Job summary
THE SURGERY @ 2THESLIEVE
NURSE or HCA Part timehours
Practice Nurse or HCA required to workin a GP practice inHandsworth Wood, Birmingham. Mon – Wed only (Temporary post for 1 year to cover maternity leave).
Location: The Slieve Surgery
Handsworth Wood
Birmingham
B20 2NR
1. To assist medical personnel in the care of practice patients, to include treatment, preventative care, screening and patient education.
2. To undertake administrative duties as required including call and recall of patients.
3. To work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary general practice team to meet the needs of patients. supporting the delivery of policy and procedures.
You must have good communicationskills, professional attitude and appearance.
If you are interested in thisposition, we would like to hear from you.
Salary negotiable depending onexperience.
For further details about thepost please contact : MissJatinder Jagpal on 0121 554 1812.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsilibities:
Clinical
- NHS Health checks
- BP monitoring
- Urinalysis
- Phlebotomy
- ECGs
- Diabetic foot checks
- Act as chaperone
- Vaccination Clinics
- Smoking cessation advice
- Promote Healthy Living making any necessary referrals within the practice
- Weight monitoring
- Ensure specimens are labelled and bagged ready for collection with the necessary paperwork completed
- Ensure clinical waste collection runs smoothly, reporting any problems to the nurse manager
- Ensure sharps bins are ready for collection
- Restocking/maintenance of equipment
- Restocking of clinical areas and consulting rooms
- Setting up equipment for GP or Nurse led clinics
- Assist colleagues as required
About us
We are an 8,000 patient practice located in Handsworth Wood, Birmingham.
A team of 1 lead GP, 5 Locum GP’s, 3 ANP’s, 2 Practice Nurses & 10 members of reception/admin.
A friendly & professional team with a positive attitude.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Treatment Room Supplies and Equipment
Maintaining and cleaning equipment used by nurses and GPs.
Maintaining GP and Nurses rooms, stocking and rotating items as required.
Maintain general tidiness and cleanliness of nurses and treatment rooms.
Ordering of consumables when required.
- Organise the regular servicing of all clinical equipment in liaison with Nurse Administrator
Communication
- Demonstrate sensitive communication styles to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment
- Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating
Team working
- Understand own role and scope, and identify how this may develop over time
- Work as an effective and responsible team member, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of working
- Delegate clearly and appropriately, adopting the principles of safe practice and assessing competence
- Ensure clear referral mechanisms are in place to meet patient need
- Prioritise own workload and apply effective personal time-management strategies.
- Work effectively with others to clearly define values, direction and policies impacting upon care delivery
- Participate in team activities that create opportunities to improve patient care
- Participate in and support local projects as agreed with the practice management team
Learning and development
- Disseminate learning and information gained to other team members in order to share good practice and inform others about current and future developments
- Assess own learning needs and undertake learning as appropriate
- Make effective use of learning opportunities within and outside the workplace, evaluating their effectiveness and feeding back relevant information
- Provide an educational role to patients, carers, families and colleagues in an environment that facilitates learning
Equality and diversity
- Identify patterns of discrimination, take action to overcome this, and promote diversity and quality of opportunity
- Enable others to promote equality and diversity in a non-discriminatory culture
- Support people who need assistance in exercising their rights
- Monitor and evaluate adherence to local chaperoning policies
- Act as a role model in the observance of equality and diversity good practice
- Accept the rights of individuals to choose their care providers, participate in care and refuse care
- Assist patients from marginalised groups to access quality care
Flexibility
This job description will be subject to review and amendment to meet the changing needs of the practice. This job description is a reflection of the current position and the post holder is expected to see it as a guide rather than an exact description of all duties and responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Treatment Room Supplies and Equipment
Maintaining and cleaning equipment used by nurses and GPs.
Maintaining GP and Nurses rooms, stocking and rotating items as required.
Maintain general tidiness and cleanliness of nurses and treatment rooms.
Ordering of consumables when required.
- Organise the regular servicing of all clinical equipment in liaison with Nurse Administrator
Communication
- Demonstrate sensitive communication styles to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment
- Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating
Team working
- Understand own role and scope, and identify how this may develop over time
- Work as an effective and responsible team member, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of working
- Delegate clearly and appropriately, adopting the principles of safe practice and assessing competence
- Ensure clear referral mechanisms are in place to meet patient need
- Prioritise own workload and apply effective personal time-management strategies.
- Work effectively with others to clearly define values, direction and policies impacting upon care delivery
- Participate in team activities that create opportunities to improve patient care
- Participate in and support local projects as agreed with the practice management team
Learning and development
- Disseminate learning and information gained to other team members in order to share good practice and inform others about current and future developments
- Assess own learning needs and undertake learning as appropriate
- Make effective use of learning opportunities within and outside the workplace, evaluating their effectiveness and feeding back relevant information
- Provide an educational role to patients, carers, families and colleagues in an environment that facilitates learning
Equality and diversity
- Identify patterns of discrimination, take action to overcome this, and promote diversity and quality of opportunity
- Enable others to promote equality and diversity in a non-discriminatory culture
- Support people who need assistance in exercising their rights
- Monitor and evaluate adherence to local chaperoning policies
- Act as a role model in the observance of equality and diversity good practice
- Accept the rights of individuals to choose their care providers, participate in care and refuse care
- Assist patients from marginalised groups to access quality care
Flexibility
This job description will be subject to review and amendment to meet the changing needs of the practice. This job description is a reflection of the current position and the post holder is expected to see it as a guide rather than an exact description of all duties and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Experience in Health & Social Care
Experience
Essential
- High level of quality customer service
- IT literate
- Good team player
- Good multi-tasking skills
- Experience of dealing with vulnerable patients
Desirable
- Previous experience in a GP environment would be preferable but not essential as full training will be given.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Experience in Health & Social Care
Experience
Essential
- High level of quality customer service
- IT literate
- Good team player
- Good multi-tasking skills
- Experience of dealing with vulnerable patients
Desirable
- Previous experience in a GP environment would be preferable but not essential as full training will be given.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
