HCA/Frailty HCA

Integrated Care System; Stroud; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare practice in Stroud seeks a dedicated Health Care Assistant to support a frailty team. This role includes patient care activities and home visits to enhance the well-being of patients in their community. Ideal candidates will possess strong communication skills and relevant health care qualifications to provide excellent service to a diverse patient population.

Qualifications

• Experience working in primary care and elderly care is essential.
• Ability to document clinical notes accurately and follow protocols.
• Knowledge of information governance and infection control required.

Responsibilities

• Conduct clinical tasks such as ECGs, venepuncture, and health checks.
• Perform home visits to support frail patients and their families.
• Liaise with healthcare professionals for holistic patient care.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Judgment

Resourcefulness

Education

GCSE grade A-C in English & Maths

Health Care qualification/certificate

Tools

Systmone

Job description

May Lane Surgery is a caring and friendly GPPractice dedicated to delivering excellent healthcare to our patients. We arelooking for an experienced Health Care Assistant to join our team. If you areenthusiastic and have great people and communication skills, we would like tohear from you.

The role is a split role within the surgery consisting of HCA clinics and being part of our Frailty Team which will including calling patients and visiting them in their homes.

Main duties of the job

The HCA role involves a variety of duties includingPhlebotomy (venepuncture), ECG's, BPs, and urinalysis, long-term condition checks, Health checks and wound checks. (Thislist is not exhaustive and may change to the needs of the nursing team).

The fundamental part of the HCA Frailty role is to meet the primary care needs of an identified group of peopleidentified as frail and needing further support in the community.You would be expected to undertake home visits in accordance with the relevant protocols, support patients and families to help patients safely stay at home.

About us

Situated in Dursley, on the edgeof the Cotswolds, midway between Gloucester and Bristol, May Lane Surgery is afriendly surgery serving approximately 9,500 patients.

We are a 3 partner Surgery witha comprehensive team including reception, nursing, frailty and managerial staff. We have anenthusiastic ARR team currently comprising of Clinical Pharmacists, PharmacyTechnician, Paramedic, Social Prescriber and a YoungPersons Social Prescriber.

We pride ourselves in beingproactive and responsive to change. We continue to offer high quality,patient-centred care to our patients.

Job responsibilities

To undertake and record the following tasks (not exhaustive)

• Height
• weight (BMI)
• Blood pressure
• Pulse
• Temperature
• Venepuncture
• ECG'S
• Urinalysis
• Diabetic Foot Checks
• Administer B12 injections under PSD
• Chronic disease management as applicable
• Assist with Minor Ops
• Recognise changes and abnormalities in patients conditions and act accordingly - notifying GP/Nurse of any significant issues
• Stock control and ordering
• Fridge temperature recording
• Legionella/Water temp checks and recording
• Awareness of national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory/ contractual/ professional requirements and good practice guidelines.
• Act as chaperone
• Maintain confidentiality
• Processing of patient samples
• Safe management of sharps procedures, including training , use, storage and disposal

Knowledge of Information Governance and Caldicott Principles

To undertake home visits in accordance with the relevant protocols

Support patients and their families/care home staff to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles, and apply principles of self-care

Completing and sharing advanced care plans

To be responsible for patient safety through knowledge of systems, legal requirements and understanding of litigation.

Provision of support to carers considering what can put in place to support that persons mental health and wellbeing, by the use of tools to identify deterioration in wellbeing and mental state.

Liaison between local organisations to provide services that can support the delivery of care within the patients own home.

Referral to and attendance at MDTs involving a range of health and care professionals, from one or more organisations, working together to deliver comprehensive patient care.

Person Specification

Experience

• Be able to keep accurate clinical notes
• Ability to use own judgement, resourcefulness and common sense
• Ability to work in a changing environment
• Own car with a clean driving license
• ECGs
• Wound care
• Experience with Systmone
• Experience working in primary care
• Experience of working within elderly care

Qualifications

• Good standard of education including qualification in English & Maths (GCSE grade A-C, or equivalent) Appropriate healthcare qualification/certificate

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.