Healthcare Assistant

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board; Quorn; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 27,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Group pension

Discounts on everyday purchases

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is seeking enthusiastic Healthcare Assistants to join our Sexual Health Service across Leicestershire and Rutland. This part-time role offers flexible hours, supporting inreach and outreach activities, with a salary dependent on experience and access to our group pension.

Responsibilities include preparing clinic rooms, supporting clinicians, observing patients, and maintaining records while upholding infection prevention standards.

Qualifications

• Have previous experience in a healthcare, care, community or customer-focused environment.
• Demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Are organised, adaptable and able to work effectively within a team.
• Can provide compassionate, inclusive and person-centred care.
• Are comfortable working across different clinic locations.
• A willingness to travel across the Leicestershire and Rutland service area is essential.

Responsibilities

• Preparing clinic rooms and equipment.
• Supporting clinicians during patient consultations and procedures.
• Undertaking routine observations and assisting with patient care.
• Supporting sexual health screening and health promotion activities.
• Maintaining accurate clinical records and documentation.
• Ensuring high standards of infection prevention and control.
• Providing a professional, confidential and non-judgemental service to all patients.
• Supporting service delivery across a range of clinic locations.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Teamwork

Compassionate care

Willingness to travel

Job description

Package Description: Join our Sexual Health team and make a real difference in your community. This is a part‑time role with various hours available to include inreach and outreach (spokes) HCA work. We are looking for enthusiastic Healthcare Assistants to join our Sexual Health Service across Leicestershire and Rutland. This is an exciting opportunity to support the delivery of high-quality sexual health care within both our main clinic locations (inreach) and community outreach (spoke) settings. With a variety of part‑time hours available, this role offers flexibility while providing a rewarding opportunity to support patients accessing essential sexual health services. In return, we offer a salary dependent on experience and access to our group pension, discounts, and professional development opportunities.

• Preparing clinic rooms and equipment.
• Supporting clinicians during patient consultations and procedures.
• Undertaking routine observations and assisting with patient care.
• Supporting sexual health screening and health promotion activities.
• Maintaining accurate clinical records and documentation.
• Ensuring high standards of infection prevention and control.
• Providing a professional, confidential and non-judgemental service to all patients.
• Supporting service delivery across a range of clinic locations.

We're keen to hear from individuals who:

• Have previous experience in a healthcare, care, community or customer-focused environment.
• Demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Are organised, adaptable and able to work effectively within a team.
• Can provide compassionate, inclusive and person-centred care.
• Are comfortable working across different clinic locations.
• Share our commitment to delivering outstanding patient experiences.
• A willingness to travel across the Leicestershire and Rutland service area is essential.

We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children's community health services, primary care services, including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services, as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year. Guided by our values of care, thoughtfulness, and action, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome diverse applicants. We ensure an inclusive environment and adhere to safeguarding practices. We change lives by transforming health and care.

• A salary of £24,937 - £26,598 pro rata dependent on experience, with access to our group pension
• Free tea, coffeeand milk at your base location
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year