Job role: Health Care Assistant
Company name: NHS Jobs
Salary: N/A
Job Reference: A0855-25-0001
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About the Job:
Job summary
Bourn Surgery is looking for a confident and experienced HCA/phlebotomist to support and work alongside our nursing team. We are a rural, dispensing practice serving just over 6,800 patients in the beautiful village of Bourn.
Working hours: 17.5 hours per week over two days, preferably Monday and Thursday, from 8.15 am to 6 pm, with a one-hour unpaid lunch break.
Main duties of the job
* Undertake patient health checks
* Support the Practice Nurse with health promotion programmes
* Carry out baseline observations such as pulse oximetry, blood pressure, temperature, and pulse rate, recording findings accurately
* Facilitate routine blood pressure monitoring, advising patients accordingly
* Undertake wound care, dressings, and other clinical tasks as required
* Support the Practice Nurse with the management of chronic disease clinics
* Carry out BMI checks as directed
* Act as a chaperone as required
* Undertake venipuncture
* Administer flu, Pneumococcal, Shingles vaccinations, and B12 injections
* When trained, carry out ear irrigation under supervision
* Carry out ECGs as requested
* Ensure specimens are checked and ready for transportation
* Provide support during minor operations as required
* Ensure clinical rooms are stocked and prepared for each session
* Check fridge temperatures routinely and clean as per IFC policy
* Remove clinical waste and replace sharps bins according to IPC policy
* Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate
* Order supplies, pathology, LARC, and paper products when needed
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