Band 3 Healthcare Assistant

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Job Summary

We are recruiting for a Band 3 Healthcare Assistant to join our new Early Onset Type 2 Diabetes Service and Diabetes 8 Care Team.

This role will work within the Diabetic 8 Care Team to undertake the 8 care process checks to those patients across Staffordshire who are at most in need and are at higher health risk of complications associated with diabetes.

The role is new and will form part of an innovative, integrated offer to patients living with Early Onset Type 2 diabetes (Aged 18-39). This service will encompass the delivery of 8 care process checks, misclassification of Diabetes type, as well as advice and guidance for pregnancy and pre-pregnancy, psychological need, unmet social need and weight management. Direct referral pathways will be set up for you to signpost/refer too, dependent on patient needs.EOT2D clinics will be planned in community venues and clinic settings and will require clinics being offered during early evenings and Saturday mornings when required.

In addition, the role will support the Diabetes 8 Care Team in the delivery of 8 care process checks to all patients living with Type 1 and Type 2 who don’t form part of the above service. The role will involve delivery within clinic settings and community venues where applicable.

Main duties of the job

The role will involve close liaison with the Lead Nurse and Operational Lead for Diabetic 8 Care.

The 8 care process checks that the roles the postholder will be expected to undertake are as follow:

• Blood Pressure - You will record on bespoke software the reading for blood pressure using a calibrated cuff
• Cholesterol - Ensure a sample is taken in accordance with all health and safety and infection control polices and delivered to a testing facility on the same day
• Serum Creatinine -- Ensure a sample is taken in accordance with all health and safety and infection control polices and delivered to a testing facility on the same day
• Urine albumin - Ensure a sample is taken in accordance with all health and safety and infection control polices and delivered to a testing facility on the same day
• Foot surveillance - Responsible for following the guidance and training for recording foot screening in line with protocol
• BMI - patient height and weight
• Smoking - Establish the smoking habits for the patient and record as appropriate
• HbA1c - Take a blood sample in accordance to Phlebotomy protocols and delivered to ta testing facility on the same day
  
  

All policies and protocols will be followed for each of the tests above.

Follow and implement Trust, departmental and professional policies, procedures, guidelines and standards within own work area

Responsible for capturing patient details and recording results on the patient’s record accurately and in a timely way.

About Us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
  
  

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Job Description Job Responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details regarding this role in our new team.

Qualifications

Person Specification Qualifications & Training Essential

• Experience in working in a healthcare setting.
• GCSE Grade A to C in both English and Maths.
• NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent experience
  
  

Desirable

• Phlebotomy.
  
  

Experience Essential

• Working with a nursing team or a wider clinical team
• Working with vulnerable patients
  
  

Desirable

• Experience of working in primary care, community clinics.
  
  

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities Essential

• Specific clinical skills applicable to undertaking the 8 care processes.
• IT Skills; including the use of Microsoft Office and Outlook, entering data onto electronic patient records.
• The ability to recognise own limitations and to effectively utilise supervision and support systems to ensure safe and effective delivery of services.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
  
  

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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) .

Employer details Employer name

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Burton/Stafford/Cannock/South Staffs

Staffordshire

ST16 3SR

Employer’s website

https://www.mpft.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)