Health Care Assistant
4 weeks ago
Job summary
We are recruiting an established Health Care Assistant with a keen interest in wound care and dressings to join our friendly team at Oakwood and Bull Farm Surgery.
We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, in the hope of attracting a positive and proactive candidate to complete our enthusiastic nursing team. These benefits include, but are not limited to:
25days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata). Increasing at 5 and 10 years service
AdditionalCelebration Day after 12months service
CompanySick Pay, subject to eligibility
CompanyMaternity Pay after 12months service
Providing uniform and personal equipment and equipment bag
Contributiontowards eye tests and glasses, subject to eligibility
Main duties of the job
Under thesupervision of a qualified nurse, to provide clerical and nursing assistantsupport for the whole Nursing Team in the treatment, preventative care, healthscreening and education of patients within the practice and community setting.
Working pattern to be agreed. Will require additional enhanced access working hours on a Friday evening until 8pm and Saturday morning on a rota basis.
About us
Oakwood Surgery is a busy training practice, rated 'good' at our last CQC inspection, split over two sites.
Our team is made up of:
5 GP Partners
4 Salaried GP's
7 Nurses/HCA's
1 Pharmacist Prescriber
1 Practice Manager
20 Receptionists
10 Other administrative staff
We also work collaboratively with a team of pharmacists, FCP's and paramedics to provide a multi-disciplinary service to our 16,000 patients.
As a training practice we are passionate about supporting our team to learn new skills and develop in their role to better meet the needs of our patients.
We are looking for an established Health Care Assistant with a keen interest in wound care and dressings to join us and work within the nursing team to deliver preventative care interventions and management of long term conditions to all patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:
Clinical care:
Workalongside the clinician(s) in the provision of patient care Undertakeand record the following tasks: Undertake routine dressings in accordance with practice guidelines Measurementof height and weight, helping patients undress Urinalysis Measure ofblood pressure, temperature and pulse Peak flowmeasurements Spirometry Recordingof ECGs Venepuncture DMARDbloods and annual Rheumatoid Arthritis reviews using the Frax tool and Qrisk Testing ofclinical specimens and recording results Blood sugarmeasurements Suture andclip removal in accordance with practice guidelines Recognisechanges in the patients observations that must be reported and acted upon. Enablepatients to access appropriate professionals in the practice team. Act as achaperone. Appreciatethe principles of Healthy Living. CompleteCardiovascular, NHS Health and New patient checks, Providerelevant health promotion literature for patients. Preparingand maintaining environments and equipment before, during and after patientcare interventions including assisting GPs during the performance of minoroperations Assistclinicians in the emergency management of patients. Vaccine/coldchain storage, monitoring and recording Monitoring adequate Stocks of vaccine and ensure goodstock rotation. Community, NursingHome and elderly visits in accordance with the practice guidelines. Give Fluvaccinations and B12 injections upon completion of accredited course. EarIrrigation following completion of accredited course. Diabeticfoot checks Doppler Emergencyfirst aid Care &programmeManagement
Clearlypresent patients point of view to others. Ensurestock control items are ordered and provided in GP/Nurses & TreatmentRooms, emergency equipment. Maintainclinical equipment efficiently and ensure servicing is undertaken. Followinfection control standards. Contributenew ideas to improve patient care. Instructpatients in appropriate techniques or tasks. Tidyclinical areas in direct response to infection control and Health & Safetystandards.Clinical Practice Leadership
Workeffectively in a team and where appropriate participate in clinical meetings Interactwith patients and colleagues in a professional manner.Clinical Practice Development
Maintainset standards of organisation in clinical rooms. Takeappropriate action if standards are not being met. Recognisepotential areas of conflict, preventing where possible and reporting to seniormembers of staff if unable to cope. Storage ofvacs Collectclinical waste and ensure that it is appropriately stored until disposal. Have inplace programmes and systems to ensure appropriate Continual Professionaldevelopment is maintained in line with needs of the post.Information Recording
Input ofinformation onto the clinical system. Use ofcomputer for patient searches to assist with clinic and recall system Pro activein assisting the practice to reach all QOF and service level agreementsrequirements / targets Person Specification
Transferable Skills
Essential
Time Management Collaborative Working Flexibility Proactive and Motivated
Qualifications
Essential
NVQ 3 Venepuncture
Desirable
Current first aid certificate
Experience
Essential
Venepuncture Disease Monitoring Wound Care ECG Communication skills, both written and verbal
Desirable
Experience of working in primary care SystmOne trained Microsoft Office
Wound Care / Dressings Experience
Essential
* Must be able to provide wound care services to a high standard * Must be able to complete both simple and complex dressing on both upper and lower limbs-
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