Job Description

The Role:

Are you a compassionate, reliable, and motivated HCA looking to make a real difference in primary care? Do you enjoy learning and development and working as part of a friendly, supportive team with sociable and set weekly hours? Do you have at least 6 months HCA experience either in a GP Surgery or in an NHS hospital? If so, this could be the role for you!

The role is to work out of our Bournemouth (Wallisdown and Northbourne in Bournemouth) branches to join our wonderful nursing/HCA team at Talbot Medical Centre GP Practice.

Candidates will be within a reasonable commutable distance of our surgeries and must have a Care Certificate as a minimum qualification.

Dependant upon existing skills, there will be a requirement to complete further training some of which may be off site, require some travel out of county.

An enhanced DBS and thorough preemployment checks will be required.

The successful candidate will enjoy an excellent NHS pension and access to the Blue Light Card offering fabulous discounts and will enjoy a friendly, supportive working environment.

Hours:

Tue: 9am -5pm, Wed: 1pm - 6pm and Thu: 12pm - 8pm.

Please note that these hours are fixed due clinical appointment needs within the Practice.

About us:

At Talbot Medical Centre we are proud to look after around 26,000 patients across 3 local sites in Bournemouth: Wallisdown, Northbourne and the Arts University.

We have a team of circa 75 highly valued, hard working colleagues who work hard to provide an exceptional standard of care whilst enjoying a supportive and friendly working environment.

All clinical roles are subject to an enhanced DBS and other employment checks.

Role objective

Working under supervision and guidance of the nurses and in accordance with practice guidelines and protocols, the Healthcare Assistant will assist the practice in the provision and delivery of prescribed programmes of patient care,

Providing and maintaining a professional, reliable, welcoming and friendly service to the patients at all times. To carry out the function of this role in an appropriate, accurate and timely fashion to assist the practice in running efficiently.

Tasks include:

Compliance with confidentiality and Data Protection Regulations regarding all staff, visitors, patients, contractors etc. Caldicott Requirements (Patient Confidentiality).

Long Term Health Condition Reviews

ECG recording

Phlebotomy/Venepuncture

BP Testing/Monitoring

Respiratory: Spirometry-Peak Flow-Reversibility-Inhaler Technique

Dressings including Leg Ulcer/Tissue Viability care

Administer Flu/Pnuemococcal vaccinations and B12 injections

Action Tasks and Notifications in a timely fashion

Diabetic Reviews including diabetic foot checks

Ensure sharps bins are ready for collection

Urinalysis

Removal of Sutures

Chaperoning duties

Smoking Cessation Advice/monitoring

Respond appropriately to requirements of QoF both on an ad hoc (via clinical system reminders) and planned (via recalls) basis

Processing and management of laboratory samples requested by GPs/Nurses

Vaccine/cold chain storage, monitoring and recording

Surgical equipment and vaccine re-stocking and stock rotation

Monitoring, tidying, clearing and re-stocking of consulting rooms

Preparing and maintaining environments and equipment before, during and after patient care interventions including assisting GPs during the performance of minor operations

Assisting in the assessment and surveillance of patients' health and well-being

Helping to raise awareness of health and well-being and how it can be promoted

Record all consultations/patient contacts in the clinical system in accordance with practice policies and ensuring that clinical READ coding is accurately entered.

Assisting with the collection and collation of data on needs related to health and well-being

Assisting with administrative and/or reception duties that attribute to improving patient care/experience

To maintain positive and professional relationships with all staff and third parties

Compliance with confidentiality and Data Protection Regulations regarding all staff, visitors, patients, contractors etc. Caldicott Requirements (Patient Confidentiality)

To comply with all Practice protocols, policies, legal requirements and procedures

To undertake training as directed to ensure that that skills remain compliant and at the required standard of the practice

Any other tasks allocated that fall within the scope of Practice requirements and employee's expected skill level

Compliance with the H&S and Equality requirements of the Practice.

Essential:

Min 6 months experience as a HCA in a GP/NHS hospital setting.

Care Certificate

Spirometry certification/completion upon employment

Flu & Pneumonia vaccination certification/completion upon employment

NVQ Level 3 in Care/Completion upon employment

A high standard written and spoken English

Good numeracy and literacy

Keyboard and computer skills

Previous experience in a similar healthcare role/environment

Effective oral/written communication and interpersonal skills

Excellent team working and communication skills

Able to understand and accurately follow instructions

Willing and able to learn new skills quickly

Commitment to own personal development

High levels of confidentiality

Ability to work under pressure

Tolerant, calm, positive and respectful manner

Flexible attitude

Ability to work across multiple sites

Desirable:

Experience of Long Term Health Reviews

Wound Dressing, taking bloods, blood pressure and ECG's

Flexibility to work outside of core hours

Own transport

And lastly:

We appreciate the time and effort it takes to apply for jobs and would like to be able to respond to every application, unfortunately, as we are a small team, this is not administratively possible. We will select from candidates that, in our view, most closely match the Essential and Desirable criteria based on the information provided in your CV and the number of interview slots we have available. Therefore, if you do not hear from us within 15 working days, please assume that you have not been selected for shortlisting on this particular occasion, in which case, we wish you every success in your job search and look forward to hearing from you in response to any future suitable advertised roles.

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: 12.51-13.60 per hour

Ability to commute/relocate:

Bournemouth BH10: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Education:

GCSE or equivalent (required)
Experience:

NHS Hospital or NHS GP: 1 year (required)
Licence/Certification:

Spirometry Certification (preferred) NVQ3 in Care (preferred) Care Certificate (required) Flu & Pneumonia Vaccination Certificate (preferred)
Work authorisation:

United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person