About this role
Job summary
To deliver NHS Health Checks to eligible Sutton patients within Enhanced Access clinics, undertaking clinical assessments, blood tests, accurate documentation, patient education, and follow-up in line with NHS Health Check guidance, Sutton PCN protocols, and NICE guidelines.
Main duties of the job
Deliver NHS Health Checks to eligible patients in line with the NHS health check programme
Undertake face to face assessments, including:
o Height, weight, BMI and waist circumference
o Blood pressure measurement
o Lifestyle assessment (smoking, alcohol, physical activity, diet, QRISK,QDiabetes)
o Blood test (e.g. cholesterol, HbA1c)
Complete follow up telephone appointments
Accurately record all activity on the clinical system EMIS
Calculate and explain CVD risk scores in a clear and supportive way
Provide brief advice and signposting to lifestyle services
Escalate or refer patients appropriately in line with PCN protocols
Ensure informed consent, confidentiality, and data quality standards are met
Work across multiple practices as required by the PCN
Adhere to infection prevention, safeguarding, and information governance
requirements
Deliver bloods to hospital at the end of each clinic.
Participate in Health care assistant meetings to support the development.
Identify abnormal results (e.g. raised blood pressure, cholesterol, HbA1c) and
escalate appropriately in line with local protocols.
About us
Sutton Primary Care Networks is the collaborative vehicle for the four Sutton PCNs and the former Sutton GP Federation, working together as a single entity. We are a Community Interest Company that aims to reinvest surpluses back into general practice and primary care for the benefit of our practices and the people who form the communities we serve.
Sutton has four PCNs whose boundaries are based on historical relationships and organisational groupings. There are some similarities in residents' health and care needs that are unique to a particular PCN, and many more that are shared across all four PCNs.
Our four PCNs represent all 21 GP surgeries in Sutton. Their collective footprints cover the London Borough of Sutton and its residents, who can access and benefit from the services and improvements offered by Primary Care Networks.
Primary Care Networks (PCNs) are a key part of the NHS Long Term Plan, with all general practices being required to be in a network by June 2019, and CCGs/Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) being required to commit recurrent funding to develop and maintain them.
The networks will have expanded neighbourhood teams comprising a range of staff, including GPs, pharmacists, district nurses, community geriatricians, dementia workers, and Allied Health Professionals such as physiotherapists and podiatrists/chiropodists, alongside social care and the voluntary sector.
Job description Job responsibilities
Deliver NHS Health Checks to eligible patients in line with the NHS health check programme
Undertake face to face assessments, including:
o Height, weight, BMI and waist circumference
o Blood pressure measurement
o Lifestyle assessment (smoking, alcohol, physical activity, diet, QRISK,QDiabetes)
o Blood test (e.g. cholesterol, HbA1c)
Complete follow up telephone appointments
Accurately record all activity on the clinical system EMIS
Calculate and explain CVD risk scores in a clear and supportive way
Provide brief advice and signposting to lifestyle services
Escalate or refer patients appropriately in line with PCN protocols
Ensure informed consent, confidentiality, and data quality standards are met
Work across multiple practices as required by the PCN
Adhere to infection prevention, safeguarding, and information governance
requirements
Deliver bloods to hospital at the end of each clinic.
Participate in Health care assistant meetings to support the development.
Identify abnormal results (e.g. raised blood pressure, cholesterol, HbA1c) and
escalate appropriately in line with local protocols.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care (or equivalent experience)
Desirable
Knowledge of local lifestyle / prevention services
Experience Essential
Experience working as a Health Care Assistant in primary care settings Competent in delivering NHS Health Checks Confident with patients from diverse backgrounds
Additional Essential
Enhanced DBS required Mandatory training must be up to date (safeguarding, infection control, IG etc) Uniform or dress code in line with PCN policy Sessions including evenings and weekends
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name Sutton Primary Care Networks
Address Thomas Wall Centre
52 Benhill Avenue
Sutton
Surrey
SM1 4DP
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.suttonpcns.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)