Healthcare AssistantNHS

Job summary

To work as a Health Care Assistant, within the nursing team, providing quality clinical and administrative support in an efficient manner, under the direction of the Senior Nurse Manager.

Main duties of the job

Specific responsibilities subject to appropriate training and supervision could include the following range.

General

1 To provide a professional service to our multilingual diverse practice population using available resources including interpreters to aid effective communication.

Clinical

1 New Patient Checks

2 Other Health Checks including blood pressure checks, urinalysis and height/weight etc for different groups of patients

3 Lifestyle advice including smoking cessation, weight management

4 Foot checks for Diabetic patients

5 Phlebotomy

6 Flu/Pneumococcal vaccinations

7 B12 injections

8 Stitch and clip removals / Simple dressings

9 ECGs

10 Maintain infection control standards

Admin

1 Medical records summarising

2 Call and recall letters for nurse clinics

3 Ordering of stocks, supplies and stationary

4 Monitoring of vaccines and other drug stocks

5 Ordering health promotion literature and organising displays

6 Carrying out other admin duties that may be required

Please note this job description could change as the needs of the practice and service changes.

Job description

Specific responsibilities subject to appropriate training and supervision could include the following range.

General

1 To provide a professional service to our multilingual diverse practice population using available resources including interpreters to aid effective communication.

Clinical

1 New Patient Checks

2 Other Health Checks including blood pressure checks, urinalysis and height/weight etc for different groups of patients

3 Lifestyle advice including smoking cessation, weight management

4 Foot checks for Diabetic patients

5 Phlebotomy

6 Flu/Pneumococcal vaccinations

7 B12 injections

8 Stitch and clip removals / Simple dressings

9 ECGs

10 Maintain infection control standards

Admin

1 Medical records summarising

2 Call and recall letters for nurse clinics

3 Ordering of stocks, supplies and stationary

4 Monitoring of vaccines and other drug stocks

5 Ordering health promotion literature and organising displays

6 Carrying out other admin duties that may be required

Other

1 Maintain confidentiality at all times

2 Act as a chaperone, (after appropriate training), during intimate examinations as and when necessary in line with the practice chaperone policy documenting every occasion in the patients records using the practice chaperone template.

3 Attend and participate in practice meetings and communicate effectively outside of meetings

4 Maintain health and safety at all times

Training

1 You will need to engage in ongoing training to learn the skills required of this developing role as well as mandatory training relevant to the practice team.

Please note this job description could change as the needs of the practice and service changes.

About us

Market Street Health Group is situated in Newham, one of the poorer areas of London. As a result, our patients tend to have more health needs and often make more visits to see their doctor than the average. We have a higher than average representation of the under 16s, the elderly and look after 3 Nursing/Care Homes. Newham has a very diverse population and as a practice we are one of the highest users of the local interpreting service.

We are one of the larger practices in Newham with over 13 thousand patients, 5 GPs, 3 GP Registrars, 1 Nurse, 3 Health Care Assistants and 2 Clinical Pharmacists.

The clinical team is supported by the Practice Manager, a team of 8 Receptionists supervised by a Lead Receptionist, 2 Secretaries supervised by a Senior Secretary, a Medical Records Clerk, 2 Administrators and a Facilities Manager plus Apprentices.