We are offering a great opportunity for a new colleague to join our dynamic and responsive team who are committed to providing accessible, high-quality healthcare. Church Street Medical is a thriving practice set in the historic riverside town of Tewkesbury. Our commitment to our patients is demonstrated by our organisation being one of the first to recruit Nurse Practitioners, Nursing Associates, Clinical Pharmacists, and Paramedics who support our team in the surgery. We continue to invest in a broad range of new technologies to support the delivery of primary healthcare in these busy times.
PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY
Main duties of the job
Roles and Responsibilities:
* Carry out designated tasks as instructed by the Qualified Nurse.
* Acknowledge the need to demonstrate confidentiality relating to patient information and records.
* Communicate promptly, effectively and courteously to patients, staff and visitors, recognising the importance of directing enquiries to the Qualified Nurse.
* After training and assessment of competence the HCA to be able to undertake the following tasks:
* Recording of Blood Pressure
* To record height/weight of patients and smoking status
* To undertake health check screening to an agreed protocol and report any findings accurately to qualified staff
* Undertake simple dressing of wounds after assessment by qualified nurse
* Perform ECGs and 24hr ECG Monitoring
* Take appropriate blood specimens as requested by doctor/nurse
* Test urine specimens and accurately record results
* To undertake INR clinics
* To facilitate Smoking Cessation Clinics
About us
Church Street is part of Inspire Healthcare who has four practice sites across Cheltenham, Tewkesbury, and Cirencester. We currently employ 26 doctors, 35 nurses, and over 50 non-clinical staff to care for our 34,000 patients (with our list sizes growing every day!).
We have embraced a multi-disciplinary approach to our provision of care and our clinical team includes, among others, pharmacists, first contact physiotherapists, paramedics (who support our home visiting services), social prescribers, mental health workers, physician associates, advanced nurse practitioners, and urgent care practitioners.
We have six partners working across our sites and several salaried GP Associates, typically providing six sessions each per week. We look after several nursing homes and a community hospital.
For more information, please visit our website www.inspire-healthcare.co.uk.
Job responsibilities
Job Summary:
The Health Care Assistant will carry out assigned tasks involving direct care in support of, and supervised by, a registered nurse.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required:
* Provide and maintain the standard of patient care required by the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and Surgery Policies and Procedures.
* Use resources efficiently.
* Contribute towards the establishment of an environment conducive to good patient/staff morale and inter-personal relationships.
* Play an active role in developing and supporting the nursing team.
Person Specification
Experience:
* Good communication and interpersonal skills.
* Experience of working in primary care.
Qualifications
* Must have at least an NVQ level 2.
* Must have a certificate for Phlebotomy.
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.
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