HIV Senior Support Worker

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Manchester is seeking an HIV Specialist Nurse to contribute to the HIV service. The role involves patient assessment, care delivery, and working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team. Candidates should have relevant health qualifications and experience in community outreach, particularly with HIV patients.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years experience in a senior healthcare support worker role.
• Basic knowledge of HIV and treatment.
• Experience of working with people living with HIV.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the assessment and care delivery for patients referred to the HIV Specialist Nurse team.
• Run outreach clinics and provide level one psychological support.
• Keep high quality records and manage clerical duties.

Skills

Venepuncture

Patient Care

Psychological Support

Community Outreach

Education

NVQ Level 3 or equivalent

Foundation degree in Health and Social Care

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Main area HIV Specialist Nursing Team. Grade Band 4 Contract Permanent: Full Time. Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday.) Job ref 349-NMGH-7178919

Site North Manchester General Hospital and Community. Town Manchester Salary £26,530 - £29,114 per annum (pro rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 29/05/2025 23:59

Job overview

This role will involve contributing to the overall activity in the HIV service, working alongside the current senior support workers and the wider HIV nursing team.

They will also be working with the MDT to support service for patients receiving specialist HIV care from the North West Infectious Diseases Unit based at North Manchester General Hospital.

The role entails seeing patients in a variety of settings including hospital, outreach clinics, community venues or their own home.

Main duties of the job

Assist in the assessment, care delivery and management of people referred to the HIV Specialist Nurse team

Assist the registered nurses and Doctors in the running of outreach clinics

To carry out designated duties as part of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) under the direction and supervision of the registered professional. This will include venepuncture, home visits including nursing homes, ward visits, outreach clinic support, and HIV testing. This will include providing level one Psychological support.

Independently run phlebotomy list, including complex phlebotomy (via neck) where needed (Training to be provided for phlebotomy/neck bloods)

Keep high quality records

Carry out clerical duties as and when required e.g monitoring shared inboxes, booking appointments, answering the telephone.

Working closely with Intensive Support Workers and peer navigators.

Feed back to line manager and to HIV lead to work on improvements in service provided by this role

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Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [e-mail].

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification

Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience.

• Good general education to GCSE level or equivalent
• Evidence of a health related qualification e.g NVQ level 3, care certificate or equivalent and a minimum of 2 years experience in a senior healthcare support worker role.
• Substantial support worker experience at band 3 or above
• Experience of venepuncture
• Experience of working independently and ability to manage own work load
• Experience of working in the community or outreach setting.
• Basic knowledge of HIV
• Knowledge and understanding of HIV and treatment.
• Foundation degree in Health and Social Care or relevant clinical experience
• Evidence of CPD in the form of personal development portfolio
• Experience of working with people living with HIV.
• Experience in providing level 1 psychology care.

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Austin Ceallacaih Job title Clinical Nurse Specialist Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 0161 720 2637 Additional information

For additional information or to arrange a visit to the team contact

Grace Newbold [e-mail]

or

Melissa Irving [e-mail]

Tel: [phone] / 2638