Healthcare Assistant

Inclusion; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Part time

Job summary

Inclusion, created in 2002 as part of the Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, is seeking a permanent part-time Healthcare Assistant to support sexual health services across Shropshire.

You will work with the sexual health team, performing phlebotomy, measurements, pregnancy testing, urine sampling, no-talk testing, condom demonstrations, chaperoning, and clinic preparation to ensure high-quality care.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills and ability to work on own initiative.
• Understanding of data protection and patient confidentiality.
• GCSE English and Maths at grade 4 or above or equivalent.
• NVQ Level 3 in Care or actively working towards it.

Responsibilities

• Work with sexual health team to promote contraception and sexual health.
• Assist in clinic sessions to ensure smooth running of services.
• Prepare for procedures and assist clinicians with device fittings/removals and cytology.
• Act as a chaperone for intimate examinations when required.
• Provide condom teaching and promote safe sex practices.
• Promote healthy lifestyles within the service and maintain infection prevention standards.

Skills

Communication skills

Education

GCSE English & Maths (4+ in both)

NVQ Level 3 in Care or working towards

Job description

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. If it is identified that you require sponsorship to undertake this role your application may be withdrawn

An opportunity has arisen for a permanent part-time Healthcare Assistant post to work across Shropshire.

Band 2 to Band 3 Development Role

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic individual with previous health care assistant experience who possesses excellent communications skills, is able to work under their own initiative and has the skills to manage difficult and sensitive situations.

You must be non-judgemental in your approach, be able to deal with challenging and delicate situations and have a good understanding of data protection and confidentiality. Also, you must be committed to the delivery of high standards of patient care.

You will support the smooth running of sexual health care delivery in both hub and spoke clinics. anddelivery of high - standard sexual health care within the department and department and satellite clinics.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be required to work in collaboration with members of the sexual health team, contributing to the promotion and provision of high-quality care for patients seeking advice, screening and treatment in contraception and sexual health settings within the sexual heath service.

The post holder will support the sexual health team, working autonomously where appropriate. Day to day duties to include phlebotomy, blood pressure, weight, height and body mass index calculations, pregnancy testing, collecting urine samples including urinalysis, providing a 'no talk testing' service, condom demonstrations, chaperoning, assisting and preparing for the sessions within sexual health.

The post holder will also be responsible for stock refill, rotation and ordering as per clinical requirements and also to support in the maintanance of high infection and prevention standards.

About us

Inclusion, created in 2002 is part of the Specialist Services Care Group of Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT). We provide caring and effective services across England, including, West Yorkshire, West Midlands, East Midlands, West Mercia, Thames Valley, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Thurrock, Essex.We support individuals, families and communities who are affected by addiction, crime, mental health or need treatment for their sexual health. We believe that the individuals and families who use our services should receive high quality, committed and inclusive care, realising all the benefits a modern NHS organisation can provide.We work with patients and our staff teams to achieve the best outcomes we can. We invest heavily in training and development, and the wellbeing of our people, both staff and service users is central to who we are. Here at MPFT, we are proud of the comprehensive wellbeing and lifestyle support offer available, in addition to in-house training and coaching support.Our services are robustly governed, evidence-based, inclusive, and designed and provided in conjunction with service users. We are committed to providing the best service we can, and if you share our values, we want you on our team!

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further details, a summary is below:

• 1. To work as an integral part of the sexual health team under the direction of the Nurse Team Lead to promote contraception and sexual health issues ensuring the wellbeing of patients2. Assist in clinic sessions as directed by the Nurse Team Lead to ensure the smooth running of the clinics.3. To participate in planned procedures and prescribed care for patients under the direction of medical and nursing colleagues, which includes preparing for and assisting clinicians with intra-uterine device fittings/removals, implant insertion/removal, swab sample taking and cervical cytology.4. To act as a chaperone for clinical staff offering intimate examinations to patients as and when necessary.5. To undertake condom teaching and advice to patients promoting safe sex issues including prevention of pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.6. To promote healthy lifestyles in all aspects of delivering the sexual health Service, to ensure holistic care is undertaken.7. To provide a no talk testing service, working autonomously in accordance with the departments standard operating procedures.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Good standard of general education including GCSE English and Maths grade 4 or above (or equivalent level of qualification)
• NVQ Level 3 in Care or working towards

Experience

• Evidence of training or significant demonstrable experience
• Experience of working within acute hospitals or a health care environment

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.