to deadlines.
• A flexibility to work outside of core office hours.
• Additional roles and responsibilities will attract the higher rate of remuneration according to our pay scale.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

ELM Alliance LTD

Address

Hirsel Medical Centre

5 Trinity Mews

North Ormesby

Middlesbrough

Cleveland

TS3 6AL

Employer's website

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