Healthcare Assistant - Sexual Health

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Warrington; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Warrington is looking for a dedicated individual to ensure a safe environment for clients and staff, manage clinical procedures, and provide essential healthcare support. Applicants should be educated to GCSE level with NVQ2 (healthcare) and possess good interpersonal skills. The role promotes a healthy work-life balance with flexible working arrangements available. This is a great opportunity for those wanting to make a difference in a clinical setting.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Commitment to equality and diversity

Support for personal requirements during recruitment

Qualifications

• Educated to GCSE level or equivalent.
• NVQ2 in healthcare or equivalent experience required.
• Ability to communicate well with vulnerable people.

Responsibilities

• Provide and maintain an efficient and safe environment for clients.
• To act as a chaperone promoting a positive image of the service.
• Manage fast-track clinics using electronic patient records.
• Assist at clinical procedures as appropriate.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

IT skills

Ability to work flexibly

Education

GCSE level or equivalent

NVQ2 (healthcare)

Care Certificate or equivalent experience

Job description

Responsibilities

• To provide and maintain an efficient and safe environment for clients and staff, reporting any potential safety issues to an appropriate team member and making suggestions for service improvement, according to Trust and service policies and procedures
• To maintain high standards of infection control procedures according to Trust and service policies
• To maintain client confidentiality at all times according to Trust and service policies
• To act as a chaperone taking into account cultural and religious beliefs, as directed by clinical staff, whilst promoting a positive image of the service
• Prioritise own workload and organise own work on a daily basis to ensure the smooth running of the service
• Identify, report (and contribute to recording) to appropriate team member any Child Protection and Vulnerable adult issues observed during duties, according to legislation & Trust policy
• Prepare equipment and clinical environment, and assist at clinical procedures as appropriate
• To report sickness, absence and any accident/incident to the clinical manager or her/his deputy
• To work within the community clinical settings
• Undertake pregnancy testing & venepuncture and any other procedure, which falls within your knowledge and competencies under the guidance and supervision of clinical staff.
• Manage fast-track clinics using electronic patient records ensuring all episodes are entered and coded safely and efficiently.
• Ensure all samples/specimens are recorded & transported in a timely and appropriate manner, according to service policy. Report any discrepancies to an appropriate team member
• To maintain stock (clinical supplies) levels, identifying and reporting any discrepancies or cost savings to service manager.
• Ensure a clean & tidy environment within the clinical area and maintain housekeeping throughout.
• Support clinical delivery alongside dedicated sexual health clinical practitioners.
• Provide sexual health advice which supports the care, emotional well‑being and education of patients

Qualifications

• Educated to GCSE level or equivalent
• NVQ2 (healthcare)
• Care Certificate or equivalent experience

Desirable Criteria

• Evidence of working at or ability to achieve NVQ 3 Level, Demonstrable experience working at Band 2 within a healthcare setting
• Previous experience of working with the public and/or young people
• Previous experience of working in other areas of sexual health or related services, General understanding of sexual health
• Good Interpersonal and communication skills both written and verbal
• Ability to communicate well with vulnerable people from varying backgrounds and abilities and liaise with the multi-disciplinary teams.
• Evidence of ability to relate to the needs of young people
• Ability to work flexibly within a changing/evolving organisation
• Ability to work unsupervised, under own initiative and to self-motivate
• Willingness to undertake expanded roles including venepuncture, basic sample collection, point of care testing (e.g. pregnancy testing) microscopy and other tasks necessary to development of role following appropriate training
• Knowledge of Child Protection / Vulnerable adult issues
• Understanding of confidentiality
• To travel between sites (internal & external)
• IT skills (e-mail, Outlook, Microsoft Word)
• Ability to work flexibly to in accordance with service needs and specific role

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working. The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce: black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.

Additional Information

Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria. Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview. We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

How to Apply

If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.