Healthcare Assistant

Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Cambridge seeks an experienced Healthcare Assistant to deliver high-quality services in contraception and sexual health. The role involves welcoming patients, assisting in procedures, and administering vaccines, requiring a Care Certificate and a strong understanding of confidentiality. Candidates should possess a warm rapport with patients and a willingness to engage in training. Join us in providing outstanding community care!

Qualifications

• Demonstrable ability to develop a warm and welcoming rapport with patients.
• Willingness to undertake training for phlebotomy and chaperone duties.

Responsibilities

• Welcome patients and obtain relevant personal and clinical details.
• Assist nurses/doctors during intimate examinations/procedures.
• Undertake and interpret microscopy slides as directed by clinicians.
• Provide routine sexual health screens for asymptomatic patients.
• Administer prescribed vaccines according to service guidelines.
• Hold the Care Certificate and deliver associated care standards.

Skills

Front of house experience

Keen eye for detail

Understanding of sensitivity and confidentiality

Education

Care Certificate qualification

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, committed and experienced Healthcare Assistant to provide high quality services to the community who use the Integrated Contraception and Sexual Health (iCaSH) services across Cambridgeshire. You will be based at our site in Cambridge, located at Brookfield's Hospital.

You have 'front of house' experience, with a demonstrable ability to develop a warm and welcoming rapport with people who use our services. You have a keen eye for detail and have an understanding of the sensitivity and confidentiality involved in the delivery of a contraception, sexual health and HIV service.

You are required to hold a Care Certificate qualification, be trained to provide both phlebotomy and chaperone duties, or demonstrate a willingness to undertake training.

The clinic is open Monday-Friday, with evening clinics twice a week. You must be willing to work across all parts of the service where appropriate and be able to meet the travel requirements of the Trust.

Responsibilities

• Welcome patients and obtain relevant personal and clinical details as appropriate, treating all such information as confidential.
• Following training, and once signed off as competent, act as a chaperone and assist nurses/doctors to undertake intimate examinations/procedures and or sexual health screening on patients.
• Following training, undertake, read and interpret microscopy slides as directed by clinicians and appropriately document and communicate the associated findings, if required by the clinical service.
• Provide a service for asymptomatic patients requesting a routine sexual health screen, where local services require and following training and sign off.
• Administer prescribed vaccines in accordance with service guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures, if required by the clinical service, following training and being deemed competent to do so.
• Hold the Care Certificate and deliver the associated standards of care or undertake the training at the earliest opportunity upon recruitment to post.

About Us

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.

If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.

Equal Employment Opportunity: We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates.