Health Care Assistant inDorchester inDorchester PUBLISHED 23 OCT 2024

Health Care Assistant

18 hours per week

Puddletown Surgery has an exciting opportunity for an experienced, motivated, and flexible individual to join our friendly, proactive Integrated Nurse Team, to work as a Health Care Assistant. Previous recent experience is preferred, preferably in a General Practice/ Community role.

The role will vary depending on the needs of the service. The post holder will be required to provide phlebotomy services, basic dressings, injections, and otherclinical and

administrative duties, depending on experience. The post-holder will be required to work in the Surgery and occasionally in the Community setting. Training can be given but we would expect you to have experience of basic level HCA skills/Phlebotomy.You must be able to work independently as well as part of a team, have a caring and sensitive approach to work, good communication skills with patients and other healthcare professionals.

For the right candidate we would consider offering this position as a training role.

For an informal chat please telephone

and ask to speak to Joanne, Nurse Team Lead

Closing date for applications, 10th November 2024

Interview date, 20th November 2024

Visit www.jobsincare.com/job/jbnsdN9a for job description and application form.

The role will vary depending on the needs of the service. The post holder will be required to provide phlebotomy services, basic dressings, injections, and other clinical and administrative duties, depending on experience. The post-holder will be required to work in the Surgery and occasionally in the Community setting. Training can be given but we would expect you to have experience of basic level HCA skills/Phlebotomy. You must be able to work independently as well as part of a team, have a caring and sensitive approach to work, good communication skills with patients and other healthcare professionals.

About us

Job Summary:

Working under the direct supervision of the Nurse team lead and strictly in accordance with specific Practice guidelines and protocols, the Healthcare Assistant will assist the Practice clinical team in the provision and delivery of prescribed programmes of patient care.

This is a part time role based on 18hrs per week

Duties and Responsibilities may include:

ECG recording

Phlebotomy

Health Checks

Smokestop Practitioner

Adminster flu, Pneumovax and B12 injections under PSD

INR* clinics Practitioner

Chaperoning duties

Processing and management of laboratory samples requested by GPs/ Nurses

Infection control monitoring, and cleaning

Blood Pressure monitoring

Vaccine/ cold chain storage, monitoring and recording and reporting

Surgical equipment and stock rotation

Clearing and re-stocking consulting rooms

Preparing and maintaining environments and equipment before, during and after patient care interventions including assisting GPs during the performance of minor operations

Assisting in the assessment and surveillance of patients health and well-being

Undertaking specific clinical activities for named patients that have been delegated and taught specifically in relation to that individual

Helping to raise awareness of health and well-being and how it can be promoted

Entering data on SystmOne

Work in the community to support frail patients and the housebound.

Confidentiality:

• In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately
• In the performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, Practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the Practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential
• Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the Practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the Practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data

Health & Safety:

The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy, to include:

• Using personal security systems within the workplace according to Practice guidelines
• Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks
• Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills
• Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards
• Reporting potential risks identified

Equality and Diversity:

The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:

• Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with Practice procedures and policies, and current legislation
• Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
• Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

Personal/ Professional Development:

The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the Practice as part of this employment, such training to include:

• Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/ or professional development
• Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work

Quality:

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the Practice, and will:

• Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
• Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision
• Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance
• Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs
• Effectively manage own time, workload and resources

Communication:

The post-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

• Communicate effectively with other team members
• Communicate effectively with patients and carers
• Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly

Contribution to the Implementation of Services:

The post-holder will:

• Apply Practice policies, standards and guidance
• Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work
• Participate in audit where appropriate