healthcare consultant London, England
Job description
Location: Roodlane, Central London
Contract: Permanent & full-time - 37.5 hours/week 8.30am - 5pm Monday – Friday
Salary – £23,000-£25,000 depending on experience and skills
About the role:
The Healthcare Assistant supports GPs, Nurses, Physiologist, in delivering patient medicals and GP consultation, by administering health function tests. A Healthcare Assistant is also responsible for the day to day clinical governance tasks.
As Primary care operate across many sites and for many corporate clients it is imperative that you take responsibility for the quality of your individual work and contribute as a member of a team, when delivery exceptional patient care
Duties are not limited to;
- Perform clinical duties as requested including but not limited to ECG, Lung Function, Audiology , Posture assessment , Phlebotomy, Chain of Custody urine testing, Urine Analysis, .
- Undertake essential measurements such as height, weight and body composition including BMI and tissue hydration
- Gain valid informed consent for assessment and treatment interventions in line with national and local policy.
- Apply infection control measures within the practice according to local and national guidelines.
- Make entries in the patients’ medical records as appropriate following local and national polices.
- Recognise own limitation and request assistance as necessary
- Chaperone as required
- Report Variances in patient’s condition immediately to a relevant professional.
- Liaise with clients and when appropriate discuss the results of the test carried out.
- Log all data and results for each client onto the various systems
- Be aware of the patients’ needs, care and support
- Stock checks, ordering and reconcile deliveries.
Knowledge and Understanding;
- Experience within a healthcare setting
- Ability to provide good quality care
- Care certificate (or working towards)
- Awareness of the need to focus on continuous quality improvement
Why HCA UK?
HCA Healthcare UK has over 50 years of creating a healthier tomorrow. We believe that our continuous success is underpinned by providing an environment where our GPs, are able to deliver their best work to the highest of standards. Being part of a large, multisite, and established healthcare group, we can offer career progression, support to grow internally through funded courses.
We believe that by caring for our employees, we empower them to provide exceptional care for our patients. That is why we offer a host of flexible benefits that reflect the invaluable contribution they make every day. Some of which include:
- 25 days holiday each year (excluding bank holidays) with option to buy/sell
- Private healthcare and dental insurance for you and your family
- Critical illness cover and Life insurance
- Private pension contribution
- Full medical indemnity
- Supported study leave of up to 5 day
- Additional incentives for health screening, out of hours, evening and weekend rates.
‘We’ve built a unique and effective system of healthcare, allowing our doctors to deliver end-to-end care pathways, with exceptional patient outcomes. Our doctors sit at the heart of our business and we empower them to deliver life-changing medicine to our patients and take control of their career through training, mentorship and funded courses” – Paul Sanford, CEO of HCA Primary Care
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