Health Care Assistant
Job Description
Job summary
We are looking for a part time Health Care Assistant with a minimum of 2 years experience working in a hospital or GP setting providing clinical not personal care. (9 - 12 hours per week) - Work pattern Thursday full day and alternative Saturday mornings.
Possible ad-hoc additional hours to cover team absence.
We are also looking for a fully qualified part time Phlebotomist for 12 - 18 hours per week. The HCA and Phlebotomist roles could be combined (if you hold both qualifications and experience) to provide up to around 25 - 30 hours per week. Work pattern will be Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and alternate Saturday mornings.
If you are your household are patients at Hightown Surgery if appointed you and your household would be required to register at another GP surgery to retain confidentiality.
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job
To support the practice nursing and administrative teams in the delivery of clinical and administrative services, working as part of the practice multi-disciplinary team, delivering care within their scope of practice to the entitled patient population.
Working under the direct supervision of the senior practice nurse 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.
About us
Hightown Surgery is a busy and well-established practice that prides itself on a patient focussed ethos. The Surgery has a wide range of clinical expertise including three Practice Pharmacists. We are a GP and Nurse training practice and opportunities for further training and clinical development would be encouraged. We are not an Agenda for Change (AfC) organisation.
We are part of Banbury Alliance PCN and one of our partners is the Clinical Director.
Banbury is a growing market town on the edge of the beautiful countryside of the Cotswolds, close to Oxford, Stratford upon Avon, Warwick and Bicester Village.
Good choice of schools, both private and state.
Excellent transport links to London, Birmingham and the rest of the UK, both by rail and motorway.
Situated next to the Horton General Hospital; facilitates good links with local consultants.
List size 12,500 Purpose built premises.
What we can offer you:
-Training Practice
- Working in a multi-disciplinary team including GPs, Practice Nurses, Student Nurse Associate, Healthcare Assistant, ANP, Physiotherapists, Pharmacists and Pharmacy team, Care Co-ordinator and Social Prescriber.
-Consistently high patient satisfaction rating, CQC rating Good
We welcome informal visits. Please contact us if that would be of interest.
Job responsibilities
Main clinical duties:
- NHS Health Checks
- Phlebotomy/Venepuncture
- Support practice nurses with health promotion programmes including smoking and weight management
- Support practice nurses with management of chronic disease clinics.
- Carry out baseline observations such as pulse oximitery, blood pressure, temperature and pulse rate, recording findings accurately.
- ECG recording
- Basic urinalysis and completion of microbiology forms and specimen handling as necessary.
- Learning Disability Health Checks
- To assist PNs with data inputting before the diabetic/CHD clinic, e.g., BP, weight, smoking status.
- Memory testing
- Supporting vaccination clinics
- B12 injections
- Weight referrals
- Supporting coil clinics
- Simple wound dressings/wound care
- Diabetic food care
- Occasional home visits or care home visits where necessary
- Act as chaperone as required
- Ensure fridges are cleaned routinely in accordance with guidelines
- Ensure clinical waste is removed from clinical areas and sharps bins are replaced in accordance with IPC policy
- Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate
- Complete opening and closing procedures in accordance with duty rota.
- Support and participate in shared learning within the organisation
- Support the practice to adhere to infection protection controls.
- Understanding of cold chain, chaperone, consent, Caldicott & confidentiality, COSHH, safeguarding,
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- *Experience working in a GP Practice
- *Experience working within a nursing team
Desirable
- Experience of simple wound dressings
Essential
Essential
- Applications will not be considered if they do not meet the minimum standards required.
- Eligible to work in the UK
- Live within short commute of North Oxfordshire
- Driving licence and access to own vehicle
- Care Certificate or appropriate NVQ qualification
- Phlebotomy trained.
- Recent practical experience working in a similar role and competent in the aspects of the role listed in the job description.
Qualifications
Essential
- *Phlebotomy trained
- *Health care qualification BTEC or NVQ(level 3 or 4).
- *HCA Care Certificate
- *Minimum of 3 years experience working as a Healthcare Assistant in primary or secondary care providing clinical care (not personal care)
- *Must have own transport and full driving licence as occasional home visits/care home visits will be required.
- *Must have right to work in the UK
- *Must undertake DBS check
- *Must be able to provide evidence of immunisation history to include Diphtheria, Tetanus, Polio, MMR (x2 doses), BCG, Hepatitis B, Varicella.
Desirable
- *Primary care experience
- *Confident user of EMIS/Optum
- *Vaccination certification
- *Ability to record accurate clinical notes
- *Ability to follow clinical policy and procedures
- *Able to undertake vaccinations
- *Understanding of infection prevention and control measures
- *Able to perform venepuncture
- *Able to under the principals of ECG's
- *Experience of wound care/removal of sutures and staples
- *Ability to undertake patient medicals, including height, weight, BP, pulse and BMI etc
- *Understanding of safeguarding adults and children
- *Understanding of chaperone procedure
- *Understanding the requirements for PSDs and associated policy
- *Demonstrate personal accountability, emotional resilience and work well under pressure.
- *Ability to follow legal, ethical and clinical policy and procedure.
- *Knowledge of and ability to work to key policies and procedures.
- *Ability to work as a team member and autonomously.
- *Flexible, cooperative and motivated.
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
Hightown Surgery
Address
Hightown Gardens
Banbury
Oxfordshire
OX16 9DB
United Kingdom
