Healthcare Assistant (HCA)

Role and scope of the job: Assist the practice clinical team in the care of our patients, including treatment, preventative care, screening and patient education. Work as part of our well-established Treatment Room team to help provide clinical care and manage acute demand, seeing patients with a variety of conditions. Act as a focal point of communication between patients, clinicians and other members of the GP Surgery Team.

Duties and responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities to be undertaken by members of the Treatment Room team may include any or all of the following list. Duties may be varied from time to time under the direction of the Management Team and GP Partners. This will be dependent on current and evolving workload and staffing levels.

The following are core responsibilities

Perform venepuncture for patients and phlebotomy clinics. Undertake baseline observations blood pressure, pulse, temperature as required on templates and assist with long term condition monitoring, including diabetic foot checks. Organise / fit equipment for 24-hour BP & ECG recording for patients. Height / Weight / BMI monitoring. Undertake basic wound care/dressings and to refer patients to trained nursing colleagues where necessary for review. Assist in seasonal and special projects as required, e.g. flu and pneumonia campaigns. Perform B12, flu, pneumonia, shingles injections (not exhaustive), working to PSD and under the instruction of trained nursing colleagues. Removal of staples and sutures. Assist GP in providing minor surgery sessions. Assist in the assessment, surveillance, promotion and collection of data for patients health and wellbeing. Ensure that specimens brought in by patients or taken by clinicians, are tested, and recorded appropriately, or ready for collection by the pathology service. Chaperoning duties. Ensure clinical areas, couches, fridges and work environments are clean. Ensure full sharps bins are removed from room and safely stored ready for collection. Additional administrative duties including restocking rooms and ordering supplies, where appropriate. Checking calibration due dates for equipment. Maintain accurate and timely records, ensuring you are compliant with the practices IT system. Attend and participate in Treatment Room Team meetings. Ensure mandatory training is up to date. To undertake any other duties appropriate to the post as required by the nurse manager/s or Partners. A full job description and person specification is attached to this advert.