Health Care Assistant -Bury Anticoagulant Monitoring Service

The post holder works under indirect supervision of the local anticoagulation lead and is supported by the whole of the clinical and non-clinical anticoagulation team to meet the needs of patients enrolled within the IntraHealth Anticoagulation service

The post holder will:

Provide efficient and safe near patient testing for the anticoagulation service by measuring INRs with point of care equipment

Ensure maintenance of anticoagulation kit and equipment

Be a physical point of contact for patients using the service who will either visit a primary care venue or be visited in their own home

Support and work collaboratively with the AMS clinicians (nurses, pharmacy technicians and pharmacists) and admin team by ensuring all documentation is up to date after each patient encounter. AMS clinicians will use the data generated by the AMS HCA point of care INR testing to provide the other clinical aspects of the service including:

Support to patients, relatives, and other health care professionals involved in the patients care.

Therapeutic adjustments and titration of oral anticoagulants within the Anticoagulant Protocol to ensure patients are kept within their target INR limits., Promote and monitor the appropriate and safe use of anticoagulant therapies within the service under the direction of the Contract Lead
1. Works under direction of the Anticoagulant Protocol
2. Perform near patient testing of all anticoagulant patients in a clinic or domiciliary setting
3. Maintain anticoagulant kit and equipment, ensuring adequate supplies to carry out the clinic and domiciliary visits
4. Participation in NEQAS quality assurance scheme and other routine equipment validation
5. Work as part of the anticoagulant team and wider team of health care professionals, ensuring they have timely access to data from your interventions with patients to facilitate safe and effective care
6. Maintain appropriate clinical and nonclinical records, in line with best practice
7. Follow national and local guidance regarding anticoagulation management
8. To take part in the Clinical Audit to ensure consistently high standards of anticoagulation monitoring care are maintained

IntraHealth is one of the UKs leading provider of NHS Primary and Community Care services. We serve a range of patients across our three divisions of Primary Care (general practice), Pharmacy and Clinical Services which includes anticoagulation monitoring, patient medication reviews and childhood immunisation programmes.

We also provide management and clinical support to other GP practices and NHS bodies. We are a well-established organisation having provided NHS services since the company was founded in 1999. Our team is made up of GPs, Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANPs), Nurses, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Health Care Assistants (HCAs) and local administration teams supported by a centralised back office function; providing finance, HR, administration and data analysis support.

We operate NHS services across the North East, North West and Yorkshire.