Assistant Practitioner

Job summary

The Assistant Practitioner is responsible for supporting clinical staff to progress the patient's journey in a structured and timely way through the patient pathway. This will occur through a process of tracking or navigating various aspects of patient care, and will require effective communication with other clinical and non-clinical departments.

The Assistant Practitioner observes patient condition, records clinical observations and reports to a registered nurse. They contribute to assessment of care needs and carries out nursing procedures e.g. skin prick testing, takes blood samples, collection of blood products.

The Assistant Practitioner will have a crucial role in liaising with home care delivery providers and the safe and precise monitoring of patients home therapy including blood product batch recording.

Main duties of the job

Clinical Duties

To manage, under indirect supervision, own workload within clinic area and competencies of the post.Under the direction of the Immunology nurses, maintain the Immunoglobulin Register.

Prepare documentation for pre-treatment, immunodeficiency and immunotherapy clinics.

Provide a comprehensive administrative service and review provision in order that improvements and developments can be made to the work undertaken.

Present patient information and data at internal and external meetings, for example, at multi-disciplinary meetings.

Document all Immunology Nurse Specialist activity and relevant patient monitoring data on local, regional and national databases and PMS as required.

Assisting Immunology Nurses in the treatment pathways and organisation of patients attending clinic.

To undertake venepuncture, cannulation and skin prick testing as directed by the relevant clinicians and prompt processing of blood samples.

To be responsible for obtaining the results of tests and investigations and ensuring that the requesting clinician is informed of the results promptly.

To record: progress of immunology and allergy patients as they proceed through the treatment pathways. Responsible for maintaining and validating accurate and up-to-date immunology patients treatment databases including liaising with all spoke centres across Wales.

To be proficient actively in the understanding of all triage telephone enquiries and advice following guidelines for patients.

About us

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.

Our mission is "Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together", and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.