Talbot Medical Centre jobs

The Role:

Do you have a care certificate?

Do you have at least 6 months experience in either a healthcare role or environment?

Are you a compassionate, reliable, and motivated to make a real difference in primary care?

Do you prefer sociable and set weekly hours?

If you can answer 'yes' to all of the above, we may have a great opportunity for you to join our wonderful nursing/HCA team at Talbot Medical Centre GP Practice.

Candidates will be within a reasonable commutable distance of our surgeries in Wallisdown and Northbourne.

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

An enhanced DBS and thorough preemployment checks will be required.

Hours:

Tuesday 9am-5pm, Wednesday 1pm-6pm, Thursday midday to 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 25,000 patients. We have a team of circa 70 highly valued, hard working colleagues who work to provide an exceptional standard of care whilst enjoying working environment with a focus on support and staff wellbeing.

Role objective

Working under supervision and guidance of the nurses and in accordance with practice guidelines and protocols, the HCA 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 in carrying 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:

A Care Certificate

A high standard written and spoken English

Good numeracy and literacy

Keyboard and computer skills

Good experience in a similar healthcare role/environment

Effective oral/written communication and interpersonal skills Excellent team working and communication skills

Ability 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:

At least 6 month HCA experience in Primary Care/NHS

Long Term Condition Reviews

Wound Dressings

Taking Bloods, blood pressures & ECG

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: £12.92 per hour

Education:

• GCSE or equivalent (required)

Licence/Certification:

• Care Certificate (required)
• Previous experience in a healthcare setting (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person