NHS Health care Assistant In London: Sponsorship Available

Job summary

The Health Care Assistant is part of the Parkview Practice Health Care Team & as such shares responsibility for the Treatment Room and the performance of routine nursing related duties.

Principal Responsibilities

Phlebotomy duties.

take ECGs and making sure that they have been analysed by a GP.

Carrying out blood pressure checks as well as fitting and removal of the 24 hour bp monitor.

To support the nursing team in:- Diabetic clinics, Smoking Cessation clinics, CHD clinics, Healthy eating & weight management, Flu clinics

To undertake NHS Health checks

To administer flu, pneumonia, & B12 injections having been adequately trained.

To share supervisory responsibilities with the Practice Nurses if appropriate for the management of the treatment room, stock control & ordering of drugs, leaflets & medical supplies. To ensure that all medical equipment is regularly & adequately maintained & in date and ensure that all clinical rooms are adequately stocked with medical equipment etc.

To ensure that fridge temperatures are regularly monitored.

To maintain high standards of tidiness, hygiene & safety in the use of all equipment & areas of work, in line with the Practice Health & Safety policy, Infection Control Policy as well as all other Practice policies & procedures.

To undertake any additional duties as may from time to time be deemed necessary, including working across sites.

To liaise with and communicate effectively with other members of the Health Care Team.

Main duties of the job

Phlebotomy duties. Setting up the ECG machine to take ECGs and making sure that they have been analysed by a GP. Carrying out blood pressure checks as well as fitting and removal of the 24 hour blood pressure monitor. To prepare the examination areas and instruments and to assist the GPs in minor operations, coil fittings and other clinics. To advise patients on health care, minor ailments, health promotion and illness prevention. To support the nursing team in:- Diabetic clinics, Smoking Cessation clinics, CHD clinics, Healthy eating and weight management, Flu clinics To undertake NHS Health checks To administer flu, pneumonia, & B12 injections having been adequately trained. To share supervisory responsibilities with the Practice Nurses if appropriate for the management of the treatment room, stock control & ordering of drugs, leaflets & medical supplies. To ensure that all medical equipment is regularly and adequately maintained and in date and ensure that all clinical rooms are adequately stocked with medical equipment etc. To ensure that fridge temperatures are regularly monitored. To maintain high standards of tidiness, hygiene and safety in the use of all equipment & areas of work, in line with the Practice Health and Safety policy, Infection Control Policy as well as all other Practice policies and procedures. To undertake any additional duties as may from time to time be deemed necessary, including working across sites.

About us

Parkview Centre for Health & Wellbeing is a purpose built flagship health centre in White City. Based at Parkview Centre, Parkview Practice provides high quality and evidence based healthcare to our patients in our locality. Our GPs, nurses and all our other staff are dedicated to offering a unique personalised service.

We are proud that our GPs are patient-centered and have vast experience in clinical care. Dr Hasan joined to provide continuity of care for our ethnically diverse patients. Diverse, multilingual and multiethnic team with strong team bonding.