Health Care Assistant Ilford, England

Newbury Group Practice

Full Time Ilford, England 15 GBP HOURLY Today

Job description

Hours 37.5 (including home visits to housebound patients for health monitoring checks and health prevention immunisation) Previous HCA Experience in primary care essential

Duties will include but not limited to:

New patient health checks
ECG recording
Hypertension clinic
Wound care
Diabetic checks
Weight management
Smoking cessation
Chaperoning duties
Processing and management of laboratory samples requested by GPs/Nurses
Sterilising, cleansing and maintenance of surgical equipment
Vaccine/cold chain storage, monitoring and recording
Surgical equipment and vaccine re-stocking and stock rotation
Clearing and re-stocking consulting rooms
Preparing and maintaining environments and equipment before, during and after patient care interventions including assisting GPs during the performance of minor operations
Assisting in the assessment and surveillance of patients’ health and well-being
Undertaking specific clinical activities for named patients that have been delegated and taught specifically in relation to that individual
Helping to raise awareness of health and well-being and how it can be promoted
Assisting with the collection and collation of data on needs related to health and well-being
To perform other clinical tasks as trained and agreed, to meet the needs of the practice
To perform any other task within the skills of the post holder