Senior HCA HIV Service

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a compassionate and driven HIV Senior Health Care Assistant. This role involves supporting doctors and nurses, performing venepuncture, and undertaking various administrative duties in a collaborative team. The successful candidate will enjoy dynamic work settings, supporting patients living with HIV and assisting during sexual health procedures. Candidates should possess excellent communication skills, be team-oriented, and strive to provide outstanding patient care. Flexible working hours are available.

Qualifications

• Ability to perform venepuncture following training and assessment.
• Experience in supporting healthcare professionals during procedures.
• Good understanding of administrative duties in a clinical setting.

Responsibilities

• Support health care professionals during intimate examinations.
• Act as patient advocate at all times.
• Conduct simple nursing procedures such as urinalysis and blood pressure checks.
• Prepare patients for consultations and testing.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Ability to work in a team

Compassionate and caring attitude

Job description

Overview

HIV Senior HCA – 35 hours per week (0.93 WTE)

We are looking for a caring, compassionate and driven Health Care Assistant to join our HIV Team, Whitegate Drive Health Centre.

This will involve working alongside the Doctors and Nurses undertaking procedures, chaperoning, venepuncture and administrative duties.

We would like someone with excellent communication skills who enjoys working as part of a team and supporting others.

The successful post-holder will be expected to work flexibly to cover the service needs.

The post holder will be an integral and flexible member of the HIV team, working in traditional and non-traditional community health settings.

They will be required to work closely with the clinical nurse specialists for HIV, undertaking venepuncture and monitoring for those living with HIV and assisting in the Consultant review clinics.

There will also be some administrative responsibilities with this role. Results management and filing, HARS entries, preparing notes for MDT and clinics etc.

Support senior colleagues during contraceptive procedures and the screening / treatment of patients for Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs).

Undertake asymptomatic screening of patients who meet a specific criteria

Administrative support for the management of the Sexual Health Service, including reception duties.

About the location

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is ideally situated just a forty five minute drive from Manchester. The Trust provides services to the 440,000 residents of Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre and North Lancashire, as well as specialist tertiary care for Cardiac and Haematology patients.

As one of the United Kingdom’s largest coastal resort, Blackpool has plenty to offer its residents–it’s not just a good place to work; it’s a great place to live. In addition to its bustling centre and historic seafront, the town is world famous for its many attractions, including the famous Blackpool Tower. Blackpool also offers a number of scenic cycling routes round our local parks and across the surrounding countryside, as well as boasting panoramic views of the coast on its picturesque Promenade. Further afield, Blackpool also benefits from less than three-hour connections via rail to Edinburgh in the north and London in the south.

Role expectations

• To work as a member of the Team supporting & chaperoning health care professionals during intimate examinations/ procedures
• Act as patient advocate at all times
• To undertake appropriate training to prepare the clinical area
• To facilitate the smooth operation of the clinical session. Call the patients through to the clinical room as agreed with the clinician conducting the clinic. Ensure that the patient is made to feel welcome.
• Prepare the patient for the consultation, examination and appropriate testing
• Following training and assessment, perform simple nursing procedures eg. urinalysis, height, weight, body mass index (BMI), and blood pressure (BP). Record findings, reporting the results to the health care professional in line with departmental policy
• Following training perform Frax and Q-risk assessments on HIV patients and highlight to the healthcare professional results accordingly.
• Following training and assessment undertake venepuncture on a daily basis
• Offer and support asymptomatic patients to undertake self-taken samples (swabs and urine)
• Following training and with support from senior colleagues provide support to the patients attending the clinics. (Information relating to their care/ tests taken/ results and follow up procedures)
• Ensure that all specimens are appropriately labelled
• Ensure safe storage and transportation of all specimens to the testing laboratory as per departmental policy
• Following training help facilitate patients to access their HIV care and treatment
• Signposting to HIV support services including peer support

This advert closes on Tuesday 10 Feb 2026