Health Care Assistant Nottingham, England
Job description
Working under the direct supervision of a member of the nursing team and strictly in accordance with specific Practice guidelines, patient specific directions and protocols, the Healthcare Assistant will support the nursing team in the delivery of nursing services. As part of the multidisciplinary team, the Healthcare Assistant will deliver care within their scope of practice to the entitled patient population. The Healthcare Assistant will deliver and assist clinical staff in the provision of treatment, preventative care, health promotion and patient education.
The City-Wide Services core operational hours are 4pm-8pm, this will need to be part of the contractual hours.
There may be opportunity to work during in the 9am-3pm in addition or within one of our practices.
- Phlebotomy including home and nursing home visits
- BP monitoring including 24 hr ABP monitoring
- Observations: height, weight, BMI, pulse
- ECGs
- Spirometry
- Urinalysis
- New patient health checks
- Health promotion
- Ear syringing
- Assist with Influenza, pneumococcal and B12 injections following Patient Specific Directions
- Wound care and dressings
- Chaperoning duties • Processing and management of laboratory samples requested by GPs/Nurses
- Surgical equipment and vaccine re-stocking, ordering 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.
- Knowledge of emergency drugs: policies and procedures
- Participate in QOF, Ehealthscope and CQC work requirements
- Annual reviews for QOF
- Attends Protected Learning Time events
- Helping to raise awareness of health and well-being and how it can be promoted including checking and ordering of leaflets and arranging notice boards and displays
- Maintaining high standards of infection control and cleanliness of rooms, equipment and other items including toys
- Provide high quality stop smoking behavioural support and pharmacological advice in accordance with the NSCST (National Centre for Smoking Cessation & Training) guidelines to those wishing to stop smoking.
We are the lead employer of Primary Care Network (PCN) staff and Additional Roles (ARRS), meaning we employ for many different roles across the city!
Our spacious head office is located in the heart of Nottingham city centre, and is close to a range of transport links. Many roles are based within local practices, or other locations in the community.
We don't just employ clinicians. We have teams that cover finance, human resources, communications, administration, estates, PCN support, city wide services, governance, data management and more.
Please find the attached job description and person specification which specifies the main responsibilities of the role.
