Health Care Assistant

Within this role you will be assisting within our clinical team

The nursing responsibilities for this role are

NHS health check

Diabetes/Hypertension data collecting

BP monitoring

Influenza/Pneumococcal/Shingles/RSV

B12

Chronic disease management

Providing lifestyle advice

There is also administration responsibilities and management of medical records

JOB TITLE: HEALTH CARE ASSISTANT

REPORTS TO: Operations Manager/Nurse Lead

To assist medical personnel in the care of practice patients, to include treatment, preventative care, screening and patient education. The post will also include some administrative duties.

A uniform and name badge must be worn at all times, which will be supplied by the Practice.

They will act as a focal point of communication between patients, doctors, nurses and other members of the primary health care team

1. Nursing

NHS health checks.

Diabetes/Hypertension data collecting

BP monitoring

B12

Chronic Disease Management involving data collection and updating patient records

Provide lifestyle advice to patients making any necessary referrals within the practice

Weight monitoring

Ensure specimens are labelled and bagged ready for collection with the necessary paperwork completed

Ensure clinical waste collection runs smoothly, reporting any problems to Operational Manager

Ensure sharps bins are ready for collection

Restocking/Ordering all medical supplies

Restocking of clinical areas and consulting rooms

2. Administration and professional responsibilities

Participate in the administrative and professional responsibilities of the practice team

Ensure accurate and legible notes of all consultations and treatments are recorded in the patients notes

Ensure the clinical computer system is kept up to date with accurate details recorded

Ensure appropriate items of service claims are made accurately, reporting any problems to the practice administrator

Ensure accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with patient health care and registration with the practice

Attend and participate in practice meetings as required

Assist in formulation of practice philosophy, strategy and policy

3. Management of medical records

Ensure that records are accurately assembled in advance of each consulting session

Ensure that records are available in the instances of urgent consultation

Retrieve and re-file records as requested, ensuring that strict alphabetical order is adhered to

Ensure correspondence, reports, results etc are filed in correct records

Ensure records are kept neat and tidy and in good repair with all necessary information recorded correctly on the outer cover

4. Management of appointment system

Ensure total familiarity with all appointment systems, including regular and incidental variations

Book appointments and recalls, ensuring sufficient information is recorded to enable retrieval of the medical record

Monitor flow of patients into the waiting room, ensuring the appointment system accurately reflects the arrival of patients

Monitor effectiveness of the system and report any problems or variations to the senior receptionist

5. Any other delegated duties considered appropriate to the post

An understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality

An ability to use own judgement, resourcefulness, common sense and local knowledge, to respond to patients enquiries and requests while adhering to practice limitations

An understanding and acceptance of own capabilities and awareness of own limitations

Ability to work without direct supervision and determine own workload priorities

Craneswater Group Practice is just a stones throw away from Southsea Seafront. The team is made up of 45 team members, comprising of five Partners, three Salaried GPs, three nurse practitioners and three practice nurses. We also have three HCAs and four Managers. We have a list size of 11,500 patients worked over two sites, we are a training practice.

If you are looking for an interesting part time role and are flexible on working days and able to work until 6.30pm this could be the perfect position for you

Qualifications

Essential: - GCSE grade A to C in English and Maths or equivalent; - Qualified in immunisation and phlebotomy

Desirable: - Qualified in NVQ level 2 in health and social care

Experience

Essential: - experience of working within a nursing team; - Experience of working in primary care

Desirable: - Experiencing of working in a GP practice