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Healthcare Assistants
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Our nursing team consists of 4 Nurse Practitioners, 4 Practice nurses, 2 health care assistants.
- The team is lead by senior Nurse Practitioner Tracy Skates
Appointments may be booked up to 4/6 weeks in advance
A Health Care Assistant is a non-qualified clinical member of staff who has undertaken a HCA programme of training which then qualifies them to undertake basic clinical duties such as those listed below. A HCA works under the guidance of a qualified healthcare professional like, most commonly the Nurse Practitioner or sometimes the GP.
The Health Care Assistant can offer the following services:
- Flu Injection
- Audiograms
- B12 Injections
- Blood Tests
- Diabetic Bloods
- Dietary Advice
- ECG
- Smoking Advice
- Urine Checks
- Warfarin
- Ear Syringing
Please bear in mind that while we endeavour to have availability of all treatments at all sites unfortunately we may be restricted in some cases due to the availability of equipment or room design/setup
Claire Howell – Health Care Assistant (HCA) (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday)
Claire has been working in health care for over 16 years and she has been at the practice since 2013. She is able to take blood from adults and children over the age of 5 years. Claire can also does ECG’s, ear syringing, B12 injections, flu injections, hypertension reviews and NHS health checks. She also helps keep stock of all of the equipment needed at the surgery. Claire says has met many lovely patients and work colleagues during her time with us so far and looks forward to meeting many more.
Luz Mary Watts – Health Care Assistant (HCA) (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday)
Luz has worked full time for the practice for over 10 years. She undertakes all roles of a HCA in primary care and is responsible for managing the INR clinic. Luz Mary also carries out ECG’s, audio-grams and NHS Health Checks.