Health Care Assistant - Nant Dowlais Health Centre

NHS; Cwmbran; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic multidisciplinary team at a new health center in Cwmbran as a Health Care Assistant. This role offers an exciting opportunity to provide essential healthcare services, focusing on patient care and clinical assessments. You will work closely with a registered nurse, ensuring high-quality support for patients while developing your skills in a nurturing environment. The practice values work-life balance and encourages further learning and development. If you are enthusiastic and self-motivated, this position could be your next career step in healthcare.

Benefits

Support for further learning and development

Good work/life balance

Qualifications

• Must have Level 3 qualification or be progressing towards it.
• Phlebotomy training is essential for this role.

Responsibilities

• Assist in clinical assessment and management of patients.
• Perform health screenings and clinical observations.
• Maintain records and promote patient self-care.

Skills

Patient Care

Clinical Assessment

Phlebotomy

Communication Skills

Education

Level 3 Health Care Assistant Qualification

Phlebotomy Training

Job description

Are you an experienced Health Care Assistant with a level 3 qualification - or are you a HCA looking to progress to Level 3?

If so, we would really like to hear from you with a view to joining our friendly and highly skilled multidisciplinary team. Nant Dowlais Health Centre is a new GP practice serving a 10,000 patient list in West Cwmbran. Led by a new, multidisciplinary partnership, we are seeking a Health Care Assistant with excellent clinical knowledge and experience to be a key member of our team, and also work alongside our senior clinical team to support them.

This is an exciting time to join Nant Dowlais as we strive to develop our service using quality improvement methodology. The successful candidate will be enthusiastic and self-motivated with a positive approach to lead on agreed clinical areas according to competencies.

We will support you to develop your role, working in an environment that nurtures and develops quality.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work as part of a team that provides healthcare services to the patients of Nant Dowlais Health Centre, focusing on the direct needs of service users undergoing healthcare treatment.

The post holder is expected to work within clinical competencies with supporting base knowledge.

They will have completed a learning package at NVQ/QCF/CQFW level 3. They are expected to work within defined protocols, adhering to the Code of Conduct for Healthcare Support Workers in Wales under the direction, and close supervision of, and reporting to, a registered nurse.

About us

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the new Nant Dowlais Health Centre as a Healthcare Assistant. Nant Dowlais Health Centre was formed on 1 July 2020 under the leadership of a dynamic multidisciplinary Partnership creating an innovative, progressive, high-quality general practice. We offer a good work/life balance and support further learning and development within our practice.

We are located in Cwmbran, within 5 miles of the M4 corridor, with excellent transport links to Cardiff and Bristol.

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Assist the Healthcare Team in the clinical assessment and management of patients presenting for healthcare needs within the practice.
• Undertake initial screening of new patients presenting at the practice under the indirect supervision of a registered nurse.
• Undertake health screening, testing, and clinical observations as required.
• Report all outcomes to the registered nurse.
• Recognize normal range parameters of clinical testing and report to the registered nurse when results are out of range, using agreed protocols.
• Carry out direct care duties under the delegation of a registered nurse, e.g., phlebotomy, observations, sample testing, spirometry, wound dressings.
• Rotate as necessary between the sites.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external agencies, interacting professionally with patients and colleagues.
• Implement care as planned and directed by the Registered Nurse, reporting any changes in the patient's condition promptly.
• Maintain written records of care in accordance with practice policy and the Code of Conduct for Healthcare Support Workers in Wales.
• Maintain IT systems, including inputting and extracting information.
• Promote health, prevent illness, and encourage self-care, respecting patient preferences.
• Act as a chaperone during clinical sessions as required, adhering to relevant guidelines/policies.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Health Care Assistant with a level 3 qualification or looking to progress to Level 3 qualification
• Phlebotomy trained

Experience

• Experience working as a HCA within a GP practice
• Experience in primary or secondary care

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975; a DBS check will be required to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Depending on experience, salary available upon request.