Healthcare Assistants

Healthcare Assistants

Health Care Assistants HCAs are direct care providers who promote and maintain the health, safety, independence, comfort, and well-being of individuals and their families.

An HCA provides personal care assistance and support to a variety of clients. This includes providing care to older adults, people living with disabilities and/or chronic illnesses, and clients who are receiving palliative care.

HCAs are responsible for assisting clients with their mobility, activities of daily living, and personal care. They observe and monitor their clients, and are responsible for completing records and reporting changes and unsafe conditions to their supervisor. HCAs are supervised by nurses and other regulated health care professionals e.g., doctors, nurse practitioners.

HCAs may also do other activities related to the plan of care, including light housekeeping tasks or social activities with clients e.g., reading a book to or playing a game with a client; accompanying a client on an outing.

Role Summary:

• To support the practice nursing team in the delivery of nursing services, working as part of the practice multidisciplinary team, delivering care within their scope of practice to the entitled patient population.
• The healthcare assistant will deliver and assist clinical staff in the provision of treatment, preventative care, health promotion and patient education.

 

Primary Responsibilities:

• Undertake new patient health checks
• Support the practice nurse with health promotion programmes
• Carry out baseline observations such as pulse oximetry, blood pressure, temperature, pulse rate, recording findings accurately
• Facilitate routine and 24-hour BP monitoring, advising patients accordingly
• Undertake wound care, dressings and other clinical tasks as required
• Support the practice nurse with the management of chronic disease clinics
• Carry out BMI checks as directed
• Act as a chaperone as required
• When trained, administer flu vaccinations
• Ensure specimens are recorded and ready for onward transportation
• Provide support during minor operations as required
• Ensure all clinical rooms are adequately stocked and prepared for each session
• Ensure fridges are cleaned routinely in accordance with extant guidance
• Ensure clinical waste is removed from clinical areas and sharps bins replaced in accordance with the practice IPC policy
• Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate

 

Secondary Responsibilities:

• When trained, undertake venepuncture
• When trained, carry out ear irrigation under the supervision of the practice nurse
• Carry out ECGs as requested
• Participate in practice audit as directed by the adult lead
• Participate in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care
• Support and participate in shared learning within the practice
• Complete opening and closing procedures in accordance with the duty rota

 

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