Job Title: Healthcare Assistant - Diabetes
Post requires candidate to be entitled for work: No
Salary Range: £35,053.79 to £37,969.28
Contract Type: Permanent
Full time/Part Time: Full time
Advert Closing Date:16/03/2025
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Job Overview
The Diabetes Clinic is seeking an enthusiastic health care assistant to join to join their team.
The role includes welcoming patients into the department, ensuring the smooth running of clinics, manage clinic stock and check equipment. It is expected that you will prepare patients for the clinics and perform biometric measurement such as height, weight and blood pressure and phlebotomy, appropriate training will be provided if required. Other clinic preparation includes preparation for weekly structured education sessions with potential future opportunity for the right candidate to be trained to deliver structured education. Other tasks may include downloading glucose and insulin pump data prior to the clinic. This is an advanced skill that will have training provision. Another future opportunity is training in interpreting blood glucose data to be able to provide advice to patients.
Excellent interpersonal skills are essential as you will be required to respond to patient enquiries (either face to face or by phone/email). It is anticipated you will receive training and gain competencies that could facilitate running your own clinic appointments for teaching patients how to use blood glucose monitors and continuous blood glucose monitoring systems.
The role will also involve ordering supplies, maintaining a contemporaneous order list, and adhering to infection control policies for cleaning clinical areas and equipment.
Portuguese speaking is an advantage. The post is Monday-Friday 9-5pm, based at Enid Quenault Health & Wellbeing Centre with occasional requirement to work from another hospital site.
For more information, please call 07797 861393
Job Purpose
To promote the wellbeing health and independence by supporting patients/clients with activities of daily living in order to meet planned care goals. Staff at this level will work under the general guidance and direction of trained staff and will have immediate access to advice and guidance
Statutory Responsibilities
Active engagement, participation and compliance with any other statutory responsibilities applicable to the role, as amended from time to time.
Job Specific Outcomes 1 of 2
The post holder will demonstrate an understanding of the government of Jersey code of practice for health and social care support workers and apply these to maintain trust and credibility with individuals, carers and colleagues
The post holder will contribute and participate in care delivery for specified individual patients or patient groups, planning and organising a range of patient activities taking into account physical and social needs of the individuals we support.
The post holder will demonstrate understanding of and compliance with all Government of Jersey Infection Prevention and Control policies and procedures at all times.
The post holder takes responsibility for the safeguarding and welfare of all children, adults and/or families within their care and contact. He/she shall be aware of and comply with all safeguarding polices and procedures
The post holder will maintain a vocational QCF Portfolio which demonstrates the continuing acquisition of skills, knowledge, attitudes, understanding and achievement.
The post holder will demonstrate that activities of daily living are carried out in accordance with the individual’s care plan and the standards of care for clinical areas.
The post holder will work collaboratively as a member of the multi-disciplinary team demonstrating well established networks and will contribute to the achievement of team goals.
The post holder will demonstrate cost consciousness and contribute to controlling expenditure within the clinical area.
The post holder will demonstrate basic key board skills and will carry out all designated administrative tasks effectively.
The post holder will seek opportunities to develop knowledge and skills and will participate constructively in the Performance Review and Appraisal process.
The post holder will contribute to the management of the immediate physical environment which will involve understanding and promoting all health, safety and security measures in hospital and home settings and carry out designated housekeeping tasks effectively.
The above does not purport to be an exhaustive list of duties but is intended to indicate the range and type of duties required. The duties of the post may alter to reflect changing practice within the service
Qualifications
In possession of or committed to work towards level vocational award in health care
RQF / NVQ level 2 Care Certificate
Knowledge
Experience in health care settings
Technical Work Based Skills
Basic IT Skills
Excellent communications and team working skills
General skills / attributes
Effective written and verbal communication skills and ability to build relationships with Patients/Clients and families
Experience
RQF / NVQ Level 2 Care Certificate
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