Bank Healthcare Assistant

at  HCRG Care Group

Job Introduction
As a Healthcare Assistant within HCRG Care Group, you’ll join a team who are focused on exceeding the needs of patients within the community of Cheshire West and Chester. You will support the delivery of care to a range of complex patients which will include meeting the clinical needs of patients, supporting busy clinics with rapid and professional care and managing your own blood and screening clinics, as well as supporting with microscopy. You will be based at The Fountains Health Centre in Chester, with regular travel to Ellesmere Port, Blacon, Neston, Winsford and Northwich.
The work is varied and interesting. Striving to successfully provide healthcare can be both challenging and rewarding and our services are developing to meet the needs of the local population.
Main Responsibilities

Within this role, you will:

• Perform designated high quality clinical support tasks for patients in the clinic environment. Performance of clinical skills will be dependent on the competence and confidence of the individual.
• Report all matters pertinent to a patients’ condition and circumstances, including any changes, to relevant members of the Contraception & Sexual Health team
• Assist in specialist appointment clinic sessions as directed by qualified members of the team, for example IUD/IUS insertions, implant insertions and implant removals.
• Participate in asymptomatic screening clinics ensuring appropriate advice is given and advice is sort from colleagues as required. Refer patients to Nursing or Doctor colleagues when required
• Undertake Microscopy, sharing results with appropriate colleagues and seeking advice when needed
• To ensure that health promotional materials are available within the Contraception & Sexual Health clinics
• Maintain stock levels and ensure stock rotation and stock checks are carried out
• Assist clients as required within the clinics maintaining their privacy and dignity at all times. Advising on the principles of a healthy lifestyle, advising on the promotion of health and prevention of ill health, particularly relating to their sexual health.
• Support with administrative tasks that could include covering reception and supporting with administration results management.

The Ideal Candidate
You will also need to be confident using IT systems and be able to demonstrate working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages i.e. Outlook, Word, Excel.
This is an opportunity to put your care certificate, venipuncture and NVQ level 3 or equivalent/appropriate qualification/experience to great use. With strong communication and organisation skills, and a flexible approach will ensure you deliver positive experiences to patients at every stage of their healthcare journey.
In this role, you will need to be able drive and have access in your own car, allowing you to travel across our services in a timely manner.

• Perform designated high quality clinical support tasks for patients in the clinic environment. Performance of clinical skills will be dependent on the competence and confidence of the individual.
• Report all matters pertinent to a patients’ condition and circumstances, including any changes, to relevant members of the Contraception & Sexual Health team
• Assist in specialist appointment clinic sessions as directed by qualified members of the team, for example IUD/IUS insertions, implant insertions and implant removals.
• Participate in asymptomatic screening clinics ensuring appropriate advice is given and advice is sort from colleagues as required. Refer patients to Nursing or Doctor colleagues when required
• Undertake Microscopy, sharing results with appropriate colleagues and seeking advice when needed
• To ensure that health promotional materials are available within the Contraception & Sexual Health clinics
• Maintain stock levels and ensure stock rotation and stock checks are carried out
• Assist clients as required within the clinics maintaining their privacy and dignity at all times. Advising on the principles of a healthy lifestyle, advising on the promotion of health and prevention of ill health, particularly relating to their sexual health.
• Support with administrative tasks that could include covering reception and supporting with administration results management