Health Care Assistant

NHS; Huddersfield; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Huddersfield is seeking a dedicated Health Care Assistant to support the nursing team in delivering patient-centered care. Responsibilities include assisting with clinical tasks, managing health promotion programs, and ensuring a safe environment. Candidates should possess relevant qualifications, such as NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care. The role emphasizes teamwork and offers opportunities to work with a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Support the practice nurse with the management of chronic disease clinics.
• Act as a chaperone as required.
• Administer flu vaccinations when trained.
• Ensure clinical rooms are stocked and ready for each session.

Skills

Patient care

Health promotion

Communication

Teamwork

Education

GCSE grade A to C in English and Maths

Qualified to NVQ level 2 in Health and Social Care

Qualified in Phlebotomy

Qualified to NVQ level 3

Job description

• To support the practice nursing team in the delivery of nursing services, working as part of the practice multidisciplinary team, delivering care within their scope of practice to the entitled patient population.
• The healthcare assistant will deliver and assist clinical staff in the provision of treatment, preventative care, health promotion and patient education.
• Undertake new patient health checks
• Support the practice nurse with health promotion programmes
• Carry out baseline observations such as pulse oximetry, blood pressure, temperature, pulse rate, recording findings accurately
• Facilitate routine and 24-hour BP monitoring, advising patients accordingly
• Undertake wound care, dressings and other clinical tasks as required
• Support the practice nurse with the management of chronic disease clinics
• Carry out BMI checks as directed
• Act as a chaperone as required
• When trained, administer flu vaccinations
• Ensure specimens are recorded and ready for onward transportation
• Ensure all clinical rooms are adequately stocked and prepared for each session
• Ensure fridges are cleaned routinely in accordance with extant guidance
• Ensure clinical waste is removed from clinical areas and sharps bins replaced in accordance with the practice IPC policy
• Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate

Main duties of the job

• Support the practice nurse with the management of chronic disease clinics
• Carry out BMI checks as directed
• Act as a chaperone as required
• When trained, administer flu vaccinations
• Ensure specimens are recorded and ready for onward transportation
• Provide support during minor operations as required
• Ensure all clinical rooms are adequately stocked and prepared for each session
• Ensure fridges are cleaned routinely in accordance with extant guidance
• Ensure clinical waste is removed from clinical areas and sharps bins replaced in accordance with the practice IPC policy
• Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate

About us

Building a team involves bringing people together, while teamwork is allowing those people to use their different abilities, values and beliefs to accomplish something they may not be able to do alone. Unity is the foundation for effective teamwork, leading to greater creativity and productivity in the workplace and happier, healthier teams.

Teamwork also introduces more opportunities to celebrate and feel encouraged about the work that's being accomplished. Team members may have different tasks and milestones to reach, but any progress they make toward their common goal can be cause for celebration.

Job responsibilities

The post holder works as part of the department team under the Participates in the delivery of patient centred care, maintaining a compassionate andprofessional attitude at all times.Contributes to the organisation.Support registered nurses in the provision of a caring and safe environment..The post holder will demonstrate competence in generic and specialist skills as requiredwithin a time frame agreed with their manager following the completion of appropriatetraining and education. The Health Care Assistant will function at a competencylevel in line with the requirements of the post and achieve and maintain both mandatoryand statutory training requirements associated with the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• GCSE grade A to C in English and Maths
• Qualified to NVQ level 2 in Health and Social Care
• Qualified in Phlebotomy
• Qualified to NVQ level 3

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.