Doctor Assistant - Site Support Services

Job overview

We are recruiting for Doctors Assistants to support our growing service within Site Support services. Your role will be a clinical support post designed to help with clinical and administrative tasks that support ward MDT, including Junior Doctors, Physician Associates and Nursing teams.

Examples of duties include phlebotomy, cannulation also with Ultrasound, PICC bloods, assessing for dementia screening, VTE screening, and liaising with other clinical staff.

You will work across our acute site providing expert clinical support to our clinical teams as well as our community outpatient phlebotomy services.

You will work with the multi-disciplinary team and be responsible for assisting the MDT to improve and maintain high standards of care, health and well-being of patients through assessment, treatment and rehabilitation.

Working Pattern

This role will be Monday to Sunday 07:30 - 00:00

Hours available are

1 x 37.5 hours per week

Main duties of the job

• Undertake point of care testing (POCT) of INR when required.
• Take/record observations/measurements. Any readings deviating from the Trust’s normal range are to be reported to a registered professional;
• Carry out routine urine testing, record results and report any abnormalities;
• Collect blood and urine specimens and label as required;
• Phlebotomy;
• Intravenous cannulation;
• Blood cultures;
• Electrocardiogram (ECG) recording;
• Basic wound care;
• Assist therapy professionals in carrying out treatment
• Undertake screening for dementia, Venous Thromboembolism, malnutrition, frailty and others as appropriate;
• Transport equipment between care settings within the hospital.
• The DA carries out administrative duties: Update patient list and task list (including electronic versions); Prepare and Print discharge summary; Prepare and manage of patient notes; Check the progress of requested investigations, expediting where necessary; Update patients’ investigation results in electronic or physical databases after the results have been scrutinised by registered medical professionals; Book outpatient follow-up and anti-coagulation clinic appointments; Collect/deliver TTO (to take out) medications.
• Update patient list and task list (including electronic versions);
• Prepare and Print discharge summary;
• Prepare and manage of patient notes;
• Check the progress of requested investigations, expediting where necessary;
• Update patients’ investigation results in electronic or physical databases after the results have been scrutinised by registered medical professionals;
• Book outpatient follow-up and anti-coagulation clinic appointments;
• Collect/deliver TTO (to take out) medications.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see detailed Job Description and Personal Specification which will include details regarding responsibilities around:

• Clinical Duties – Core Doctor Assistant Competencies
• Additional Clinical Duties
• Administrative Duties
• Communication
• Training and Education
• General Duties and Responsibilities

Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.