Assistant Practitioner

Job overview

The Assistant Practitioner will function at a higher competency level than that of other Health Care Support workers with responsibility for actively participating as part ofthe Multi Disciplinary Team within the Axess department,  to provide a seamless service to patients with proximal supervision from a registered nurse/practitioner. The Assistant Practitioner will provide general/specific care as  suc as sexual health screen, POC testing routine observations and Phlebotomy for a specific client group . The post holder will be required to play an integral role in the delivery of safe and high quality care and will be expected to observe the patient and react appropriately to any changes. The post holder will  work in support of qualified nurses, doctors and allied health professionals within the sexual health department.

Main duties of the job

Deliver clinical and therapeutic care, within the clinical setting within set protocols and within scope of Assistant Practitioner remit. • Organise and prioritise time effectively. • Perform patient assessment (under supervision and after appropriate delegation from the registered practitioner),and deliver high standards of care in line with the plan of care • Implement and evaluate individual care/treatment plans. Ensure care is documented accurately and in a timely manner as per Trust Policy. • Provide high quality patient care, appropriate to patient need. • Take responsibility for the delivery of care to a group of patients. . • Take personal responsibility for ensuring that patients are treated with courtesy at all times, the individual needs of the patients are respected, and confidentiality is maintained at all times. • Promote and value the rights, responsibilities and diversity of people Team working. • Coordinate a team of support workers in care delivery and where appropriate

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Undertake and interpret a range of patient observations as required in clinical area e.g. temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure,  oxygen saturation levels, Reporting adverse signs to registered Nurse/Doctor/Therapist. • Obtain requested specimens and ensure transportation to appropriate department – urine, faeces, sputum. • Order routine bloods/investigations if required and have a basic understanding of normal and altered values, report adverse results. perform second checks for infusion fluids without drug additives. • Undertake a range of procedures relevant to area of work e.g. venepuncture following assessment of competency. • Undertake clinical audit for example, infection control audits.