Job role: Health Care Assistant
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Salary: £12.39 per hour
Job Reference: A0645-24-0004
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About the Job:
Main duties of the job
- New patient health checks
- ECG recording
- 24 hour blood pressure monitoring fitting and downloading of results
- Phlebotomy
- Spirometry
- LTC checks including Diabetic foot checks blood pressure height and weight
- Wound care to include Doppler assessment and compression bandaging
- Vaccinations including flu and shingles
- Chaperoning duties
- Processing and management of laboratory samples requested by GPs/Nurses
- 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
- Use appropriate infection control procedures and maintain work areas in each clinical room so that they clean safe and free from hazards reporting of any potential risks identified.
- 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.
About us
We look after nearly 28,000 patients in and around central Basingstoke The Practice is located in central Basingstoke near to Festival Place shopping centre and opposite the train station and on a direct route for local bus routes. We are a short distance from the M3, with direct links directly to London and surrounding cities are easily accessible via public transport.
The clinical team is led by strong 9 GP Partners, 7 Salaried GPs, 11 nurses/HCAs as well as additional ARRS colleagues. We have a fantastic One Team who support housebound & care home patients in the community, and we have a strong relationship in our PCN.
You will be automatically enrolled into the NHS Pensions scheme when you join us and our staff regularly have team events and nights out to help create and maintain good working relationships.
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