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.
The ideal candidate will be trained to NVQlevel 2 / 3, and have 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 responsibilities:
* Establish and maintain communicationwith a range of people on a range of matters in a form that is appropriateto them and the situation.
* Monitor and maintain health, safetyand security of self and others.
* Contribute to the improvement ofservices.
* Maintain quality in own work andencourage others to do the same.
* Support equality and value diversity,identifying when own or others behaviour undermines equality anddiversity.
* Plan, develop, implement and assess approaches to promote health andwell-being.
* Recogniseand report situations where there might be a need for protection
About us
There will be arequirement to move between sites. Hoursto be arranged between 8.00 and and 8.00 pm Monday to Friday, with rota participation on a Saturday.
Advantagesinclude:
* 6 weeks annual plus bank holidays per year (prorata)
* Salary sacrifice electric car and bike schemes
* Free staff events
Job responsibilities
Specific Responsibilities:
Clinical Skills
* Undertake record andfollow guidelines for the tasks for which you have received appropriatetraining.
* Venepuncture.
* Urinalysisand preparation of specimens for investigation by the pathologylaboratory.
* Measuring and recording:-
* blood pressure
* pulse rate and rhythm
* temperature
* height and weight
* body mass index
* peak flow
* ECGs
* Bloodglucose monitoring
* Prepareand maintain environments and equipment before, during and after patientcare interventions
* Ensure GPs rooms and clinicaltreatment rooms are clean and well stocked.
* Giveaccurate and appropriate information to patients and groups within owncompetence.
* Supportclinicians in providing minor surgery.
* Plan,develop and implement ways of raising and promoting awareness of healthand well-being, keeping records of what has been done.
* Providesupport and encouragement to patients to self-manage their conditions asappropriate.
* Act as a chaperone, whenrequested.
* Record information and activities undertakenwith patients and carers in an accurate and timely fashion using manual orcomputer systems and Read codes.
Person Specification
Other Skills
* Practical and intellectual skills:
* Demonstrates self-awareness, i.e. 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.
* 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
* General education (3 GCSE's) to grade C or above
* NVQ level 2
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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