Healthcare Assistant

Job Summary The Healthcare Assistant role will work under direct supervision of the senior nursing team strictly in accordance with specific practice guidelines and protocols. The Healthcare Assistant will assist the practice clinical team in the provision of prescribed programmes of patient care. The Healthcare Assistant will strive to improve standards of care and be involved in identifying practice population needs, supporting the contractual, local and national requirements or specifications as required e.g GMS Contract, QOF, Quality Framework, Enhanced Services. Key Responsibilities Clinical Practice • New patient health checks • NHS Health checks • Chronic disease monitoring • ECG recording • Phlebotomy • Assisting with the care of the housebound / care home population as needed • Chaperoning Duties • Vaccine/cold chain storage, monitoring and recording when required • Administering Injections where signed off and approved to do so e.g Flu, B12, Pneumo • Surgical equipment and re-stocking and stock rotation • Assisting with other Practice clinics e.g Minor Surgery, Vaccination programmes. • Clearing and restocking consulting rooms when required • Preparing and maintaining environments and equipment before, during and after patient care intervention including assisting GPs during performance of minor operations • Assisting in the assessment and surveillance of patients health and wellbeing • Helping to raise awareness of health and wellbeing and how it can be promoted • Assisting with the collection and collation of data on needs related to health and wellbeing • Urinalysis processing of laboratory samples requested by clinical colleagues, and or following protocols for those requiring in-house treatment following testing • Undertaking specific clinical activities for name patients that have been delegated and taught specifically in relation to that individual The above is not an exhaustive list of expected duties to be undertaken. Full training and competencies will be given to ensure that the post holder has the appropriate skills to undertake the above. This list can be added too as and where need requires and through consultation at review/appraisal in keeping with service development and changing roles expected of the Healthcare Assistant. Job description Job responsibilities Job Summary The Healthcare Assistant role will work under direct supervision of the senior nursing team strictly in accordance with specific practice guidelines and protocols. The Healthcare Assistant will assist the practice clinical team in the provision of prescribed programmes of patient care. The Healthcare Assistant will strive to improve standards of care and be involved in identifying practice population needs, supporting the contractual, local and national requirements or specifications as required e.g GMS Contract, QOF, Quality Framework, Enhanced Services. Key Responsibilities Clinical Practice • New patient health checks • NHS Health checks • Chronic disease monitoring • ECG recording • Phlebotomy • Assisting with the care of the housebound / care home population as needed • Chaperoning Duties • Vaccine/cold chain storage, monitoring and recording when required • Administering Injections where signed off and approved to do so e.g Flu, B12, Pneumo • Surgical equipment and re-stocking and stock rotation • Assisting with other Practice clinics e.g Minor Surgery, Vaccination programmes. • Clearing and restocking consulting rooms when required • Preparing and maintaining environments and equipment before, during and after patient care intervention including assisting GPs during performance of minor operations • Assisting in the assessment and surveillance of patients health and wellbeing • Helping to raise awareness of health and wellbeing and how it can be promoted • Assisting with the collection and collation of data on needs related to health and wellbeing • Urinalysis processing of laboratory samples requested by clinical colleagues, and or following protocols for those requiring in-house treatment following testing • Undertaking specific clinical activities for name patients that have been delegated and taught specifically in relation to that individual The above is not an exhaustive list of expected duties to be undertaken. Full training and competencies will be given to ensure that the post holder has the appropriate skills to undertake the above. This list can be added too as and where need requires and through consultation at review/appraisal in keeping with service development and changing roles expected of the Healthcare Assistant.