Nhs Health Care Assistant

3 weeks ago

Wigan, United Kingdom Grasmere Surgery Full time

**Salary - depending on experience**

**20hrs per week - Mon to Fri - 14:30pm to 18:30pm**

**Job summary**

Grasmere Surgery is looking for a dynamic and dedicated GP Practice Healthcare Assistant to join our busy Practice and Clinical Team w**ith at least 6 months experience working as a Health Care Assistant.**

**Main duties of the job**

To support the practice nursing team in the delivery of nursing services, working as part of the practice multidisciplinary team, delivering care within their scope of practice to the entitled patient population.

The Healthcare Assistant will deliver and assist clinical staff in the provision of treatment, preventative care, health promotion and patient education.

**About us**

Our successful, high achieving and innovative Surgery is offering you the opportunity to work with us.

We are looking for an experienced Healthcare Assistant to join us working in a busy general practice as part of our dedicated clinical team along with friendly and supportive Clinical and administrative staff.

We have approximately eight thousand patients.
- Friendly practice team working cohesively to deliver high quality services.
- Consistent high achievement of clinical indicators.
- High patient satisfaction rates.
- Dedicated to high quality patient care.
- Excellent clinical, managerial, and administrative support.

**Subject to Disclosure and Barring Service Check and 2 suitable references.**

**UK Registration**
- Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers Website.

**NHS Pension Scheme**:
**- This advert may close at any time if there are enough suitable applicants, and is advertised elsewhere.**

**Job description**

**Duties and responsibilities include**:

- New patient health checks.
- Support the practice nurse with health promotion programmes.
- Carry out baseline observations such as pulse oximetry, blood pressure, temperature, pulse rate and record findings accurately.
- Support the practice nurse with the management of chronic disease clinics.
- Act as a chaperone as required.
- Undertake venepuncture.
- Administer vaccinations.
- Carry out ECGs as requested.
- Ensure specimens are recorded and ready for onward transportation.
- Ensure all clinical rooms are adequately stocked and prepared for each session.
- Ensure fridges are cleaned routinely in accordance with extant guidance.
- Ensure clinical waste is removed from clinical areas and sharps bins replaced in accordance with the practice IPC policy.
- Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate.

**Person Specification**

**Experience**

**Essential**
- Experience of working in a General Practice.
- Experience of working with the public

**Skills**

**Essential**
- Good communications skills (written and oral)
- Time management and the ability to work within a fast-paced environment
- Ability to remain calm when working under pressure
- Basic IT skills

**Desirable**
- Knowledge of Systm 1

**Qualifications**

**Essential**
- Healthcare Qualification (Level 2) or working towards gaining equivalent level
- Phlebotomy Certification

**Desirable**
- Healthcare Qualification (Level 3 or 4) or working towards gaining equivalent level

**Other Tasks will include**:

- Clean and sterilise equipment
- Ordering of stock
- Participation in administrative systems in the Practice
- At all times there will be a need to maintain accurate records
- A duty to advise senior clinicians of potential problems or errors within the range of assigned tasks
- Attend and participate in any Practice Meetings when required
- Any other delegated duties appropriate to the post

**Confidentiality**:
While seeking treatments, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately.

In the performance of the duties outlined in the Job Description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the Practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is regarded as strictly confidential.

Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the Practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the Practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

**Health & Safety**:
The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others’ health, safety and security as defined in the practice Health & Safety Policy, the Staff Handbook, and the Practice Infection Control Policy, this will include:

- Using personal security systems with the workplace according to practice guidelines
- Identifying the ri

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