Healthcare Assistant in General Practice

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

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

Ensure sharps bins are ready for collection

Assist in clinic sessions as directed by members of the nursing and medical staff ensuring that all equipment is clean following clinic sessions. Ensure awareness for the appropriate use of sterile equipment.

Ensure that the drug refrigerator is at correct temperature on a daily basis and drugs are within their expiry dates and used in correct sequence. Order drugs and other supplies as directed ensuring that adequate levels of stock are available in the surgery. Maintain the cold chain when drugs are delivered to the surgery.

Restocking/maintenance of equipment

Test over the counter urine samples as required

Restocking of clinical areas and consulting rooms

Ensure that the clinical rooms are at all times kept in a clean and orderly manner and that relevant equipment is ready for use by nursing and medical staff during clinic sessions.

To perform diabetic foot assessments once appropriate training received.

To perform health checks as required.

The post will also include some administrative duties and tasks.

To be a member of the practice based nursing

team. You will provide high quality care to the practice population. You will

be supervised by members of the nursing and medical team, at all times working

to your job description and within your capabilities.

To assist medical personnel in the care of

practice patients, to include treatment, preventative care, chaperoning,

screening and patient education.

The post will also include some

administrative duties/tasks.

Clinical

B.P.

monitoring

Assist

clinicians with minor ops including vasectomies, as required

Provide

lifestyle advice to the patients making any necessary referrals within the

practice

specimens are labelled and bagged ready for collection with the necessary

paperwork completed

sharps bins are ready for collection

Assist in

clinic sessions as directed by members of the nursing and medical staff

ensuring that all equipment is clean following clinic sessions. Ensure

awareness for the appropriate use of sterile equipment.

that the drug refrigerator is at correct temperature on a daily basis and drugs

are within their expiry dates and used in correct sequence. Order drugs and

other supplies as directed ensuring that adequate levels of stock are available

in the surgery. Maintain the cold chain when drugs are delivered to the

surgery.

Restocking and maintenance

of equipment

Test over

the counter urine samples as required

Restocking

of clinical areas and consulting rooms

Ensure

that the clinical rooms are at all times kept in a clean and orderly manner and

that relevant equipment is ready for use by nursing and medical staff during

clinic sessions.

To

perform diabetic foot assessments once appropriate training received.

perform health checks as required.

Administration

and Professional Responsibilities

Participate

in the administrative and professional responsibilities of the practice team

accurate and legible notes of all consultations and treatments are recorded in

the patients notes

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

accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with patient

health care and registration with the practice.

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 by the most appropriate clinician

Monitor effectiveness of the system

and report any problems or variations to the Practice Administrator

collection and maintenance of statistical information required for regular and

ad hoc reports

Attend

and participate in practice meetings as required

Assist in

formulation of practice philosophy, strategy and policy

To assist

in seasonal and special projects as requested e.g. flu campaign

Ordering

and display of Health Promotion materials

Process

pathology and general health care tasks

Maintain

waiting lists, QOF lists and recall lists

Assist

with stock take

Any other

delegated duties considered appropriate to the post

We are a two site surgery looking after 20,000+ patients with seven GP partners, four salaried GP's, an ACP, Nursing Team and HCA Team

Qualifications

Essential: - Good standard of general education; - Qualified and experienced in all healthcare duties pertinent to general practice