Senior Healthcare Assistant

Change Grow Live; Birkenhead; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading substance misuse charity as a Senior Healthcare Assistant in Wirral, where your passion for helping others will shine. You'll provide vital support and health screening to individuals accessing services, ensuring they receive high-quality care. This role emphasizes teamwork, compassion, and community engagement, with opportunities for career development and well-being.

Benefits

25 days holiday (+ bank holidays)

Paid Wellness hour each week

Contributory pension scheme

Training and career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience as a Healthcare Assistant with completed competencies.
• Competent in ECGs, phlebotomy, and vaccinations.
• Ability to work with partnership agencies.

Responsibilities

• Conduct health screenings and refer to primary care when necessary.
• Administer vaccinations under a patient-specific direction.
• Promote effective treatment pathways with partner organizations.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

IT Literacy

Compassion

Education

Completed Care Certificate

Job description

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Are you passionate about making a meaningful impact on the lives of those engaged in treatment with us in the Wirral ? If you're a dedicated team player with a heart for creating positive change, we invite you to join our dynamic team.

Change Grow Live is a leading substance misuse charity where our core values ‘Be bold, be open, be compassionate’ are the guiding principles of our team's efforts.

We're seeking a dedicated Healthcare Assistant to join our compassionate and diverse team - a group of professionals committed to supporting individuals in Merseyside with compassion.

About us

At Change Grow Live, our Wirral service is more than just a workplace; it's a vibrant and collaborative community. Here, a diverse team joins forces with a shared dedication to nurturing hope and driving positive change. From our inspiring service manager to our compassionate nurses, dedicated healthcare assistants, empathetic recovery staff, and supportive peer mentors, every team member plays a crucial role in our mission. Together, we create a supportive and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive and make a difference in the lives of others. Join us and be part of something truly meaningful.

Location Wirral

Full Time Hours Full-time, 37.5 hours per week

Full Time Salary Range £27,132.98 - £28,692.82 dependent on experience (based on full time hours, pro rata for part time)

Contract type Fixed Term until 31st March 2026

About the role

• Undertake initial physical and mental health screening for people who access our services and ensure appropriate sign posting/referral to primary care or appropriate secondary health care services for identified health issues.
• Provide education, health promotion and screening for blood borne viruses (BBV) and provide Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B vaccinations under a patient specific direction (PSD) when indicated.
• Undertake phlebotomy as required, ensuring adherence to identified pathways for blood sample labelling, collection, obtaining results and signposting.
• Ensure that there is good communication of treatments offered, treatment progress and outcome of any investigations to other members of the clinical team.
• Actively promote and participate in working with partnership organisations to develop and sustain effective treatment pathways.
• The post-holder will contribute to the service to ensure that individuals who use our services consistently receive high quality services that adhere to the best practice guidelines and to the highest professional standards.
• Working with colleagues in the service to deliver a community opioid and alcohol detoxification plan utilising a care co-ordinated approach to service user care.
  
  
  

About you

• Experience of working as an HCA, demonstrating the full competencies of the role and completed the Care Certificate
• Competent to undertake ECG’s, phlebotomy, and vaccinations.
• Good interpersonal skills and a willingness to work flexibly as part of a team.
• IT literacy including proficiency in word processing and data entry knowledge of harm reduction and health promotion interventions.
• Ability to maintain professional boundaries and work effectively with partnership agencies.
  
  
  

What we will give to you

• 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each years’ service “Capped at 30 days”.
• Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week along with a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assist Programme
• Contributory pension scheme
• A great selection of benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
• A friendly and supportive team
• Training, career development & progression opportunities
• Protected monthly CPD.
  
  
  

Please ensure that when completing your application form and supporting statement, you reflect on the details outlined in the job description. This will help us understand how your skills and experiences align with the requirements of the role.

If this sounds like you and you’d like to begin your journey with Change Grow Live, then we’d love to talk to you

Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part-time roles, the salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.

CGL points 22 to 24 (£27,132.98 - £28,692.82)

N/A - Outside London Weighting Area

31/5/2025

Nikki Heywood | [e-mail] | 07825657865

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Part-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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