Health Care Assistant/care Coordinator

2 months ago

Preston, United Kingdom Tarleton Group Practice Full time

**Job responsibilities**

You must have a deep understanding of health services, together with a passion for improving lives and improving healthcare. Whilst you will bring your experience to the role, you will also receive significant support from the Practice Partners, clinical and management team as part of your development. Previous experience in an HCA role is essential. An understanding of Emis clinical system is desirable but not essential. Pay negotiable dependant on experience.

**Person SpecificationQualifications**

**Essential**
- Care Certificate or equivalent

**Desirable**
- Health & Social Care Qualification

**Experience**

**Essential**
- Evidence of working autonomously or as part of a team
- Broad knowledge of General Practice

**Desirable**
- Experience working in a primary care setting
- Understanding and knowledge of healthcare provision in GP
- practices, QOF and enhanced services
- Good clinical system IT knowledge of EMIS

**Personal Qualities**

**Essential**
- Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
- Ability to use own initiative, discretion and sensitivity
- Able to get along with people from all backgrounds and communities, respecting lifestyles and diversity
- Flexible and co-operative
- Ability to identify risk and assess/manage risk when working with individuals
- Ability to finish work tasks
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Knowledge of and ability to work to policies and procedures
- High levels of integrity and loyalty

**Skills**

**Essential**
- Ability to promote best practice within scope of practice
- Ability to follow legal, ethical, professional and organisational
- policies/procedures.
- Good personal organisational skills.
- Effective time management (Planning & Organising).
- Demonstrate personal accountability, emotional resilience and work well under pressure.

**Qualifications**

**Essential**
- GCSE grade A to C in English & Maths (minimum)
- NVQ Certificate or Diploma in Health and Social Care

**Desirable**
- Previous experience as an HCA in Primary Care
- Qualified in Phlebotomy

**Main duties of the job**

Key responsibilities
- New patient registration checks, completing any necessary paperwork and referrals
- Urine dipstick testing, Phlebotomy, Blood pressures
- Injections, within level of training.
- Adult Seasonal Immunisations (this requires training certificate, observation and PSD or working under the national protocol
- Provide lifestyle advice to patients making any necessary referrals for educational purposes
- Spirometry, asthma and diabetic checks and make sure the right templates are filled and coded
- Telephone, Weight monitoring, BP Check, Recalls for QOF patients and LCS LTC target patients
- Re-stocking of all clinical areas and maintaining a stock and keeping all clinical areas clean
- To maintain an adequate amount of clinical supplies and health promotion materials, maintain notice boards
- To maintain and record emergency drug supplies and monthly emergency bags checks.
- To ensure that drug/vaccine refrigerator/s are running at the correct temperature on a daily basis and maintain a log

**About us**

Based in west Lancashire, with a practice list size of just under 10,000 we understand the central role of education and believe that we must use this tool in order to provide the highest standard of care for our patients.

A highly experienced team of clinicians and administrative staff provide this Practice with comprehensive skills and a family like atmosphere.

Our mission is to provide our patients with readily available medical care of the highest standard. We aim to do this in a friendly and helpful environment and to ensure that partners and staff achieve both their personal and their professional goal.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £11.00-£13.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- On-site parking
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Preston, PR4 6UJ: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 25/08/2023

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