Healthcare Assistants
Healthcare Assistants are appropriately trained clinicians who support practice nurses with their daily work and work to protocols in order to undertake various tasks such as:
- Urine testing
- Blood Pressure measurements
- 24 Hour Blood Pressure Monitoring
- Simple dressings
- Assist with minor operations
- Smoking Cessation Advice
- NHS Patient Health Checks
- ECG recording
- Phlebotomy (taking blood)
- Flu vaccinations – working under Patient Specific Directions
- B12 injections – working under Patient Specific Directions
- To act as a chaperone as required
