Health Care Assistant (General Practice)

The HCA will work under the supervision of the Practice Nursing Team and strictly in accordance with specific practice guidelines and protocols. The HCA will assist the practice clinical team in the provision and delivery of prescribed programmes of patient care. The post will include some administrative duties. The role will include working one evening a week (Tuesday until 8:00 pm) to cover enhanced access) The HCA is responsible for seeing patients with booked appointments for clinical procedures.

These include

Phlebotomy and Anticoagulation monitoring Contribute towards chronic disease management checks ECG recording Blood pressure monitoring /Home BP monitoring Hypertension reviews Flu and pneumococcal vaccinations under a PSD B12 injections under a PSD Wound Care Urinalysis Chaperoning Preparation and processing of laboratory samples i.e., MSU, sputum, faeces Removal of sutures/clips To embrace any new ideas with confidence and enthusiasm that will take the practice forward. 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.