Clinical Health Care Assistant

Due to organisational growth, ELM Alliance have vacancies for experienced Clinical Health Care Assistants to work in our Extended Access service on evenings, weekends and bank holidays. Please note that applicants working in domiciliary care or care homes are unlikely to be suitable unless they have previously worked in primary care and have the relevant skills for the role.

As part of the clinical team, the role will involve:

Providing phlebotomy, in accordance with current guidelines and local protocols.

Recording of ECGs.

Blood pressure monitoring.

Wound Management and Suture or Stitch removal.

Urinalysis.

Having an understanding of QOF and IIF and how Primary Care and General Practice runs.

Referring patients to other clinicians as necessary.

Providing routine clinical care to patients according to locally approved protocols,under supervision of the Treatment Room Nurse, Nurse Practitioner or GP.

Primary Care experience and experience of working in a GP Practice.

Working within Redcar, East Cleveland and Middlesbrough sites.

Understand the principles of healthy living and provide relevant health promotionliterature to patients.

Collectpatient data such as blood pressure, height, weight and ECG in accordance with practice protocols and your competence to operate the necessary equipment.

Recorddata on patient electronic records in an accurate and timely manner.

Woundcare, packing and dressings.

Sutureand stitch removal.

Summarisepatient notes and provide administrative assistance to the anemiaward team.

Providesmoking cessation support to patients in accordance with training and practice protocols.

Run Blood Pressure and ECG Clinics.

Prepare the consulting and treatment rooms for effective consultation and ensuretrolley fully stocked, maintaining stocks of examination instruments, storesand specimen collection materials, and ensuring couches and workbenches or drawers are kept clean.

Maintain the system for monitoring and ordering clinical supplies.

Ensure that all specimens taken by clinicians, or brought in by patients, are readyfor collection by pathology service.

Assistin maintaining safe storage of drugs and vaccines under the direction of the onduty Nurse Practitioner/ Practice Nurse/ GP.

Emergency Trolley, monthly checks to ensure fully stocked or earlier where items need replenishing. Damp dust weekly.

Defibrillator and oxygen daily check when service is open.

South Tees areacomprises of 46 general practices with a long history of working together intheir respective localities of Langbaurgh, Eston and Middlesbrough. It covers a total population of 290,000 and includes some of the most deprived areas in the country. The area hastraditionally been one of the highest levels of emergency and unplannedattendance and hospital admissions in the country.

The ELM Extended Hours Service represents a major development towards integrated primary care,by extending access to primary care. The aim of the ELM Service is to provide ahigh quality, integrated and innovative primary care service, outside currentcore hours of care and led by General Practices.

The Healthcare Assistant will work in close partnership with the other key members of the ELM Service,ELM Alliance Management Team and external organisations to implementlicate &deliver the ELM Services on time and within budget

The Health Care Assistant will

Be amember of the clinical team.

Providephlebotomy, in accordance with current guidelines and local protocols.

Beable to record ECGs

Blood pressure monitoring

W hablanagement and Suture/ Stitch removal

Urinal Landscape

Havean understanding of QOF and IIF and how Primary Care General Practice runs

Refer patients to other clinicians as necessary

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Specific Responsibilities

Understand the principles of healthy living and provide relevant health promotionliterature to patients. Assist clinicians in the emergency management of patients.

Collectpatient data such as blood pressure, height, weight and ECG in accordance with practice protocols and your competence to operate the necessary equipment fatta

Recorddata on patient electronic records…