Health Care Assistant

2 months ago

Saint Austell, United Kingdom St Austell Healthcare Full time

Job summary

St AustellHealthcare are seeking a Healthcare Assistant to work alongside our highlyskilled multi-disciplinary team that includes Practice Nurses, Advanced NursePractitioners, Urgent Care Nurses, Paramedic/Urgent care Practitioners,Clinical Pharmacists, Physiotherapists and Mental Health Nurses. We are abusy practice that provides a service to approximately 38, 000 patients.

You will havegood communication skills, demonstrating empathy and compassion whilst ensuringprivacy, dignity and confidentiality at all times, be able to work underpressure, and work within a large team.

The role willoffer you great variety including assisting in ophthalmology clinics,haematology clinics, and contraception clinics.

Training to NVQlevel 2 / 3 desirable, as is previous experience in venepuncture, wound care,blood pressure and ECGs.

Main duties of the job

Be part of the primaryhealthcare team providing high quality and forward thinking nursing care inorder to meet the holistic healthcare needs of the practice population. The post holder will provide clinical care asdirected by the Lead Nurses. Working under the supervision of the Lead Nurses, responsibilities will vary, involving theimplementation of clinical care packages, phlebotomy and assessment, treatmentand the evaluation of patients care.

Overview of responsibilit ies:

Establish and maintain communication with a range of people on a range of matters in a form that is appropriate to them and the situation. Monitor and maintain health, safety and security of self and others. Contribute to the improvement of services. Maintain quality in own work and encourage others to do the same. Support equality and value diversity, identifying when own or others behaviour undermines equality and diversity. Plan, develop, implement and assess approaches to promote health and well-being. Recognise and report situations where there might be a need for protection

About us

There will be arequirement to move between sites. Hoursto be arranged between and and pm Monday to Friday, with rota participation on a Saturday from 9am to 5pm .

Advantagesinclude:

6 weeks annual plus bank holidays per year (prorata) NHS pension scheme membership Salary sacrifice electric car and bike schemes Free staffwellbeing support Free staff events Job description

Job responsibilities

Specific Responsibilities:

Clinical Skills

Undertake record and follow guidelines for the tasks for which you have received appropriate training. Venepuncture. Urinalysis and preparation of specimens for investigation by the pathology laboratory. Measuring and recording:- blood pressure pulse rate and rhythm temperature height and weight body mass index peak flow ECGs Blood glucose monitoring Prepare and maintain environments and equipment before, during and after patient care interventions Ensure GPs rooms and clinical treatment rooms are clean and well stocked. Give accurate and appropriate information to patients and groups within own competence. Support clinicians in providing minor surgery. Plan, develop and implement ways of raising and promoting awareness of health and well-being, keeping records of what has been done. Provide support and encouragement to patients to self-manage their conditions as appropriate. Act as a chaperone, when requested. Record information and activities undertaken with patients and carers in an accurate and timely fashion using manual or computer systems and Read codes. Person Specification

Other Skills

Essential

Practical and intellectual skills: Demonstrates self-awareness, strengths and weaknesses, personal qualities and skills. Able to communicate routine information that requires tact and persuasive skills, or where there may be barriers to understanding. Standard keyboard skills Planning and organisational skills: Able to organise own time and workload, and cope with occasional last-minute changes Training and education: Willingness to undergo education/ training for both practice and service needs. Willingness to work towards professional and performance objectives. Disposition/ personal: Demonstrates motivation, reliability and commitment to team working and the development of others. Flexibility, commitment and adaptability. Demonstrates an ability to value the opinions of others Physical effort/ skills: Ability to work within manual-handing policy. Ability to handle simple medical equipment and undertake phlebotomy (dexterity and manipulation skills) Mental and emotional effort: Ability to deal with occasional exposure to distressing circumstances or emotional events Ability to cope with occasional exposure to aggressive behaviour

Qualifications

Essential

General education (3 GCSE's) to grade C or above

Desirable

NVQ level 2

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