Health Care Assistant NVQ Level 2

St Austell Healthcare are seeking a Healthcare Assistant to work alongside our highly-skilled multi-disciplinary team that includes Practice Nurses, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Urgent Care Nurses, Paramedic/Urgent care Practitioners,Clinical Pharmacists, Physiotherapists and Mental Health Nurses. We are abusy practice that provides a service to approximately 38, 000 patients.

You will havegood communication skills, demonstrating empathy and compassion whilst ensuringprivacy, dignity and confidentiality at all times, be able to work under pressure, and work within a large team.

The role willoffer you great variety including assisting in ophthalmology clinics,haematology clinics, and contraception clinics.

The ideal candidate will be trained to NVQlevel 2 / 3 , and have previous experience in venepuncture, wound care,blood pressure and ECGs.

Be part of the primary healthcare team providing high quality and forward thinking nursing care inorder to meet the holistic healthcare needs of the practice population. The post holder will provide clinical care as directed by the Lead Nurses. Working under the supervision of the Lead Nurses, responsibilities will vary, involving the implementation of clinical care packages, phlebotomy and assessment, treatment and the evaluation of patients care.

Overview of responsibilities:

• Establish and maintain communication with a range of people on a range of matters in a form that is appropriate to them and the situation.
• Monitor and maintain health, safetyand security of self and others.
• Contribute to the improvement of services.
• Maintain quality in own work and encourage others to do the same.
• Support equality and value diversity,identifying when own or others behaviour undermines equality and diversity.
• Plan, develop, implement and assess approaches to promote health andwell-being.
• Recognise and report situations where there might be a need for protection

There will be arequirement to move between sites. Hoursto be arranged between 8.00 and and 8.00 pm Monday to Friday, with rota participation on a Saturday.

Advantagesinclude:

• 6 weeks annual plus bank holidays per year (prorata)
• Salary sacrifice electric car and bike schemes
• Free staff events

Specific Responsibilities:

Clinical Skills

• Undertake record andfollow guidelines for the tasks for which you have received appropriatetraining.
• Venepuncture.
• Urinalysisand preparation of specimens for investigation by the pathologylaboratory.
• Measuring and recording:
  
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• blood pressure
• pulse rate and rhythm
• temperature
• height and weight
• body mass index
• peak flow
• ECGs
• Bloodglucose monitoring
• Prepare and maintain environments and equipment before, during and after patient care interventions
• Ensure GPs rooms and clinicaltreatment rooms are clean and well stocked.
• Giveaccurate and appropriate information to patients and groups within owncompetence.
• Supportclinicians in providing minor surgery.
• Plan,develop and implement ways of raising and promoting awareness of healthand well-being, keeping records of what has been done.
• Provide support and encouragement to patients to self-manage their conditions as appropriate.
• Act as a chaperone, when requested.
• Record information and activities undertakenwith patients and carers in an accurate and timely fashion using manual or computer systems and Read codes.

• Practical and intellectual skills:
• Demonstrates self-awareness, i.e. strengths and weaknesses, personal qualities and skills.
• Able to communicate routine information that requires tact and persuasive skills, or where there may be barriers to understanding.
• Planning and organisational skills:
• Able to organise own time and workload, and cope with occasional last-minute changes
• Training and education:
• Willingness to undergo education/ training for both practice and service needs.
• Willingness to work towards professional and performance objectives.
• Disposition/ personal:
• Demonstrates motivation, reliability and commitment to team working and the development of others.
• Flexibility, commitment and adaptability.
• Demonstrates an ability to value the opinions of others
• Physical effort/ skills:
• Ability to work within manual-handing policy.
• Ability to handle simple medical equipment and undertake phlebotomy (dexterity and manipulation skills)
• Mental and emotional effort:
• Ability to deal with occasional exposure to distressing circumstances or emotional events
• Ability to cope with occasional exposure to aggressive behaviour

• General education (3 GCSE's) to grade C or above
• NVQ level 2

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.