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

  • Full Time
  • Leeds

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Job role: Health Care Assistant

Company name: NHS Jobs

Salary: N/A

Job Reference: A0887-24-0011

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About the Job: 

 

Main duties of the job

The post holder will offer general assistance to the Practice clinical team, liaising closely with the Practice Nurse.

The HCA will be involved primarily in:

  • Assisting in the provision of a phlebotomy service
  • The management of laboratory samples for the Practice
  • Undertaking well person checks
  • Urinalysis
  • ECG recording
  • Chaperoning Patients
  • Cleaning and sterilising instruments and equipment
  • Maintenance of equipment, including keeping records of when external checks are due, e.g., calibration
  • The daily recording of refrigerator temperatures
  • Ordering of stock and re-stocking clinical rooms
  • Simple dressings

The HCA will also be responsible for:

  • Documenting Patient consultations in the clinical system
  • Maintaining appropriate records to ensure continuity and quality of care for patients
  • Involvement in Practice development, identifying service changes and in line with clinical needs locally
  • Maintaining records of appointments, financial transactions, and other administrative duties
  • Maintaining skills at the current level and undertaking such training and development as required to maintain personal competency
  • Participation in all activities required by CQC registration

About us

We passionately believe in a future for primary care at the heart of the NHS, but recognise it needs to change the way it delivers care and operates to survive. We believe in not just following convention, but also looking outside the box for the best solutions.

We believe Primary Care services need to evolve and we are looking for healthcare professionals who want to join us on this journey.

Our nursing team is made up of a nurse and long term condition lead, practice nurses and HCA.

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