Bank Home Visiting HCA

This is the perfect opportunity to be part of a diverse team providing assessment, advice, and referrals.

As a Bank Home Visiting HCA you will be considered a key individual in executing Greenwich Healths home visiting service on behalf of participating practices. Without you, the service will not function efficiently.

You will be working independently out in the patients residence, but also in collaboration with individuals offering clinical and logistical support. You will also have the induction support of being shadowed by a senior clinician for your first few sessions to ensure full comfortability in the role.

On your shift you will be expected to work independently, using your own initiative. You will perform foot checks, phlebotomy, height and weight measurements, peak flow and a range of other tasks for housebound patients.

This is a genuine opportunity to be a part of something new and exciting in South-East London, with a real opportunity for personal growth and to support housebound patients in your area. The service will run 1-1.5 days a week, which is the frequency at which shifts will be available.

Security and safeguarding measures will be in place, such as a GPS tracking alarm to carry, as well as regular communication with a coordinator to share any concerns. A lone worker policy is also in place., Working with the admin co-ordinator, sending a PEM to the patients practice, highlighting any areas that need referrals etc.

- Checking equipment/paperwork necessary for the home visit, ensuring all is returned to base office and equipment used is replaced

- Complete the checklist/sign in & out sheet

- Carry out the required patient checks

- Ensure all findings are recorded onto the patients record using EMIS.

- Ensure communication is made with the service phone before and after each home visit

Greenwich Health

Greenwich Health is the GP Federation for the Greenwich Borough and have a not-for-profit ethos. This means we reinvest all our surplus into developing our staff, our organisation and to support our GP Practices in being sustainable for the future. We are committed to providing quality of care to our patients whilst building resilience for General Practice and providing services and programmes of work to deliver care at scale to the Greenwich Population.This role will be part of an exciting opportunity to work within the Greenwich community supporting patients with long term illnesses.