Community Healthcare Assistant (St Helens Medical Centre)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Title: 

Community Healthcare Assistant

Responsible to: 

Lead Nurse/Practice Manager and GP Partners

Job Purpose:

To provide support to the Nurses, Nurse Practitioners and General Practitioners to ensure the efficient and effective provision of the full range of nursing services to the patients of the Practice.

Prepare treatment rooms and treatment room equipment.

To maintain adequate clinical stock levels and medical stationery.

Duties and Responsibilities

Clinical

1. To undertake all duties in line with the training and instruction provided by the Nurses, Nurse Practitioners and General Practitioners

2. Assistance at clinics ensuring patient care by chaperoning and assisting patients to dress and undress

3. Conduct weight and height measurements, test and record blood pressure and blood sugar levels

4. The testing and result recording of clinical specimens

5. Provide assistance in minor operations ensuring patient care by chaperoning

6. Venepuncture and the taking and preparing of pathology samples

7. Undertake ECG

8. Signpost services for both newly registered patients and complex vulnerable patients and offer wellbeing checks.

9. Carry out routine patient dressings in accordance with Practice guidelines

10. The collection of clinical waste, ensuring appropriate storage prior to disposal

11. The ongoing cleaning and sterilisation of clinical equipment and working surfaces, preparing treatment rooms prior to use

12.Ensure adequate infection control procedures in treatment and consulting rooms

Administration

13. Organising and attending Community Meetings and any other relevant meetings

14. Receiving telephone messages in the treatment room, recording and transmitting accordingly

15. Completing Care Home assessments in line with the PCN DES

16. The inputting of information onto the Practice clinical system

17. Use of the Practice clinical system for patient searches for clinics and patient recall. Completing patient reviews and patient care plans

General

18. To ensure adequate clinical stock levels and medical stationery and maintain an effective stock management system

19. Ensure adequate stock levels in stock room, treatment rooms, fridges and cupboards

20. Any other reasonable duties which may be requested from time-to-time

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Good standard of general education
• GCSE Mathematics C or above (or equiv)
• GCSE English C or above (or equiv)

Desirable

• Healthcare qualification
• Trained in phlebotomy

Behaviours

Essential

• Smart, polite and confident
• Planning and organising
• Performing under pressure
• Adaptability
• Using initiative
• Team working
• Self motivated
• Flexibility
• Confidentiality

Experience

Essential

• Practical experience of working with others
• Experience of working within a nursing or healthcare environment and writing of care plans

Desirable

• Practical experience of computerised recording systems

Skills

Essential

• Excellent communication skills (Written and Oral)
• IT skills
• Time Management and the ability to work to deadlines
• Problem solving skills
• Interpersonal skills

Knowledge

Desirable

• A basic understanding of a General Practice environment
• Some knowledge of clinical IT systems

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

One Wight Health Ltd

Address

St. Helens Medical Centre

Upper Green Road

St. Helens

Ryde

Isle Of Wight

PO33 1UG

Employer's website

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