Healthcare AssistantNHS

Job summary

This post is Fixed Term for Twelve Months To Cover Maternity Leave.

Working under the direct supervision of the Nurse Site Lead and strictly in accordance with specific practice guidelines and protocols, the Healthcare Assistant will assist the practice clinical team in the provision and delivery of prescribed programmes of patient care. You will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues and manage 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.

Main duties of the job

Venepuncture, ECG, BP Taking, Suture and Clip Removal, Wound, Dressings, Injections, Phlebotomy, Chaperoning Duties, Stock Ordering. To undertake patient Home Visits. To process and manage laboratory samples requested by GP/Nurses. To maintain surgical equipment. To prepare and maintain environments & equipment. Other tasks delegated by the Nurse Site Lead.

Job description

NHS Health Check

Venepuncture

ECG Recording

BP Taking and Recording

Hypertension Clinics

Height and Weight Recording

Suture and Clip Removal

Wound Dressings

Injections (within competence)

Phlebotomy

Chaperoning Duties

Stock Ordering

To undertake patient Home Visits for Long Term Conditions Review working within own competency and as delegated by qualified nurse within relevant field of care (e.g. Diabetes, CHD etc)

To support and assist qualified nurses within Diabetes/Respiratory Clinics

To process and manage laboratory samples requested by GPs/Nurses

To clean and maintain surgical equipment

To stock rotate surgical equipment and vaccine re-stocking

To prepare and maintain environments and equipment before, during and after patient care interventions

To assisting in the assessment and surveillance of patients health and well-being

To undertake specific clinical activities for named patients that have been delegated and taught specifically in relation to that individual

To help raise awareness of health and well-being and how it can be promoted

To assist with the collection and collation of data on needs related to health and well-being

To assist in clinics such as coil and Implanon insertion and removal

To assist in preparation for yearly calibration of practice equipment

To complete patient notes and tasks on clinical system relative to job role

Other tasks delegated by the Nurse Site Lead

To clear and re-stock consulting rooms

About us

Riverside Brigg is a purpose built practice in the centre of Brigg. The branch surgeries are located in Broughton, Crowle, Keadby and Skippingdale. Five GP partners care for nearly 24,000 patients; we are a Training Practice, host medical students and nurses and also offer work placements. We are a dispensing practice with a pharmacy in Brigg and Broughton and a dispensary at Crowle and Keadby. The partners have specialist interests in Cardiology, Dermatology, Diabetes, Minor Surgery and Respiratory. The Urgent Care Team manages on the day demand offering emergency appointments and telephone advice. The practice nursing team manage long term conditions. The Practice Pharmacist's manage prescribing and medicines optimisation. The clinical team is supported by a multi-professional administration team.