HCA or Nursing Associate / Trainee Nursing Associate in Market Harborough inMarket Harborough PUBLISHED MON 10 FEB 2025 Jump to job information section
Job description
- To deliver the community diagnostics contract, including performing diagnostic testing such as spirometry, FeNo, 24hour BP, 24hour ECG, 12 Lead ECG. It is essential that the post-holder already be certified in delivering spirometry testing.
- To undertake training to deliver other contractual requirements such as supporting with LARC and diabetes.
- To carry out patient-related clinical admin as and when required.
- To carry out administrative related tasks as delegated by the doctors and team leader.
- Carry out diagnostic testing within scope and manage patient outcomes in-line with practice policies and protocols.
- Delivering high standards of holistic car, ensuring patient equality and dignity are maintained.
- Input patient data into the medical record and action accordingly within scope and in-line with practice policies and protocols.
- Support the delivery of other contracts such as LARC and Diabetes including completing home visits.
- Managing and maintaining stock levels for LARC clinics through ordering processes.
About us
Carry out diagnostic testing with scope and manage patient outcomes in-line with practice policies and protocols. Delivering high standards of holistic care, ensuring patient equality and dignity are maintained.
Input patient data into the medical record and action accordingly within scope and in-line with practice policies and protocols.
Support and delivery of other contracts such as LARC and Diabetes including completing home visits.
Managing and maintaining stock levels for LARC clinics through ordering processes.
General Responsibilities
Work as part of the PCN's MDT to provide and monitor care, under direct or indirect supervision.
Improve safety and quality of care at every opportunity.
Contribute to the delivery of integrated care.
Work with the PCN MDT to ensure delivery of nursing associate duties complement existing workforce.
Provide support and supervision to training nursing associates, healthcare assistants, apprentices, and those on learning assignments/placements as required.
Support registered nurses to enable them to be able to focus on the more complex clinical care.
Develop relationships across the MDT to support integration of the role across health and social care including primary care, secondary care and mental health.
Perform and record clinical observations such as blood pressure, temperature, respirations, and pulse.
After undertaking additional training, provide flu vaccinations, ECGs, and venepuncture, and other relevant clinical tasks as required by the PCN, in line with the competencies of the role.
Promote health and well-being to all patients, for example undertaking the NHS health check.
Care for individuals with dementia, mental health conditions, and learning disabilities.
Advise patients on general healthcare and promote self-management where appropriate, including signposting patients to personalised care colleagues and local community and voluntary sector services
Communicate proactively and effectively with all MDT colleagues across the PCN, attending and contributing to meetings as required.
Maintain accurate and contemporaneous patient health records.
Enhance own performance through continuous professional development, imparting own knowledge and behaviours to meet the needs of the service.
If you're interested in this role but you have questions or you're not yet ready to apply, then please book a quick call with us and we'd be happy to answer any questions you have and tell you more about the role.
Requirements
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Benefits
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