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Job role: Health Care Assistant
Company name: NHS Jobs
Salary: N/A
Job Reference: A1305-25-0002
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About the Job:
Clinical Duties and Responsibilities:
- Conducting QOF reviews using Ardens templates and lifestyle issues addressed
- 24hr Blood Pressure Monitors Fitting, Removal and Referrals
- Blood pressure checks
- Pulse and temperature checks
- Urinalysis
- Some phlebotomy
- Provision of lifestyle advice to patients and making appropriate referrals within the practice.
- Weight management
- ECG recording
- Smoking advice
- Health checks
- First dressings
- Follow up dressings
- Vaccine/cold chain storage, monitoring and recording
- Chaperoning duties
- Processing and management of laboratory samples requested by GPs/Nurses
- Liaising with the Cleaning Company regarding stock and ordering when required
- Ensuring sharps bins & other clinical waste collection runs smoothly
- Surgical equipment and vaccine re-stocking and stock rotation
- Clearing, re-stocking & maintenance of consulting rooms
- Preparing and maintaining environments and equipment before, during and after patient care interventions including assisting GPs during the performance of minor operations and ANP with coil/implant fitting and removals.
- Assisting in the assessment and surveillance of patients health and well-being
- 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
- INR Clinic management, weekly audits for overdue patients etc, Adding new patients to the system and liaising with the GPs
Administrative & Professional responsibilities
- Participate in the administrative & professional responsibilities of the practice team.
- Ensure accurate & legible notes of all consultations and treatments are recorded in patient notes.
- Ensure the electronic clinical record systems are kept up to date with accurate details recorded.
- Ensure appropriate items of service claims are made accurately, reporting any problems to the Lead Nurse.
- Ensure accurate completion of all necessary documentation relating to patient registration with the practice.
- Attend & participate in practice meetings as required.
- Assist in seasonal & special projects as required eg flu campaign
- Order and display health promotion materials, including working with Practice Manager and Patient Participation Group.
- Ensure total familiarity with all appointment systems including regular & incidental variations.
- Book appointments & recalls, ensuring sufficient information is recorded to enable retrieval of medical records.
- Any other delegated duties considered appropriate to the post.
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