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Job Summary
Be a member of the clinical team.
Provide phlebotomy, in accordance with current guidelines and local protocols.
Be able to record ECGs.
Blood pressure monitoring.
Wound Management and Suture or Stitch removal.
Urinalysis.
Have an understanding of QOF and IIF and how Primary Care General Practice runs.
Refer patients to other clinicians as necessary.
Provide routine clinical care to patients according to locally approved protocols, under supervision of the Treatment Room Nurse, Nurse Practitioner or GP.
Have Primary Care experience and experience working in a GP Practice.
Work within Redcar, East Cleveland and Middlesbrough sites.
Main Duties of the Job
Understand the principles of healthy living and provide relevant health promotion literature to patients.
Collect patient data such as blood pressure, height, weight and ECG in accordance with practice protocols and your competence to operate the necessary equipment.
Record data on patient electronic records in an accurate and timely manner.
Wound care and packings and dressings.
Suture and stitch removal.
Summarise patient notes and provide administrative assistance to the nursing team.
Provide smoking cessation support to patients in accordance with your training and practice protocols.
Run Blood Pressure and ECG Clinics.
Prepare the consulting and treatment rooms for effective consultation and ensure trolley fully stocked, maintaining stocks of examination instruments, stores and specimen collection materials, and ensuring couches and work benches or drawers are kept clean.
Maintain the system for monitoring and ordering clinical supplies.
Ensure that all specimens taken by clinicians, or brought in by patients, are ready for collection by pathology service.
Assist in maintaining safe storage of drugs and vaccines under the direction of the on duty Nurse Practitioner/ Practice Nurse/ GP.
Emergency Trolley damp dust weekly and monthly checks of full trolley or sooner if used.
Defibrillator and oxygen daily check when service is open.
About Us
South Tees area comprises of 46 general practices with a long history of working together in their respective localities of Langbaurgh, Eston and Middlesbrough. It covers a total population of 290,000 and includes some of the most deprived areas in the country. The area has traditionally been one of the highest levels of emergency and unplanned attendance and hospital admissions in the country.
The ELM Extended Hours Service represents a major development towards integrated primary care, by extending access to primary care. The aim of the ELM Service is to provide a high quality, integrated and innovative primary care service, outside current core hours of care and led by General Practices.
Salary
£12.25 to £13.67 an hour
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Job Responsibilities
The Health Care Assistant will:
Be a member of the clinical team.
Provide phlebotomy, in accordance with current guidelines and local protocols.
Be able to record ECGs.
Blood pressure monitoring.
Wound Management and Suture/ Stitch removal.
Urinalysis.
Have an understanding of QOF and IIF and how Primary Care General Practice runs.
Refer patients to other clinicians as necessary.
Provide routine clinical care to patients according to locally approved protocols, under supervision of the Treatment Room Nurse, Nurse Practitioner or GP.
Have Primary Care experience and experience working in a GP Practice.
Work within Redcar, East Cleveland and Middlesbrough sites.
Person Specification
Experience Essential
* NVQ level 3 in Health & Social Care
* Phlebotomy skills (Experience with paediatric bloods)
* Venepuncture
* Experience in performing ECGs
* Wound Care Management
* General Observations
* Act as a Chaperone
* Previous health/social care experience
* Worked as a HCA in Primary Care with experience in GP Practice
* Understanding of a clinical environment
* Experience of working with people in a 1:1 environment
* Good time management skills
* Working as part of a team
* Ability to follow protocols and procedures
Qualifications Essential
* NVQ Healthcare Level 3 or equivalent
Personal Qualities Essential
* Good interpersonal skills
* Calm under pressure
* Able to work at pace
* Natural team player
* Common sense approach
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
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