Health Care Assistant
| Posting date: | 17 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Negotiable |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 May 2024 |
| Location: | Wallasey, CH45 5LN |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | A2684-24-0013 |
Summary
Duties and responsibilities: Patient health checks and clinical reviews, including but not limited to: New patient health checks NHS health Checks Well woman & Well Man checks Geriatric reviews INR testing (including housebound provisions) Learning Disability Checks Controlled Chronic Disease Reviews ECG recording Phlebotomy Chaperoning duties BP monitoring including hypertension reviews and 24 hour BP Urinalysis B12 and flu injections Ear Syringing Dressing of wounds including suture and clip removal Weight monitoring Provide lifestyle advice to patients making any necessary referrals within the practice Helping to raise awareness of health and well-being and how it can be promoted Ensure sharps bins are handled safely in line with practice policy .i.e. label opening and closing Restocking/maintenance of equipment Restocking of clinical areas and consulting rooms including clearing Processing and management of own laboratory samples Fridge monitoring and recording Surgical equipment and vaccine re-stocking and stock rotation Preparing and maintaining environments and equipment before, during and after patient care interventions including assisting GP/Nurse during the performance of minor operations, coil insertions and implants Assisting with the collection of data on needs related to health and well-being (appropriate readcoding including templates) Ensure specimens are labelled and bagged ready for collection with the necessary paperwork completed Emergency equipment and doctors box (emerg meds) monitoring, calibration and ordering Ensures awareness of statutory and local clinical protection procedures, including systems of referral. Ability to recognise signs and symptoms of child and adult abuse. Able to recognise and manage anaphylaxis according to current UK guidelines. Able to perform Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation according to current UK guidelines. Ability to obtain and document informed consent (either verbal or written). Reporting of significant events and where necessary, attend meeting Administration support such as bowel screening / smear screening / review recalling where required