Healthcare Assistant (HCA) - Martock & South Petherton,Somerset

Integrated Care System; South Petherton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare provider is looking for a part-time Healthcare Assistant to join their team in South Petherton. You will be responsible for conducting health checks, monitoring patients, and supporting a variety of healthcare tasks. Candidates should possess an NVQ Level 2 in Health & Social Care and have significant experience in primary care settings. The role offers a competitive hourly rate with flexible working hours.

Benefits

NHS Pension

Employee benefits

Flexible working

Qualifications

• Ability to record accurate notes of patient consultations.
• Experience in working in a Primary Care or NHS setting.
• Understanding of patient confidentiality and data protection.

Responsibilities

• Conduct health checks including BMI and blood pressure monitoring.
• Assist in the collection and management of laboratory samples.
• Administer vaccines and perform phlebotomy under training.

Skills

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Audit skills

Education

NVQ Level 2 in Health & Social Care

Care Certificate

Job description

Healthcare Assistant (HCA) - Martock & South Petherton,Somerset

Symphony Healthcare Services (SHS) has a vacancy for a part time Healthcare Assistant (HCA) to work at Martock and South Pethertonin Somerset.

You will have significant experience of working in primary care and be competent in all healthcare assistant duties.

Ideal applicants will have a genuine passion for patient care, the ability to communication effectively, combined with sound organisational skills to ensure they manage their own time and workload well, while delivering timely patient care.

We have a permanent, part time vacant post of 20 hours per week, working Monday - Friday. Working pattern to be discussed at interview.

The rate of pay for this role is £12.25, rising to £12.50 per hour, on the completion of a successful 6 month probation period.

Main duties of the job

As a Symphony HCA , your main duties will include:

• New patient health checks BMI,
• Urinalysis
• ECG recording
• INR monitoring using Coagucheck and INR Star
• To undertake Doppler testing
• Blood Pressure Monitoring following practicehypertension guidelines, issue HBPM in accordance with practice policy
• Phlebotomy including perform annual bloodtests, BP, BMI, ACR as requested for patients with chronic diseases
• Urinalysis MSU, ACR in accordance withpractice policy
• Wound Care suture removal in accordance withpractice policy, following training
• Weight Management
• Processing and management of laboratory samplesrequested by GPs/Nurses
• Administer influenza vaccines according to PSD,following training
• Administer B12 injections according to PSD
• To undertake Spirometry for GP to interpretresults.
• Surgical equipment and vaccine re-stocking andstock rotation
• Clearing and re-stocking consulting rooms
• Assisting in the assessment and surveillance ofpatients health and well-being
• Help to raise awareness of health and well-beingand how it can be promoted
• Assisting with the collection and collation ofdata on needs related to health and well-being
• Assist with recall systems
• Lifestyle advice, (diet, weight, exercise,smoking cessation, alcohol) making necessary referrals within PHCT and localsupport services
• Maintain health promotion information in waitingroom designated for patient education

About us

Symphony Healthcare Services (SHS) was establishedin 2016 as part of the award-winning Symphony Programme Vanguard, developingnew models of care. We now support 16 practices across Somerset providing care for 120,000 patients.

SHS has developed a model where each practice isencouraged to operate autonomously, but as a subsidiary of NHS SomersetFoundation Trust (SFT), and with the backing and economies of scale from acentral support team (particularly for HR, finance, corporate and strategicmanagement matters).

Providing NHS services is at the heart of what wedo. Our vision is to ensure that primary care is sustainable for patients andpractices in Somerset, and we aim to be a national exemplar for primary careprovision. We work closely with our practice teams to support, develop andtransform patient care and working practices with innovation and technology atthe heart of what we do.

SHS welcome applications from people of allbackgrounds and underrepresented groups. When undertaking recruitment andselection for our services, SHS we are committed to equality of opportunity forall.

SHS offers a NHS or NEST Pension, a fantastic rangeof employee benefits and salary sacrifice schemes (see attached poster), alongwith flexible working from day of employment and an agile approach to home /office-based working.

We look forward to hearing from you and receiving yourapplication.

Job responsibilities

Please read the attached job description and person specification which provides a full list of duties, tasks and expectations for this role, before applying.

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 2 in Health & Social Care
• Care Certificate

Skills

• Can record accurate and comprehensive notes of all consultations and encounters on patients computerised records using templates where applicable
• Ability to demonstrate excellent communication skills
• Can apply practice policies, standards and guidance
• Audit skills
• Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs
• Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation
• Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
• Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
• Previous experience of participation in research projects

Experience

• Significant experience of previous HCA / equivalent Technician role.
• Ability to carry out clinical, technical, scientific or administrative duties according to established protocols, procedures, or systems of work.
• Previous experience of working in Primary Care/ or similar NHS setting.
• Experience of ECG recording including setting the patient up with 24-hour ECG monitoring.

Knowledge & Skills

• Demonstrates factual knowledge of field of work.
• Ability to demonstrate effective communication skills.
• Strong organisational skills.
• Deep understanding of the importance of patient confidentiality and data protection.
• Sound IT skills.
• Experience of working in Primary Care setting.

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.