Healthcare Support Worker - Sexual Health

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK seeks a compassionate Healthcare Support Worker for the Sexual Health and Contraception Team. You will support patients throughout their care and assist healthcare professionals in procedures. Key requirements include strong communication skills, the ability to collaborate with teams, and organizational skills. The position offers a salary range of £24,937 to £26,598 annually, pro-rata for part-time hours, and a commitment to high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

• Compassionate and motivated approach to patient care.
• Ability to manage patients with sexually transmitted infections.
• Commitment to maintaining confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Support patients in their care pathway.
• Chaperone during clinical procedures.
• Process clinical specimens in line with protocols.
• Maintain clinical rooms and inventory.

Skills

Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team

Strong organisational skills

Excellent communication skills

Job description

Are you compassionate, motivated, and ready to support high‑quality care in a specialist clinical environment? We are looking for a dedicated Healthcare Support Worker to join our Sexual Health and Contraception Team within Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. In this rewarding role, you will support our multidisciplinary team, working under the supervision of registered nurses and alongside doctors and other healthcare professionals to deliver safe, efficient, and patient‑centred care.

What You’ll Do

• Support patients attending the clinic, ensuring they are guided smoothly through the care pathway.
• Chaperone doctors and nurses during clinical procedures, including coil fittings, perform venepuncture and light microscopy for the diagnosis of sexually transmitted infections.
• Process clinical specimens accurately and in line with service protocols.
• Manage asymptomatic patients, through the service, for sexually transmitted infections, including HIV.
• Maintain clinical rooms by ensuring materials and equipment are well stocked, organised, and compliant with infection prevention standards.
• Use your initiative to support the day‑to‑day running of the service and contribute to a positive patient experience. A compassionate and patient‑focused approach.

What We’re Looking For

• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to use your own initiative.
• Excellent communication skills and a commitment to confidentiality.

If you are enthusiastic about helping people access high‑quality sexual health services and want to be part of a professional, supportive team, we would love to hear from you.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined‑up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives. Our mental health services include community‑based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person’s care. We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute‑level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support. Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence.

£24,937 to £26,598 a year. Please note for part time hours the salary will be pro‑rata.