Healthcare Assistant – Alwoodley Medical Centre
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Job summary
The Healthcare assistant will assist the practice clinical team in the provision and delivery of prescribed programmes of patient care.
Alwoodley Medical Centre is an innovative and forward-thinking training practice looking after 19000 patients in North Leeds. We currently have 16 GPs, 6 practice nurses, 4 HCAs, and other support staff. We are friendly and collaborative in our approach, aiming to be a happy, high functioning team.
Job description/responsibilities:
Duties and responsibilities will include the following unless otherwise advised and subject to the appropriate training.
- NHS Healthchecks
- Monitoring of alcohol audit.
- Phlebotomy.
- Chaperoning duties.
- Processing and management of laboratory samples and urine samples for urinalysis.
- Restocking of clinical equipment in the consulting rooms.
- Ordering of laboratory consumables.
- Ordering and maintenance of health education leaflets and restocking waiting room of these items
- Control of the 24-hour blood pressure monitor. Contacting patients and arranging appointments for the above, downloading the information, distributing the results to the requesting GP and maintenance of the monitor
- Administering of Influenza vaccine, B12 and Pneumococcal vaccination as per PSD and in accordance with practice guidelines.
- Home visits for the housebound at the request of the GP’s/nurses for phlebotomy and blood pressures.
- Reviews as per template and protocol when appropriate to be performed by HCA.
- Performing ECG’s when requested by a GP.
- Redressing of wounds and woundcare when deemed appropriate by a practice nurse.
- Assisting in the assessment and surveillance of patient’s health and well-being
- Helping to raise awareness of health and well-being and how it can be promoted
- Assisting with the collection and collation of data on needs relating to health and well-being
- To enter data on the computer in the correct manner, using templates and codes as appropriate
The above list is not exhaustive and maybe subject to change as deemed necessary.
Essentials:
- Car driver
- Willingness to undertake additional training
- HCA Qualifications (level3/4 desirable)
- Has primary care experience (1 year desirable)
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.
For further information please contact Jayne Tait on the email address above. Or email a CV with covering letter.
