The unsung heroes of primary care, these clinicians are the foundations for health screening / prevention. So much more than Assistants
Skills Include:
- Blood taking
- Near patient testing for warfarin dosing.
- Spirometry (breathing tests)
- Urinalysis
- New patient screens
- Risk assessment for heart disease / stroke.
- Wound management
- Notes summarisation
- Medicines Management
- Wound Care
- Blood pressure checks
- Immunisation.
- Disability mental health checks.
Christine Edwards
Health Care AssistantHas been a Health Care Assistant at Beacon since January 2001. Christine specialises in phlebotomy, chronic illness reviews, blood pressure monitoring, minor surgery and joint injection admin, She also carries out flu/b12/ and pneumonia vaccines.
Katrina Cox
Health Care AssistantKatrina has expertise in many areas including anticoagulant monitoring, proactive care planning and delivering practice based clinics including phlebotomy and chronic disease management clinics.
Doreen Boydell
Health Care AssistantMichaela Norton
Health Care AssistantMichaela Norton
Health Care Assistant
Michaela has many years of experience, working in primary care and her role includes phlebotomy, chronic disease clinics, new patient checks and cardiovascular disease assessments.
Jodie Mackin
Health Care AssistantEllie Mehnert
Health Care AssistantEllie has 7 years of experience as a health care assistant. Her role includes phlebotomy, anticoagulant monitoring, chronic disease clinics and assisting with our minor surgery clinics.