Housebound HCA

You will be providing the delivery of

services including Phlebotomy, 24hr

BP monitoring, ECGs, Warfarin Monitoring, Atrial Fibrillation Monitoring to some of the most vulnerable

patients in Hillingdon in their homes. Ideally you will already be skilled in

providing phlebotomy services and should be willing to be trained to support

the delivery of other aspects of patient care.

You will be supported in your

role through friendly management and administration team as well as clinical

management for all patient concerns. Hillingdon celebrates working in

partnership to achieve positive outcomes for patients whilst creating a

positive work environment. Working in Hillingdon also means you have access to

our outstanding training hub providing support and development to clinicians

working in the area.

This will require you to loan work

and travel between clinical sites and patients homes within, and up to 1 miles

outside of the borough of Hillingdon.

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In accordance with the services

needs the post-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety

of duties including Phlebotomy,

ECG, AF monitoring, Post-operative dressings, Pill

Checks, Immunisations, Phlebotomy, Spirometry, BP checks, NHS Health Checks and

diabetic foot checks according to the agreed and provided processes and

protocols. Training will be provided in accordance with business requirements.

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Assessing the health needs of

patients with chronic health needs and using your own judgment to assess

whether further input is needed.

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Ensuring that potential

safeguarding concerns are reported immediately

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Screening patients for disease risk

factors and early signs of illness.

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Contributing to QOF requirements

and recording data appropriately.

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Contributing to PCN requirements

and recording data appropriately.

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In consultation with patients and

in line with current practice disease management protocols, developing care

plans for health related illnesses.

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Screening patients for health

education.

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Admitting and discharging patients

to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate.

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Recording clear and contemporaneous

consultation notes to agreed standards.

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Collecting data for audit purposes

and contributing to the practice audit programme as required.

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Take

responsibility for some aspects of the clinical work within the team, for

example: coordinating aspects of governance, QOF, enhanced services, CPD and

keeping clinical protocols up to date.

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In general, the post holder will be expected to undertake all the normal

duties and responsibilities associated with a healthcare assistant working

within primary care.

The Confederation, Hillingdon CIC works with General Practice and other healthcare providers to deliver its vision for Hillingdon to deliver the best primary care outcomes for patients in the whole of London. We are a not-for-profit community interest company. The Confederation works to develop and support individual GP practices, PCNs and Neighbourhoods and their changing needs. We deliver excellent clinical services ourselves both at scale and complementary to General Practice. We are the provider representative voice for local General Practice into the wider NHS and other Partners. We are of the NHS but independent, innovative and transformational.

The Confederation determines to develop as an attractive place to work, providing rewarding roles and opportunities to grow in order to attract and retain great staff that in turn delivers our vision.

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