Job role: Health Care Assistant
Company name: NHS Jobs
Salary: N/A
Job Reference: A4495-25-0003
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About the Job:
The role is varied and rewarding, involving tasks such as taking observations, performing health checks, supporting vaccination programmes, assisting with clinics, and helping patients manage their wellbeing. A key part of the role is supporting the nursing team by preparing clinics, carrying out delegated tasks, assisting with procedures, and ensuring patients receive safe and efficient care. It also provides an opportunity to build strong, trusting relationships with patients by offering continuity of care and promoting healthier lifestyles. Working in this role will allow for professional growth through training and supervision, while offering more regular working hours that support a positive worklife balance.
Main duties of the job
* Carrying out basic observations (blood pressure, pulse, temperature, weight, height).
* Collecting blood samples (phlebotomy).
* Performing ECGs and NHS health checks.
* Assisting with wound care, dressings, and minor procedures.
* Supporting vaccination and immunisation programmes.
* Giving lifestyle advice (smoking cessation, weight management, healthy living).
* Preparing and maintaining clinics and equipment.
* Following infection prevention and control procedures.
* Supporting the nursing team with delegated tasks.
* Providing patients with information and reassurance to aid self-care.
About us
Supportive Environment - A large, dynamic team dedicated to your success
Work-Life Balance: Flexible working arrangements
Professional Development: support development of staff
Reasonable Workload: Manageable clinical workload with a focus on quality care
Specialist Opportunities
Educational Interaction: Extensive interaction with medical students with allocated time for teaching and mentoring
Comprehensive Support: Benefit from a large clinical pharmacist team, Nurses and Nursing Associates
Research Involvement: Active participation in research projects and a strong reputation in the medical community
Job description
Job responsibilities
Patient care
* New patient health checks
* NHS health checks
* Venepuncture
* Urine testing/analysis
* Blood pressure measurement/monitoring
* ECG
* Height, weight measurement
* Ear syringing
* Lifestyle advice
* Spirometry monitoring
* Oral glucose tolerance testing
* Diabetic foot checks
* H pylori test
* To partake audits and research as deemed appropriate.
* Assist in the INR clinics working within the remits of the practice Protocol.
* Smoking Cessation
* Chaperoning
With nurse/ GP support, assist with the following:
* Minor surgery procedures including joint injections
* IUD insertion and removal
* Implanon insertion and removal
* Learning Disability Clinics
* Child immunisation clinics
On the basis of a Patient Specific Direction and with signed authorisation:
* Shingles immunisation
* Flu immunisation
* Pneumococcal immunisation
* Vitamin B12 injections
Record keeping and administration
* Make accurate and contemporaneous records of all patient encounters in accordance with practice records guidelines.
* Contribute to nursing team record keeping (clinical, administrative, Health and Safety related records).
* Maintain skills in using patient appointment system.
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