About this role
Job summary
The HCA will work strictly in accordance with specific practice guidelines and protocols.
The HCA will assist the practice clinical team in the provision and delivery of prescribed programmes of patient care.
The post will include some administrative duties.
The HCA will be responsible for seeing patients with booked appointments for clinical procedures.
Main duties of the job
Clinical
- Phlebotomy
- New Patient Health Checks
- Learning Disability Health Checks
- ECG Recording
- Blood Pressure monitoring
- Flu vaccination under PSD
- B12, Shingles, Pneumococcal Vaccinations under PSD
- Wound care
- Urinalysis
- Chaperoning
- Preparation and processing of laboratory samples i.e. MSU, Sputum and Faeces.
- Preparing medical equipment by ensuring infection and control procedures are adhered to.
- Removal of sutures and clips
- Ensure clinical waste collection runs smoothly
- Working strictly within the guidelines and boundaries that are set.
- Maintaining a professional attitude at all times towards patients and displaying an understanding and caring attitude.
Non clinical
- Maintain general tidiness and cleanliness of treatment rooms
- To have a thorough knowledge of Practice procedures
- Maintain accurate and timely records, ensuring the clinical system is kept up to date
- Any other delegated duties appropriate to the post
About us
Macklin Street Surgery is a busy, friendly inner city GP Practice with 6 GP Partners and over 12,000 patients.
We are forward thinking and pro-active, always aiming to maintain the highest standards of practice to deliver excellent care to our patients as well as protecting the safety and well-being of staff.
The way that we work is continually evolving, especially so in the last year, and we need to adapt quickly to new ways of working and embrace improvements to practice processes and technology as they become available.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main duties of the job
Clinical
- Phlebotomy
- New Patient Health Checks
- Learning Disability Health Checks
- ECG Recording
- Blood Pressure monitoring
- Flu vaccination under PSD
- B12, Shingles, Pneumococcal Vaccinations under PSD
- Wound care
- Urinalysis
- Chaperoning
- Preparation and processing of laboratory samples i.e. MSU, Sputum and Faeces.
- Preparing medical equipment by ensuring infection and control procedures are adhered to.
- Removal of sutures and clips
- Ensure clinical waste collection runs smoothly
- Working strictly within the guidelines and boundaries that are set.
- Maintaining a professional attitude at all times towards patients and displaying an understanding and caring attitude.
Non clinical
- Maintain general tidiness and cleanliness of treatment rooms
- To have a thorough knowledge of Practice procedures
- Maintain accurate and timely records, ensuring the clinical system is kept up to date
- Any other delegated duties appropriate to the post
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ Level 1, 2 & 3
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Macklin Street Surgery
Address
90 Macklin Street
Derby
DE1 1JX
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.macklinstreetsurgery.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)