The HCA will work strictly in accordance with specific practice guidelines and protocols.
The HCA will assist the practice clinical team in the provision and delivery of prescribed programmes of patient care.
The post will include some administrative duties.
The HCA will be responsible for seeing patients with booked appointments for clinical procedures.
Clinical
- Phlebotomy
- New Patient Health Checks
- Learning Disability Health Checks
- ECG Recording
- Blood Pressure monitoring
- Flu vaccination under PSD
- B12, Shingles, Pneumococcal Vaccinations under PSD
- Wound care
- Urinalysis
- Chaperoning
- Preparation and processing of laboratory samples i.e. MSU, Sputum and Faeces.
- Preparing medical equipment by ensuring infection and control procedures are adhered to.
- Removal of sutures and clips
- Ensure clinical waste collection runs smoothly
- Working strictly within the guidelines and boundaries that are set.
- Maintaining a professional attitude at all times towards patients and displaying an understanding and caring attitude.
Non clinical
- Maintain general tidiness and cleanliness of treatment rooms
- To have a thorough knowledge of Practice procedures
- Maintain accurate and timely records, ensuring the clinical system is kept up to date
- Any other delegated duties appropriate to the post
Macklin Street Surgery is a busy, friendly inner city GP Practice with 6 GP Partners and over 12,000 patients.
We are forward thinking and pro-active, always aiming to maintain the highest standards of practice to deliver excellent care to our patients as well as protecting the safety and well-being of staff.
The way that we work is continually evolving, especially so in the last year, and we need to adapt quickly to new ways of working and embrace improvements to practice processes and technology as they become available.