Healthcare Assistant- Hook Surgery

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A busy GP surgery in Chessington is seeking an enthusiastic Health Care Assistant. The role involves clinical support tasks, routine patient checks, and collaboration with the nursing team to deliver quality patient care. Ideal candidates should possess a Care Certificate and have experience in health-related tasks.

Qualifications

• Educated to a good standard with excellent literacy.
• Experience in clinical tasks like hearing tests and blood pressure monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Support practice nurse with health promotion.
• Undertake new patient health checks and routine monitoring.
• Assist with wound care and chronic disease management.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Care Certificate or equivalent

Job description

Hook Surgery is a busy GP surgery in Chessington, with areputation for excellent patient-centred care. You will work with the PracticeNursing team and GPs to develop and extend the HCA role within the practice, todeliver essential services to our circa 7,500 patients.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated andhardworking individual who enjoys being part of a close-knit, friendly team.HCA experience is essential but training in other areas will be provided asappropriate.

Hours of work:20 hours per week, Wed - Fri. £13.50 per hour

Main duties of the job

CLINICAL

• 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
• Contribute towards learning disability, NHS health and severe mental illness health checks
• ECG recording
• Flu, Pneumococcal vaccinations and B12 injections under a patient specific direction
• Simple dressings including removal of staples or sutures
• Urinalysis
• Assist GP's in sexual health and coil clinics
• Preparation and processing of laboratory samples i.e. MSU, sputum, faeces

NON-CLINICAL

• Maintain general tidiness and cleanliness of work spaces
• To have a thorough knowledge of Practice procedures
• Ordering of clinical supplies and vaccinations to maintain stock levels - Vaccine/cold chain storage, monitoring and recording
• Carry out regular stock control of medical equipment in consulting and treatment rooms on a weekly basis
• Maintain accurate and timely records, ensuring the clinical system is kept up to date
• Responsible for own time management
• To assist in seasonal projects e.g. Flu campaign

About us

Kingston GP Chambers is a Federation of all NHS General Practices within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. It was founded in 2008 as a limited company whose shareholders are all 20 GP Practices within Kingston. The company is led by a Board of Directors who are also GP Partners in their own Practices within Kingston.

Kingston GP Chambers has worked collaboratively with both secondary care and the private sector. At present we provide community clinics for Dermatology, Urology, Neurology, Dementia and Diabetes.

In addition, Kingston GP Chambers are at the forefront of improving patient access to primary care. We deliver a comprehensive extended hours service offering GP appointments across three hubs in the evenings Monday to Friday, over the weekend and on Bank Holidays.

Kingston GP Chambers has the ability to respond rapidly, and we have continued to demonstrate the capability to provide high-quality, innovative and timely solutions to improving patient care and experience. We work closely alongside the other GP Federations in Southwest London to continue the government's five-year forward plan and deliver patient services in the community.

We aim to continue to grow as we are increasingly recognised as the provider of choice for extended, enhanced and urgent GP services. We also expect an increasing role as we support, reinforce and develop the position of general practice as the core building block for an increasing range of jointly-provided services.

Job responsibilities

CLINICAL

• 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
• Contribute towards learning disability, NHS health and severe mental illness health checks
• ECG recording
• Flu, Pneumococcal vaccinations and B12 injections under a patient specific direction
• Simple dressings including removal of staples or sutures
• Urinalysis
• Assist GP's in sexual health and coil clinics
• Preparation and processing of laboratory samples i.e. MSU, sputum, faeces

NON-CLINICAL

• Maintain general tidiness and cleanliness of work spaces
• To have a thorough knowledge of Practice procedures
• Ordering of clinical supplies and vaccinations to maintain stock levels - Vaccine/cold chain storage, monitoring and recording
• Carry out regular stock control of medical equipment in consulting and treatment rooms on a weekly basis
• Contact helplines for technical support for medical equipment when required
• Maintain accurate and timely records, ensuring the clinical system is kept up to date
• A duty to advise the Nursing Team of potential problems or errors within a range of assigned tasks
• Attend and participate in any practice meetings and training when required
• Responsible for own time management
• To assist in seasonal and special projects as requested e.g. Flu campaign
• To undertake any other duties appropriate to the post as required by the Partners, Nursing team or Practice management.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Educated to a good standard with excellent literacy and communication skills
• Care Certificate or equivalent

Experience

• Hearing tests
• Blood pressure monitors
• ECGS
• Care Certificate or equivalent

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.