About this role
Job summary
Working under indirect supervision of the Lead Practice Nurse, or as delegated to nursing team member and strictly in accordance with specific Practice guidelines and protocols, the Healthcare Assistant will assist the Practice clinical team in the provision and delivery of prescribed programmes of patient care. With very varied Duties and responsibilities.
Main duties of the job
ECG recording
Phlebotomy
Spirometry
Chaperoning duties
Medicines, consumablesand medical equipment ordering & management including emergency medication
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 of consumables and other requested items
Preparing and maintaining environments and equipment before, during and after patient care interventions including assisting GPs during the performance of minor operations
Lead on NHS health checks & Learning Disabilities
Helping to raise awareness of health and well-being and how it can be promoted
Ear syringing
Administer medications by injection with the appropriate legal authorisation
Minor woundcare
Assisting the GP in minor operations clinics
Chronic Disease Management recall systems
PPA collection & collation
Assist the Lead Nurse and Business Manager as directed
Assist with preparation and minute taking of Palliative Care meetings
Duties may be varied from time to time under the direction of the Lead Nurse and Business Manager, dependent on current and evolving Practice workload and staffing levels:
About us
We are a medium size surgery with around 10,000 patients based in Hove. Our current nurse team consists of 3 nurses and 1 HCA. We seek an enthusiastic HCA to join our team and are happy to offer relevant training to the right qualified person. As a teaching practice we are keen support staff in their development.
Job description Job responsibilities
This list should not be considered as finite for the role
New patient health checks
ECG recording
Phlebotomy
Spirometry
Chaperoning duties
Medicines, consumables and medical equipment ordering and management including emergency medication
Processing and management of laboratory samples requested by GPs and Nurses
Cleansing and maintenance of surgical equipment
Vaccine and cold chain storage, monitoring and recording
Surgical equipment and vaccine restocking and stock rotation
Clearing and re-stocking consulting rooms of consumables and other requested items
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
Lead on NHS health checks and Learning Disabilities
Undertaking specific clinical activities for patients that have been delegated and taught specifically in relation to those individuals
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 wellbeing
Ear syringing
Administer medications by injection with the appropriate legal authorisation
Minor woundcare
Assisting the GP in minor operations clinics
Chronic Disease Management recall systems
PPA collection and collation
Assist the Lead Nurse and Business Manager as directed
Assist with preparation and minute taking of Palliative Care meetings
Duties may be varied from time to time under the direction of the Lead Nurse, Business Manager, dependent on current and evolving Practice workload and staffing levels:
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Appropriate qualification Qualified in phlebotomy
Desirable
Appropriate level of qualification if a Health Care Associate
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 Hove Medical Centre
Address West Way
Hove
East Sussex
BN3 8LD
Employer's website https://www.hovemedicalcentre.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)