Job Description

Liverpool Diabetes Partnership working with the GP practices of Liverpool are offering a 12 month secondment or fixed term opportunity for 5 innovative Health Care Assistants to work with the LDP team to support Practices in the Liverpool area to care for their patients who live with Diabetes.

The successful candidates will assist the team in providing the highest possible standard of care for patients living with Diabetes, working with the Practices in both a clinical setting and in patients homes.

This role is new and will be an exciting experience for the right people, working across the city with local communities, in a number of setting. It is essential that the successful candidate has a good understanding and knowledge of confidentiality.

**Please note this vacancy may close once sufficient applications have been received**

Under the supervision of registered clinicians, the HCAs will assist the team in providing the highest possible standard of care for patients and their families/carers. The post holder will undertake a range of tasks and duties as delegated by clinicians in a number of settings.

Participate in all aspects of patient care.

Engage with staff in General Practice to work collaboratively with their practice populations.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

To hear more about our achievements click herehttps://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf

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Clinical

At the discretion of a Registered Clinician participate fully in the delivery of planned care.

Provide information to enable effectiveness of care to be evaluated and records maintained.

Involve patients and carers/relatives in the delivery of care

Provide reassurance, support to patients, family and carers

Work collaboratively with other professionals and agencies to ensure patient needs are met.

Establish and maintain effective communication with patients and carers/relatives

Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations

General observations such as blood pressure, pulse, urinalysis

Setting up clinic equipment

Undertake venepuncture as directed by the RN

Administrative

Provide and receive information verbally, in writing or electronically to inform work colleagues, patients, clients, carers, the public/external contacts. Dealing with anxious patients and families. Encounters language and cultural challenges

Demonstrate a competent level of inter-personal skills when providing information of a non-clinical nature to staff, clients, carers, public/external agencies, maintaining the Trust standards of customer service.

Deal with incoming/outgoing mail in accordance with the workplace procedures

Accurate recording of information

For a full list of duties, please refer to the attached job description

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