Now Hiring: Health Care Assistant in Ipswich (Visa Sponsorship Offered)

  • Full Time
  • Ipswich

NHS Jobs

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Job role: Health Care Assistant

Company name: NHS Jobs

Salary: N/A

Job Reference: A5635-24-0012

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About the Job: 

Main duties of the job

You will delivering care within the boundaries of their role, focusing upon supporting patients to be healthy, monitoring of long-term conditions, health prevention and screening activities.

  • ECGs
  • Phlebotomy
  • NHS Health Checks
  • Discussing lifestyle and helping to raise awareness of health and well-being and how it can be promoted, including Smoking Cessation
  • Basic observations including BP, height weight, temperature and pulse
  • Long term disease management checks and appropriate escalation
  • Administration of injectable medications such as vaccines and B12s under indirect supervision
  • To undertake basic wound care and suture/clip removal, assisting the nurses.
  • Chaperoning duties
  • Processing and management of laboratory samples requested by GPs/nurses
  • Preparing and maintaining environments and equipment before, during and after patient care interventions
  • Liaising with the Lead Nurse to assist in the execution of flu clinics and/or other health campaigns as needed
  • You may be required to call eligible patients to book their appointment for routine appointments e.g. routine smears, immunisations, and NHS Health Checks
  • Assisting with the collection and collation of data on needs related to health and well-being

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To apply for this job please visit findajob.dwp.gov.uk.