Full Time
Nottingham
Posted 2 weeks ago

NHS Jobs

Job role: Health Care Assistant

Company name: NHS Jobs

Salary: £12.79 per hour

Job Reference: A1447-25-0005

About the Job:

Job summary

We are a large teaching and training practice and pride ourselves in excellent patient care. We are continually adapting to changes in Primary Care through innovation. We have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and enthusiastic Health Care Assistant.

The Health Care Assistant will be a member of the practice nursing and administrative team, providing high quality care to the practice population under guidance from a practice nurse mentor. The post primarily supports doctors and nurses in basic clinical tasks, involving blood tests, blood pressure checks, wound dressings, chronic disease management, infection control and stock control. To provide clerical support when needed.

Main duties of the job

CLINICAL DUTIES

To carry out a primary health care assessment on newly registered patients that will include urine testing, blood pressure check, height, weight, body mass index calculation and appropriately record medical history in patients medical records.

To observe and report all matters pertaining to patients care changes in condition/circumstances to a relevant member of the nursing or medical team as a matter of priority and ensure that a document record is kept.

To ensure that the clinical rooms are at all times kept in a clean and orderly manner and that relevant equipment is ready for use by nursing and medical staff during clinic sessions.

To assist in clinic sessions as directed by the nursing team or GP ensuring that all equipment is clean and sterilised following clinic sessions.

To assist with minor operations including dressings.

To assist with coil fitting.

To undertake home visits to housebound patients within surgery catchment.

To ensure that the drug refrigerator is at correct temperature on a daily basis and that drugs are within their expiry dates and used in correct sequence.

To ensure adequate levels of stock are available in the surgery.

To act as a chaperone during patient consultations

To administer vaccines under a PSD following appropriate training.

Any other jobs/tasks appropriate to the role.

About us

And a bit about us…

Have you heard the phrase you cant pour from an empty cup? We strongly believe that in order to provide the care we aspire to deliver for our patients we need to take care of ourselves and our staff. We aim to foster a strong team ethos of mutual support through initiatives such as regular social events and a management open door policy,This has led to the development of a close, cohesive and nurturing team. In a more literal sense, there is rarely an empty cup at Hucknall Road as problems are often best solved by sharing these over a cup of tea!

GMS practice with list size of appx 13,000 patients

Team consists of 12 GPs (6 partners and 7 salaried), 3 nurses including our nurse lead, practice nurse and treatment room nurse, 4HCAs and GP assistants, working alongside a growing PCN workforce which currently includespharmacists, social prescribers, physician associate and first contact physiotherapists.

Large training and teaching practice with registrars, F2s and medical students

A comprehensive management structure

High QOF achievements

Wide range of DES/LES

Paper light practice (SystmOne clinical software)

Job description

Job responsibilities

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

CLINICAL DUTIES

To carry out a primary health care assessment on newly registered patients that will include urine testing for abnormality, a blood pressure check, height, weight, body mass index calculation and appropriately record medical history in patients medical records as detailed in patient questionnaire.

To ensure that the clinical rooms are at all times kept in a clean and orderly manner and that relevant equipment is ready for use by nursing and medical staff during clinic sessions.

To assist in clinic sessions as directed by the nursing team or G.P ensuring that all equipment is clean and sterilised following clinic sessions.

To assist with minor operations including dressing.

To assist with coil fitting.

To undertake home visits to housebound patients within surgery catchment.

To ensure that the drug refrigerator is at correct temperature on a daily basis and that drugs are within their expiry dates and used in correct sequence.

To ensure adequate levels of stock are available in the surgery. Maintain the cold chain when drugs are delivered to the surgery.

To ensure that health promotion materials are available within the surgery ordering new stock when needed. Provide appropriate advice on resources available for and appreciate the principles of healthy living choices.

To undertake tasks as appropriate to the role following the required training.

To act as a chaperone during patient consultations

To administer vaccines under a PSD following appropriate training.

Any other jobs/tasks appropriate to the role.

RECORD KEEPING

You will act at all times with regard to the confidentiality and sensitivity of issues to do with patients,their care and treatment and staff and doctors. All health related contacts with patients must berecorded on the patient record using the appropriate read- code.

GENERAL AND CLERICAL DUTIES

To carry out relevant clerical and reception duties as required in relation to nursing services e.g.answering the telephone, making appointments, entering data onto the computer system, carry out computer searches and summarise patients notes.

To participate in audit as required e.g. note sampling, data input and information gathering.

To function as an integral part of a developing team.

To understand all health and safety, data protection, child protection, sharing of information, equal opportunities legislation.

To administer call and recall systems in relation to the practice QOF (Quality Outcome Framework) targets as and when required.

Undertake necessary audits as and when requested in line with best practice.

Work with your nurse lead, nursing team and operational manager to ensure that the nurse team aspires to best practice.

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