We are a busy GP surgery dedicated to providing excellentprimary care to our community. We value teamwork, professionalism, andpatient-centred care.
We're looking for a motivated Health Care Assistant to join our nursing team. Duties include home visits, stockmanagement, and routine patient care.
South Milford Surgery is a supportive environment and clinical and administrative teams work well together to achieve desired outcomes. A great place to work with people who want to contribute to a high standard of Patient Care.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities:
- Conduct home visits for patients unable to attend the surgery for their annual review.
- Manage and maintain clinical stock and equipment.
- Take patient observations: blood pressure, pulse & pulse oximetry, temperature & weight.
- Record ECGs.
- Administer vaccinations & injections under a PSD.
- Conduct diabetic foot checks.
- Wound care.
- Work collaboratively with GPs, nurses, and admin staff.
- Follow infection control and confidentiality procedures.
About us
South Milford Surgery & Bramham Medical Centre are part of the same partnership but the surgeries have separate patient lists and are members of different primary care networks. For this advert, the Nursing team work under the South Milford umbrella and work across all our sites which include our branches in Micklefield and Thorpe Willoughby.
A friendly professional atmosphere, with motivated teams of staff to achieve best patient outcomes
Job responsibilities
Job title:Healthcare Assistant
Job summary:
Key Responsibilities:
- Conduct home visits for patients unable to attend the surgery for their annual review.
- Manage and maintain clinical stock and equipment.
- Take patient observations: blood pressure, pulse, temperature & weight.
- Record ECGs.
- Administer vaccinations & injections under a PSD.
- Conduct diabetic foot checks.
- Wound care.
- Work collaboratively with GPs, nurses, and admin staff.
- Follow infection control and confidentiality procedures.
Skills & Qualifications, desirable but not essential:
- Experience as a Health Care Assistant or Nursing Associate in primary care/community settings and familiar with using SystemOne.
- Competent in phlebotomy, ECG recording, vaccine administration, wound care and diabetic foot checks.
- Ability to carry out home visits.
Essential Qualifications:
- Training certificates.
- Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Qualifications Essential/Desirable:
- - Healthcare qualification (level 3 or 4) or working towards gaining equivalent level
- - Previous completion of the HCA Care Certificate (as per GP Mythbuster No 57 - HCAs in General Practice
- Qualified in: Phlebotomy, wound care, ECGs & vaccinations.
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.
Depending on experiencestarting at £12.50 per hour dependant on experience
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