Health Care Assistant - Cardiff, United Kingdom - Four Elms Medical centre

Description

Clinical duties (dependent on training/experience) Phlebotomy BP checks ECG Spirometry testing Urine dips B12 injections Flu/pneumococcal/shingles immunisation Repeat dressing of wounds after assessment by a qualified nurse (not packing), suture removal INR checks Learning disability checks, in a combined clinic with GP Lifestyle advice and smoking cessation advice Dealing with miscellaneous queries, e.g BM monitors/ BP monitors depending on experience and abilities, with GP/senior nurse support where needed.

Chronic disease management:

• Carry out routine annual and followup checks as per practice protocols for:
• Diabetes/ pre

- diabetes Asthma COPD CVD Hypertension Although this lists the main clinical duties for HCSWs, there may be additional tasks requested within the nurses competence level. Equally, some HCSWs do not undertake the full range of these tasks. Qualified nurses/GPs should always be available if needed for support.


Administrative duties include:

• Stock check and ordering Cleaning, checking and calibration of equipment Stocking up clinical rooms and emptying clinical waste bins Ensuring READ coding is correct for the purposes of practice payments. Ensuring claim sheets are filled and returned in a timely fashion General housekeeping (tidying storerooms and clinical rooms, disposing of out-of date stock and reporting to the appropriate person, putting stock and equipment away) Taking on specific roles as discussed with the team, e.g flu champion. Ensuring personal tasks are up-to-date on the Teamnet system.