| Health Care Assistants have been working in primary care settings for over ten years, both in General Practice and in the community.
Since April 2006 we have had a Health Care Assistant, Tina, working as part of the surgery integrated nursing team. Her principal role is as a phlebotomist (taking of blood). However, Tina is also a qualified Lifestyle Practitioner and Smokestop Tutor enabling her to give advice and support for patients wishing to change to a more healthy lifestyle or assist patients in giving up smoking.
Tina also performs blood pressure monitoring, ECG's, routine spirometry and general health checks.
Holder of an NVQ in Care over time we expect to expand Tina's role to involve more procedures in the provision of healthcare to our patients. |
