Exciting opportunity for a further part - time Health Care Assistant to join our expanding nursing team.
Work for us in new purpose-built premises with a full multi-disciplinary team.
Main duties of the job
* Long term condition management
* Weight management
* BP monitoring
* Baseline observations
* Health promotion
* Blood glucose monitoring
* Mental health
* Wound care
* ECGs
* Chaperoning
* Venepuncture
* Stock control
* Supporting infection control, stock management, ordering and other admin
About us
St Peter’s Health Centre is a large, inner-city GP practice. We are welcoming and inclusive, caring for 18,000 patients. We have many awards - Thumbs Up, Veterans and a Safe Surgery.
Our vision is to help patients become healthier and happier.
Our mission is to support the delivery of the best possible health care in partnership with our patients.
We are a supportive and caring team, welcoming all new team members. We provide free refreshments, socials, bike to work scheme amongst other benefits.
* 4 Partners (3 GPs and 1 Managing Partner)
* 2 ANPs and a full nursing team
* We have strong management, administrative and reception teams.
We are a training practice, furthering our commitment to education and professional development. Additionally, we already have foundation doctors in training, medical students and nursing students.
Job responsibilities
Responsibilities
Core responsibilities for HCA. There may be a requirement on occasion to carry out additional tasks, this will be dependent on staffing levels, workload, appropriate training, and experience.
Support the clinical team by contributing to the delivery of health promotion programmes, including patient education, assisting in long term condition management programmes, assisting with delivery of direct patient care, within personal scope and limitations of practice and administrative tasks as required to support these areas.
Health promotion and education
* Baseline observations of height, weight, BMI, pulse, smoking and alcohol consumption, with knowledge of normal levels and guidelines
* Weight management
* Blood pressure monitoring and HBPM
* Blood glucose monitoring and education for home monitoring
* Opportunistic health promoting as appropriate
Long term condition management
* Blood pressure and hypertension monitoring
* Diabetes
* Mental health
* Venepuncture
* Wound care
* Administration of injections under PSD
* ECG recording
* Chaperoning
Administration
* Referrals as appropriate for the above
* Encourage uptake of screening and vaccination programmes
* Infection control, including personal responsibilities and support for practice IC lead
* Stock management and ordering of supplies, including rotation to avoid waste and oversight of vaccine fridge monitoring
* Prescription reconciliation for practice stock
* Administration to support delivery of practice LTC management and health promotion programmes
* Participate in practice nurse team meeting and contribution to developing of this service
* Support of new practice team members
* Participate in local and national health initiatives to enhance service delivery, patient care and wellbeing
Confidentiality
In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately.
In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential.
Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.
Health & safety
The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others' health and safety and infection control as defined in the practice Health & Safety policy, the practice Health & Safety manual, and the practice Infection Control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):
* Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines
* Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks
* Responsible for correct hand hygiene of self
* Keeping own work areas and general/patient areas generally clean, assisting in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness consistent with the scope of the post holder’s role.
* Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum annually)
Equality and diversity
The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:
* Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation
* Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
* Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, with such training to include:
* Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development
* Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work
Quality
* Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
* Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision
* Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the team’s performance
* Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs
* Effectively manage own time, workload and resources
September 2021
Review date : September 2022
Reviewed : March 2026
Person Specification
Experience
* Experience of working within a nursing team
* Experience of dealing with vulnerable patients
* Experience of using own initiative
* Working in primary care
* Working in a GP practice
Qualifications
* Care Certificate
* Qualified to NVQ level 3
* Qualification / proven competencies in the following clinical skills, or willingness to develop them:
* Dressings including Compression
* ECG
* Removal of sutures / staples
* Flu and pneumonia vaccinations
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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