Clinical Care Assistant | Flexible Hours & Patient Impact

NHS Jobs; Maidenhead; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Jobs in Maidenhead is seeking a Healthcare Assistant to support the practice clinical team under supervision of a nurse or doctor. You will help deliver prescribed patient care programmes and act as a focal point between patients and clinicians, always following guidelines and protocols.

You will perform tasks from health checks and wound care to blood pressure monitoring, phlebotomy, vaccination support, specimen handling, and maintaining confidential records in line with legal requirements

Qualifications

• Experience of working in a clinical environment or healthcare setting.
• Excellent communication skills with patients and staff.
• Basic keyboard and computer skills and ability to use clinical software.

Responsibilities

• New patient health checks including height, weight and dip-testing urine samples.
• Wound care simple and complex.
• Chronic disease reviews (after in house training)
• FeNO Testing INR (after in house training)
• ECG Testing & recording
• Phlebotomy
• To maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation
• Adult vaccination programmes and Child Nasal Flu (under PSD only)
• Blood pressure monitoring
• Chaperoning duties
• Processing and management of laboratory samples requested by GPs/nurses
• Vaccine/cold chain storage, monitoring, and recording
• Clearing and re-stocking consulting rooms
• Checking emergency equipment (defibrillator, oxygen, and emergency box)
• Checking medical equipment
• Re-stocking first aid boxes
• Ordering supplies from pathology lab (including equipment for blood, urine, and stool tests)
• Assisting in the assessment and surveillance of patients health and well-being
• Helping to raise awareness of health and well-being and how it can be promoted.

Skills

Communication skills

Basic computer skills

Experience with Clinical Systems

Job description

NHS Jobs in Maidenhead is seeking a Healthcare Assistant to support the practice clinical team under supervision of a nurse or doctor. You will help deliver prescribed patient care programmes and act as a focal point between patients and clinicians, always following guidelines and protocols.

You will perform tasks from health checks and wound care to blood pressure monitoring, phlebotomy, vaccination support, specimen handling, and maintaining confidential records in line with legal requirements