Health Care Assistant - Wells, United Kingdom - WELLS HEALTH CENTRE

Description

Job summary

We are looking to recruit an experienced Health Care assistant to join our forward thinking and pro cactive Nursing team.

Our patients are at the heart of everyting we do with the whole team going above and beyond in delivering patient care to our 11700 patients.

If patient care comes first to you then you are what we are looking for.

Main duties of the job

Working under thedirect supervision of the senior practice nurse and strictly in accordance withspecific practice guidelines and protocols, the healthcare assistant willassist the practice clinical team in the provision and delivery of prescribedprogrammes of patient care.

About us

You will be working alongside and supported by 5 Practice Nurses 3 Health Care assistants 11 GP`s 2 Advanced nurse practitioners and a paramedic.

We are a very busy practice and get through each day by the whole team working together with a great sense of comradery.

Job responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities:

B12 Injections

Blood pressure monitoring

Blood pressure 24hr monitoring

BM/obs

Nebulising/Oxygen

Urinalysis

Baby Imms clinics

Dressings

Flu clinics

INR monitoring

New patient health checks

ECG recording including Ambulatory ECG`s

Phlebotomy

Spirometry

Chaperoning duties

Processing and management of laboratory samplesrequested by GPs/nurses

Sterilising, cleansing and maintenance of surgicalequipment

Vaccine/cold chain storage, monitoring andrecording

Surgical equipment and vaccine re-stocking andstock rotation

Clearing and re-stocking consulting rooms

Preparing and maintaining environments andequipment before, during and after patient care interventions, includingassisting GPs during the performance of minor operations

Assisting in the assessment and surveillance ofpatients health and well-being

Undertaking specific clinical activities for namedpatients that have been delegated and taught specifically in relation to thatindividual

Helping to raise awareness of health andwell-being and how it can be promoted

Assisting with the collection and collation ofdata on needs related to health and well-being

Qualifications

Essential

Desirable

Experience

Essential

Desirable