Healthcare Assistant

NHS; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare team as a Healthcare Assistant, providing vital support to clinical staff and enhancing patient care in a busy practice. You will be involved in health checks, chronic disease management, and health promotion, all while working as part of a dedicated team with continuous training opportunities.

Qualifications

• Ability to work as part of a dedicated team in a busy, friendly practice.
• Training will be provided for the correct candidate.

Responsibilities

• Undertake health checks and support chronic disease management.
• Carry out baseline observations and assist with clinical tasks.
• Deliver health promotion and manage clinical supplies.

Skills

Teamwork

Health promotion

Wound care

Patient education

Education

Training for the correct candidate

Job description

We are currently on the lookout for a positive and motivated individual to join our growing team as a Healthcare Assistant.

The successful candidate will support the practice nursing and administrative teams inthe delivery of clinical and administrative services, working as part of thepractice multi-disciplinary team, delivering care within their scope ofpractice to the entitled patient population.

Main duties of the job

The Healthcare Assistant will deliver and assist clinical staff in the provision of treatment, preventative care, health promotion and patient education.

About us

Our mission statement is to be committed to providing high quality, patient centred care using a multi-disciplinary team approach, with patient and staff wellbeing at the heart of our Sarum Health Group family.

Do you think you could fit in with our well-oiled unit here at Sarum Health Group?

About us:

Circa 17,000 patient practice in rural Wiltshire

Main surgery at Salisbury with branch surgeries at Larkhill, Sixpenny Handley and Broad Chalke

CQC rating Good

High QOF achievers due to our efficient admin support team

Part of the Salisbury Plain PCN with expanding team which includes for our practice Paramedic (Home Visiting Team), Clinical Pharmacist, Social Prescribers, First Contact Physiotherapist and a GPA.

Workflow optimisation for data team, reduced admin for ANPs

On-site dispensary located in our branch sites in Larkhill, Sixpenny Handley and Broad Chalke.

SystmOne Web clinical system, also using Cinapsis, AccuRX, SystmConnect, T-Quest and TeamNet.

Full complement administration team who oversee letter processing, insurance reports, solicitor reports and all other non-NHS works, safeguarding reports and referrals.

Enhanced hours as part of our PCN network of practices

1 intermediate care bed which we provide a weekly on-site clinic with limited number of patients.

Nurse-led chronic disease clinics.

Comprehensive clinical pathways that are ever evolving.

Job responsibilities

Primary responsibilities:

The following are the core responsibilities of the Healthcare Assistant. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:

• Undertake new patient health checks
• Support the Practice Nurse with health promotion programmes
• Carry out baseline observations such as pulse oximetry, blood pressure, temperature and 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, undertake venepuncture
• When trained, administer flu vaccinations
• Carry out ECGs as requested
• Ensure specimens are recorded and ready for onward transportation
• Provide support during minor operations, hepatology and sexual health clinics 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 organisations IPC policy
• Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate

Secondary responsibilities:

• In addition to the primaryresponsibilities, the Healthcare Assistant may be requested to
• Participate in practice audit as directed bythe audit lead
• Participate in local initiatives to enhanceservice delivery and patient care
• Support and participate in shared learningwithin the organisation
• Complete opening and closing procedures inaccordance with the duty rota

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Ability to work as part of a dedicated team in a busy friendly practice.
• Training will be provided for the correct candiate.

Sarum Health Group, The Sixpenny Handley Surgery