Health Care Assistant

NHS; Knutsford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

Knutsford Medical Partnership is looking for a Health Care Assistant (HCA) to join our dynamic healthcare team on a permanent basis at our Enhanced Access Saturday 09:00 - 17:00 clinic at Knutsford Community Hospital.

The overall responsibility will be to undertake all HCA duties in a competent and professional manner.

Main duties of the job

General duties include BP checks, ECGs, wound care, NHS Health Checks, monitoring of long-term conditions, B12 injections, and flu vaccinations. (This is not an exhaustive list).

About us

Knutsford Medical Partnership is a friendly training practice across 5 sites. We have 11 GP Partners and 12 salaried GPs.

We have a large administration team and excellent nursing support across sites. We are forward-thinking and have a number of ARRS (clinical pharmacists, paramedics, physicians associate, social prescriber, and first contact physiotherapist) staff.

Knutsford Medical Partnership delivers GMS services, minor surgery, chronic disease management, etc. to around 23,500 patients.

At Knutsford Medical Partnership, we value our staff health and wellbeing and proactively work on improving day-to-day challenges.

We are proud of our Patient Survey results and feedback from our population; we strive to deliver the best care we can to our patients wherever possible.

Job responsibilities

To support the practice nursing team in the delivery of nursing services, working as part of the practice multidisciplinary team, delivering care within their scope of the practice to the entitled patient population.

The Healthcare Assistant will deliver and assist clinical staff in the provision of treatment, preventative care, health promotion, and patient education.

1. Undertake new patient health checks.
2. Support the practice nurse with health promotion programmes.
3. Carry out baseline observations such as pulse oximetry, blood pressure, temperature, pulse rate, recording findings accurately.
4. Facilitate routine and 24-hour BP monitoring, advising patients accordingly.
5. Undertake wound care, dressings, and other clinical tasks as required.
6. Support the practice nurse with the management of chronic disease clinics.
7. Carry out BMI checks and act as a chaperone as required.
8. When trained, administer flu vaccinations.
9. Carry out ECGs as requested.
10. Ensure clinical rooms are adequately stocked and prepared for each session.
11. Ensure fridges are cleaned routinely in accordance with extant guidance.
12. Ensure clinical waste is removed from clinical areas and sharps bins replaced in accordance with the practice IC policy.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Health Care Qualification
• Experience of working in a primary care environment

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.