Healthcare Assistant

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JOB TITLE: Healthcare Assistant (HCA) REPORTS TO: Partners (Clinically) Practice Manager (Administratively) HOURS: 37.5 Hours per week BASE: Northumberland Park Medical Group Job summary: Working under the direct supervision of the Partners and strictly in accordance with specific practice guidelines and protocols, the HealthCare Assistant will assist the practice clinical team in the provision and delivery of prescribed programmes of patient care.
Duties and responsibilities: Clinical New patient health checks. Blood Pressure checks. Phlebotomy. Urinalysis. Weight check and BMI recording. Smoking cessation advice. Administration of Flu and Pneumococcal vaccinations and Vitamin B12 injections in line with patient specific direction.
Supporting Practice Nurses when required. Other health checks (i.e. well person checks). Long Term Condition Reviews. Participation in general health promotion and lifestyle advice. Act as chaperone as required. Processing and management of laboratory samples requested by GPs or nurses.
Any other duties and responsibilities appropriate to this post as delegated by the Lead Practice Nurse, Practice manager or GPs. Administration and Professional Responsibilities: Vaccine and cold chain storage, monitoring and recording. Organisation of the restocking and maintenance of clinical areas and consulting rooms.
Preparing and maintaining environments and equipment before, during and after patient care interventions. Conduct monthly and annual stock take and submission or records to assist the Practice Manager. Calibration and quality control of clinical electrical equipment.
Attend and participate in Practice Clinical and other meetings as required. Confidentiality: While seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately.
In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation.

All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data Health & Safety: Awareness of national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory, contractual, professional requirements, and good practice guidelines.

Responsible for the correct and safe management of the specimen's process including collection, labelling, handling, use of correct and clean containers, storage and transport arrangements. Management and maintenance of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for the practice including provision, ordering, availability and ongoing correct usage by staff.
Responsible for hand hygiene across the practice. Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across clinical and patient process. Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills and initiate and manage the training of others across the full range of infection control and patient processes.
Safe management of sharps procedures including training, use, storage and disposal. Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy, clean and sterile, and safe way, free from hazards. Initiation of remedial / corrective action where needed or escalation to responsible management.
Actively identifying, reporting, and correction of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised. Keeping own work areas and general patient areas generally clean, sterile, identifying issues and hazards and risks in relation to other work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business in consultation (where appropriate) with the Practice Managers.
Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum twice annually). Routine management of own team, team areas, and maintenance of workspace standards. Waste management including collection, handling, segregation, container management, storage and collection.

Spillage control procedures, management and training. Decontamination control procedures, management and training, and equipment maintenance. Maintenance of sterile environments. Equality and Diversity: The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include: 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. Personal/Professional Development: The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training to include: Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development.

Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work. Quality: The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will: Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk.
Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision. Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance.
Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs. Effectively manage own time, workload and resources. Communication: The post-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to: Communicate effectively with other team members.
Communicate effectively with patients and carers. Recognize peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly. Contribution to the Implementation of Services: The post-holder will: Apply practice policies, standards and guidance.

Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work. Participate in audit where appropriate.

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