Health care Assistant

Patient care

Provide safe, evidence-based, cost-effective, and

individualised nursing care

needs as identified, or where care has been transferred by a GP. This will

usually be in surgery but occasional home visits will also be required.

Have responsibility for individual patient caseload,

ensuring all patients have an accurate plan of care, which reflects the

assessment undertaken and incorporate the issues and recommendations made.

Initiating

and maintaining health screening and promotion clinics for identified areas of

the practice population, recognizing where modification of systems or referral

is necessary.

Managing

the nursing care of patients with chronic disease, employing personal recall

systems suitable to the practice needs. This includes using the practice

computer systems for input of information for recall and screening purposes.

Undertake general nursing examinations and treatments for

patients healthcare needs such as wound care, sutures removal,

electrocardiogram (ECGs), Cytology, Ear Care.

Maintaining

efficient liaison with all areas of the Primary Care Team and other agencies to

assure continuity of care where necessary.

Health Promotion

Undertake basic assessment of the needs of patients

including men and womens health screening and education. Coordinate the

development of plans to meet the health needs of patients including diagnostic

tests, treatment plans, health promotion and prevention.

Provide smears following current guidelines and manage follow

up system.

Administer depoprovera injections following current

guidelines

Be able to assess critically and re-evaluate the clinical

situation as the patients condition or needs change.

Team work

Assist in

clinical audit and the setting up and monitoring of standards of care.

Assist and

teach others in clinical setting, including unqualified staff

Work

effectively in the team.

Information and IT

Facilitate

good communication systems within the practice with the use of computerised

messages.

Extrapolate

information received by outside agencies and bring to the notice of all

clinicians wherever necessary.

Undertake

all training and attend any computer data input and retrieval meetings deemed

necessary by the Practice Manager to manage the clinical system effectively.

Personal Development

Attend relevant training updates as required to maintain clinical

effectiveness

Maintain continuous professional development records in

keeping with the requirement of NMC.

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person

Specification for the full list of duties.