Location
Ampthill, Bedfordshire | United Kingdom
Job description
About the Role
Greensand Surgery is seeking an experienced health care assistant to join our friendly nursing team, on a part time basis for 16 hours per week, on Thursday & Friday.
The main responsibilities include:
- Venepuncture
- Undertake NHS Health Checks
- Collection of specimens and urinalysis as directed
- Carry out baseline observations such as pulse oximetry, blood pressure, temperature and pulse rate, recording findings accurately
- Facilitate routine and 24-hour BP monitoring, advising patients accordingly
- Undertake wound care, dressings and other clinical tasks as required
- Support the practice nurse with the management of chronic disease clinics
- Carry out BMI checks as directed
- Act as a chaperone as required
- When trained, administer flu vaccinations
- When trained, carry out ear irrigation under the supervision of the practice nurse
- Carry out ECGs as requested
- Ensure specimens are recorded and ready for onward transportation
- Provide support during minor operations/implants/coil fits as required
- Smoking cessation
- Order stock
- Ensure clinical waste is removed from clinical areas and sharps bins replaced in accordance with the organisation’s IPC policy
- Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate
- First diabetic checks (when trained)
Please see full job description attached.
About the Candidate
If you are a qualified and experienced healthcare assistant looking for a fresh and exciting challenge, we would love to hear from you. You will have the following skills and qualifications:
Essential:
- Successful completion of the Care Certificate, or willingness to undertake, as indicated by the CQC
- Level 3/4 Diploma in Health and Social Care, or equivalent
- Experience of working within a GP practice
- Strong clinical skills
- Confidence and competence in all HCA duties required for the post
- Experience within primary care or another healthcare setting
- Excellent patient-facing communication and interpersonal skills
- Consistently confidential manner, as well as a compassionate and respectful approach,placing a high value on the dignity of patients, relatives, carers and colleagues
- Ability to work independently and determine own workload priorities, as well as working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Strong organisational and time management skills
Desirable:
- A qualification in phlebotomy/venepuncture
About Us
Greensand Surgery is a semi-rural, GMS, practice in mid-Bedfordshire with just over 10,000 patients.
We are a dynamic, hard-working team whose aim is to provide high quality patient centred care. The partnership is supportive and cohesive and we have a full complement of enthusiastic team members. We provide a comprehensive range of medical services for our patients as well as meeting targets for the new contract. The practice consists of three partners and four salaried GPs, a dedicated nursing team, clinical pharmacist, and admin staff.
Our mission statement: "Our surgery aims to provide excellent clinical care that is available, accessible and efficient. We recognise the benefit of good teamwork to achieve our aims, provide the best possible service to patients as well as appropriate reward and job satisfaction for the team.”
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
Please note 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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