Health Care Assistant

LEVEL 3

Health Care Assistant - Rooley Lane Medical Centre, Bradford, BD4 7SS

We are looking to recruit afriendly, enthusiastic, highly motivated and proactive experienced Level 3 trained Health Care Assistant to join our fabulous Practice team.

You should have successfully completed an appropriate training course and be competent in arange of HCA skills. Please note this is a Health Care Assistant position in a GP practice, it is not the same as a Health Care Assistant in a Nursing/Care home role i.e you must be able to take blood samples. Please see the job description and Person Spec before applying to make sure that you have the required skills and experience.

This isan excellent opportunity for a part-time individual who is passionate about improving the health and wellbeing of our practice population. The post holder needs to enjoy challenges and seeing the results their work has achieved. Ideallywe are looking for a Level 3 trained HCAalthough if you are not Level 3 at present, but trainingtowards Level 3 this would be acceptable.

The vacancy is for 30hours per week Mon-Fri between the hours of 8.00am-6.00pm.

Essential skills and experience criteria:

Atleast 1 years General Practice (or other MEDICAL HEALTH Care environment) experience asa Health Care Assistant

NVQLevel 3 in Health Care (or working towards level
3)

Proficient in System One and good computer skills

Abilityto work independently and under pressure.

Thepost covers a range of HCA duties at Level 3 as per the Job description and person spec. Therefore please check these beforeapplying to make sure that you have all the relevant skills/experience needed.

Ifyou are level 2 at present then please still apply if you have all the essential criteria from the person spec and currently training in the desired sections.

Please note a Social Health Care assistant/carer is NOT the same as a medical healthcare assistant. So please check thecriteria before applying if you are a social health care assistant.

We area family friendly practice who are very team supportive and deliver high quality care to our diverse groupof approximately 9100 patients. Ourteam consists of 4 GP Partners, 5 Salaried GPs, 2 Practice Nurses, 1 apprentice Nurse associate, 2 HCA (this includes the vacant post), a management teamand clerical team.

We are also a training practice for GPRegistrars and Trainee Nurses.

We are an extremely busy GP Practice in Bradford and are located 5 minutes from the M62/M606 motorways.

Reasons toapply.

Greatteam who are passionate about developing our own team.

Goodrates of pay plus option to join the NHS Pension scheme.

Uniform provided.

Rooley Lane Medical Centre

Job Description Health Care Assistant

Job Title:

HCA Level 3

Responsible to:

Partners / Practice Manager

Responsible for:

N/A

Job Purpose:

To provide a high quality care service based on the needs of the Practice population which includes treatment, screening, preventative care and patient education. Most of the work involves recording/viewing data on the electronic patient record so a high proportion of the job involves using a computer and admin work associated with patient care which is recorded in the patient record.

So being computer literate is a must.

Duties and Responsibilities

Clinical (also see advanced duties if trained and competent in these areas)

1.To manage patients with chronic disease (e.g. Hypertension), running specific clinic sessions and maintaining robust call and recall systems.

2.Participate in national screening work such as NHS health Checks.

3.Provide smoking cessation clinics and health advice to these patients.

4.Select, carry out, accurately record and advise on Blood tests, Blood pressure checks and urinalysis.

5.Provide any other health checks depending on competency.

6.Carry out ECGs as appropriate.

7.Act as chaperone when required.

8.Undertake health promotion to help educate patients including giving accurate and appropriate information within own competency.

9.Undertake New patient medicals and advise as appropriate.

10.Maintain a robust recall for Blood pressures, cytology and any others as and when directed.

Administration

11.To maintain accurate patient records and enter onto the computer using agreed Read Codes.

12.Ensure accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with patient health care.

13.To collect data and participate in regular Practice audit and research projects.

14.To contribute to the preparation of any Practice development plans.

General

15.To maintain own level of competency and complete all mandatory training as necessary. This includes the practical skills to administer and/or assist in basic life support.

16.Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising their needs for alternative methods of communication. Understanding this may have to be a different approach in specific clinical situations.

Communicating effectively with all team members.

17.Ensure safe storage, rotation and disposal of…