The Health Care Assistant (HCA) plays a vital role within primary care, supporting the clinical team in delivering high-quality patient care.
We are interested in hearing from an experienced HCA who is a caring and enthusiastic individual who wants to work in our friendly practice to enhance our nursing team in delivering outstanding care.
We are looking for someone to ideally work Monday, Tuesday Wednesday and Friday
Main duties of the job
Toassist the practice clinical team in the provision and delivery of high qualitypatient care. Undertaking clinical work and related tasks as delegated by thepractice nurses or GPs following appropriate training and assessment ofcompetency.
Towork as part of the Nursing team and strictly in accordance withspecific practice guidelines and protocols.
Toassist the Practice Nurses in the annual reviews for patients on the practiceregister for Diabetes, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Asthma,Chronic Heart Disease, Chronic Kidney disease, Ischemic Heart Disease,Hypothyroidism, Mental Health and Hypertensive Disease.
Toassist in the smooth running of clinics ensuring all necessary equipment andstock is available and high quality standards of infection control aremaintained.
Some of the other duties include, though are not limited to
Assisting in Minor Surgery/Women's Health Clinics
Blood pressures and ECG's
Chaperoning
Administering Flu and B12 injections under a Patient Specific Directive
About us
Garforth Medical Practice is a training practice which cares for over 14000 patients. We are across 2 sites and have a team of 12 GP's, ANP's, Practice Matron and a large team of care coordinators and administrative staff. Our Practice Nursing Team consists of 5 Practice Nurses, a Phlebotomist, 3 HCA's and a Nursing Associate from the local PCN.
The Garforth Medical Practice is a general practice that isaccessed by the immediate population of the area and has evolved steadily overthe years. The main practice covers theGarforth area in the east of Leeds and is mainly suburban with a smalleroutlying semi rural population. At thepresent time our list size is around 14,000.
There are two surgeries, the main surgery being in Garforth. The branch surgery is in the nearby villageof Barwick in Elmet approx 3 miles away.Patients can, and do, attend any of the surgeries, but normally attendthe nearest surgery for most of their services.The branch site is a dispensing surgery.
We also provide care and services for 3 Residential/Nursing Homes
The practice is located in an attractive and fairly affluent area.Being on the outskirts of the vibrantcity of Leeds and having easy access to the M62 motorway and M1/A1 link,combined with excellent railway communications makes this a very desirable areato live. There are excellent schools andample good quality housing.
Job responsibilities
We are looking for an experienced Health Care Assistant who is able to join our Nursing Team.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* GCSE Grade A to C in Maths and English
* Qualified in Phlebotomy
* Experience of working in healthcare
* Able to perform and understand blood pressures
* Good team player
* Able to work under own initiative
* Experience of working in primary care
* Qualified in giving injections and vaccinations
* Basic knowledge of Long Term Conditions
* Experienced in performing manual blood pressures
* Experienced in performing ECG's
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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