Job description

Job responsibilities

Job purpose/summary:

This is a 15 hour per week role, days required to work are Monday and Tuesdays (7.5 hours per day)

Based at Woodcross Health Centre

Level 3 Qualification in Health and Social Care essential

GP setting experience required

• Permanent Position

To support the Practice Nurses and Doctors in the implementation of individualised care and therapy programmes for patients. Respond to patient queries and requests for assistance from patients and other visitors to the surgery

Job Responsibilities:

Venepuncture

Blood pressure recording

Administer:

Influenza vaccines

Pneumococcal vaccines

Shingles vaccines

Administer B12 vaccines

Collection of specimens as directed

Urinalysis

Height and weight measurement

24 Hr Blood Pressure monitoring

Spirometry, peak flow measurements and nebulizing

Performing ECG and recording

Basic wound care including 2 layer bandaging

Removal of sutures/clips etc.

Assistance in the minor operating suite

Clinical fridge maintenance & cold chain

Smoking Cessation and other Health Promotion Activities

To Assist in routine Child Health Surveillance

To assist in Chronic Disease Clinics, including monitoring inhaler technique and foot pulses

To perform NHS Health Checks and New patient checks

To provide examination of ears and ear syringing in line with protocol

To support delivery of clinical Quality & Outcomes Framework and QOF+

Undertake the following basic administrative activities as necessary

Answering the telephone, receiving and transmitting messages

Filing in forms

Arranging patient appointments

Liaise with other health care professionals

Ordering of equipment and other supplies

Filing and record keeping as necessary

To order, monitor and manage clinical supplies

To ensure clinical supplies are replaced/rotated across all clinical rooms

To support other Health Care Professionals in the various chronic disease management clinics

Any clinical tasks as deemed appropriate and supported by individual training

To record appropriate information in patient held records, clinic records and the practice computer system to comply with legal and professional requirements.

To maintain confidentiality at all times

To comply with all appropriate practice policies, clinical practices and protocols

To comply with health and safety fire regulations and to report accidents/ incidents to the relevant colleagues as soon as practical.

Other information:

Confidentiality:

• In the course of 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:

The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the practice Health & Safety Policy, to include:

• Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines
• Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks
• Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills
• Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards
• Reporting potential risks identified.

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 recognises 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
• To always act within the NMC Code of Conduct and Scope of Professional Practice
• 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 recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

• Communicate effectively with other team members
• Communicate effectively with patients and carers
• Recognise 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.

Job responsibilities

Job purpose/summary:

This is a 15 hour per week role, days required to work are Monday and Tuesdays (7.5 hours per day)

Based at Woodcross Health Centre

Level 3 Qualification in Health and Social Care essential

GP setting experience required

• Permanent Position

To support the Practice Nurses and Doctors in the implementation of individualised care and therapy programmes for patients. Respond to patient queries and requests for assistance from patients and other visitors to the surgery

Job Responsibilities:

Venepuncture

Blood pressure recording

Administer:

Influenza vaccines

Pneumococcal vaccines

Shingles vaccines

Administer B12 vaccines

Collection of specimens as directed

Urinalysis

Height and weight measurement

24 Hr Blood Pressure monitoring

Spirometry, peak flow measurements and nebulizing

Performing ECG and recording

Basic wound care including 2 layer bandaging

Removal of sutures/clips etc.

Assistance in the minor operating suite

Clinical fridge maintenance & cold chain

Smoking Cessation and other Health Promotion Activities

To Assist in routine Child Health Surveillance

To assist in Chronic Disease Clinics, including monitoring inhaler technique and foot pulses

To perform NHS Health Checks and New patient checks

To provide examination of ears and ear syringing in line with protocol

To support delivery of clinical Quality & Outcomes Framework and QOF+

Undertake the following basic administrative activities as necessary

Answering the telephone, receiving and transmitting messages

Filing in forms

Arranging patient appointments

Liaise with other health care professionals

Ordering of equipment and other supplies

Filing and record keeping as necessary

To order, monitor and manage clinical supplies

To ensure clinical supplies are replaced/rotated across all clinical rooms

To support other Health Care Professionals in the various chronic disease management clinics

Any clinical tasks as deemed appropriate and supported by individual training

To record appropriate information in patient held records, clinic records and the practice computer system to comply with legal and professional requirements.

To maintain confidentiality at all times

To comply with all appropriate practice policies, clinical practices and protocols

To comply with health and safety fire regulations and to report accidents/ incidents to the relevant colleagues as soon as practical.

Other information:

Confidentiality:

• In the course of 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:

The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the practice Health & Safety Policy, to include:

• Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines
• Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks
• Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills
• Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards
• Reporting potential risks identified.

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 recognises 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
• To always act within the NMC Code of Conduct and Scope of Professional Practice
• 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 recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

• Communicate effectively with other team members
• Communicate effectively with patients and carers
• Recognise 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.

Person Specification

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Essential

• It is essential for the applicant to have Level 3 or equivalent in Health & Social Care.

Desirable

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See JD

Essential

• It is essential for the applicant to have Level 3 or equivalent in Health & Social Care.

Desirable

• See JD

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Health and Beyond

Address

Woodcross Health Centre

Woodcross Lane

Wolverhampton

WV14 9BX

Employer's website

https://healthandbeyond.healthcare/ (Opens in a new tab)