Health Care Assistant Norwich, England
Job description
We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic and flexible health care assistant to work with patients as part of our caring and friendly nursing team. The successful applicant will be actively involved in the provision of care to patients including phlebotomy, chronic disease management clinics, warfarin monitoring (using INR Star), taking ECG recordings, checking blood pressure and undertaking health checks. Preference will be given to applicants with experience in healthcare, who have completed phlebotomy training.
Job Responsibilities:
1. Working with support of registered nurses and within limits of experience and competencies, using sound clinical judgement and knowledge to provide a wide range of nursing services within agreed practice protocols, guidelines (both local and national) and PSDs including the following areas:
· Investigations including swabs, urinalysis, venepuncture, capillary blood testing, BP measurement, 24hour BP monitoring, ECGs, assessing and dealing with results with appropriate onward referral to other members of the clinical team.
· Immunisations and injections, including adult, flu and any additional immunisation programmes, as directed.
· Care within the Local Enhanced and Direct Enhanced Service contracts including, D-dimer assays, 24hr ECGs, Health Checks, Near Patient Testing, Prostate and PSA, Alcohol Monitoring, Post-Operative care, Minor Surgery and Minor Injury services.
· INR/Warfarin monitoring, warfarin dosing service based on practice protocol, INR Star computer dosing program, ensuring safe patient management and appropriate onward referral if results are outside of safe levels. Co-ordinating changes within the service and producing and disseminating ongoing audits.
· Wound assessment; provide care using appropriate dressing treatments to promote healing. Ongoing management assessing for progress or deterioration and acting on findings appropriately to promote healing and minimise discomfort and distress to the patient.
· Chronic disease monitoring and management in regular clinics which includes Diabetes, Pre-diabetes, CHD, Stroke, Hypertension, Mental health, Learning Disability, Peripheral Vascular Disease, CKD and Rheumatoid Disease, ensuring that patients with a change in condition or bloods/measurements outside of target range are dealt with appropriately through action or onward referral.
· To develop skills in the monitoring and ongoing management of patients with respiratory conditions such as asthma, COPD and interstitial lung disease.
· To take an active role in developing innovations to improve care and admission avoidance for this group of patients.
· Urgent care for patients who may be present at surgery with breathing difficulties such as asthma or COPD, or chest pain ensuring help has been summoned.
· Ear care and advice.
· To plan and produce the nursing clinics and holiday rota in consultation with the Nurse Manager.
Salary is dependant on experience.
Interviews will take place on Tuesday 16th May AM.
Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 17 per week
Salary: From £10.42 per hour
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 11/05/2023
