Job description

Job responsibilities

Role and scope of the job:

Assist the practice clinical team in the care of our patients, including treatment, preventative care, screening and patient education.

Work as part of our well-established team to help provide clinical care and manage acute demand, seeing patients with a variety of conditions.

Act as a focal point of communication between patients, clinicians and other members of the GP Surgery Team.

Duties and responsibilities:

The duties and responsibilities to be undertaken by members of team may include any or all of the following list. Duties may be varied from time to time under the direction of the Management Team and GP Partners. This will be dependent on current and evolving workload and staffing levels.

The following are core responsibilities:

• Perform venepuncture for patients and phlebotomy clinics.
• Undertake baseline observations blood pressure, pulse, temperature as required on templates and assist with long term condition monitoring, including diabetic foot checks.
• Perform ECG recordings for patients.
• Height / Weight / BMI monitoring.
• Undertake basic wound care/dressings and to refer patients to trained nursing colleagues where necessary for review.
• Assist in seasonal and special projects as required, e.g. flu and pneumonia campaigns.
• Perform B12 and flu injections (not exhaustive), working to PSD and under the instruction of trained nursing colleagues.
• Removal of staples and sutures.
• Assist GP in providing minor surgery sessions.
• Assist clinicians in providing LARC sessions (coils and implants)
• Assist in the assessment, surveillance, promotion and collection of data for patients health and wellbeing.
• Ensure that specimens brought in by patients or taken by clinicians, are tested, and recorded appropriately, or ready for collection by the pathology service.
• Chaperoning duties.
• Ensure clinical areas, couches, fridges and work environments are clean.
• Ensure full sharps bins are removed from room and safely stored ready for collection.
• Additional administrative duties including restocking rooms and ordering supplies, where appropriate.
• Checking calibration due dates for equipment.
• Maintain accurate and timely records, ensuring you are compliant with the practices IT system.
• Attend and participate in meetings.
• Ensure mandatory training is up to date.
• To undertake any other duties appropriate to the post as required by the Nurse Manager, Practice Manager or Partners.

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

• -Communication skills, both verbally and non-verbally.
• -Competent with computers, especially Microsoft products.
• -Organisation skills.
• -Ability to work as an individual but also as part of a team.
• -Effective time management.
• -Problem solving and analytical skills.

Desirable

• -Systmone (TPP) user skills

Personal Qualities / Attributes

Essential

• -Ability to keep calm in a fast-paced environment.
• -Ability to work well under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• -Sensitive, caring and empathetic in distressing situations.
• -A passion for helping others.
• -Polite and approachable behaviour at all times.
• -Professional and confident behaviour.
• -Motivated.
• -Clear commitment to attention to detail and quality.
• -Willingness to learn and disseminate new knowledge and skills to others.
• -Positive and enthusiastic with a great patient focus.
• -Smart & well-presented appearance.
• -Reliable, trustworthy and conscientious.

Desirable

• -Flexibility to work outside of core working pattern.

Qualifications

Essential

• - GCSE English and Maths (grade C or above).

Desirable

• -Educated to A-level/equivalent or higher, with relevant experience.
• -Evidence of Medical Terminology training.
• -Healthcare training & relevant certificates.

Other requirements

Essential

• -Standard Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) certificate.
• -Occupational Health Certificate.
• 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.

Experience

Essential

• -Experience of working with the general public.
• -Experience of working in a healthcare setting.
• -Experience of taking observations from patients.
• -Experience of venepuncture / phlebotomy.
• -Experience of administration duties.

Desirable

• -Experience of working in a general practice.
• -Experience of giving vaccinations.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Burley Park Medical Centre

Address

273 Burley Road

Leeds

LS4 2EL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.burleyparkmedicalcentre.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)