Job summary
Exciting Opportunity: Full-Time Sexual Health Advisor Admin Assistant
The All East Sexual Health Team is thrilled to announce a compelling full-time opportunity for a dynamic individual to join us as a Sexual Health Advisor Admin Assistant. In this role, you will be a pivotal part of our team, providing essential administration support to not only the sexual health advisory team but also the outreach team and the HIV health advisor.
Key Responsibilities:
- Results Management: Take an active role in results management across the sexual health service, ensuring accuracy and efficiency in handling patient information.
- Remote Patient Follow-Up: Support the health advisory team in remote patient follow-up, including patient recall, treatment checks, and confirmation of partner notification.
- Referral Pathways: Work in partnership with external community and statutory partners to ensure seamless referral pathways are in place, supporting patients into and out of sexual health services.
Main Duties:
- Administrative Support: Provide comprehensive administrative support to the health advisory team, contributing to the smooth operation of daily activities.
- STI Management: Ensure that all patients diagnosed with, or at ongoing risk of, sexually transmitted infections are appropriately managed or referred to the health advisor.
- Referral Coordination: Assist in managing referrals and effectively signpost patients and professionals following relevant service pathways.
Main duties of the job
This role provides taking an active role in results management across the sexual health network, supports the health advisor team in remote patient follow-up (including patient recall, treatment checks and confirmation of partner notification) and provides administration support for our outreach services and GP/ pharmacy/ community forums. The role also involves working in partnership with the health advisor team to ensure suitable referral pathways are in place to support patients into and out of the sexual health services with our external community partners.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Minimumof NVQ level 3, Higher National Diploma or equivalent qualification level.
- A good level of medical terminology acquired through education, training or work experience.
- ECDL or equivalent experience i.e. experience of a range of IT packages such as word, excel, outlook and powerpoint
- BASHH STIF training or willingness to attend
Desirable
- Supervisory or office management skills
Experience
Essential
- Minimum 2 years' experience working within health-related services
- Experience of working with patients face-to-face and/ or remotely
- Understanding of personal health and safety responsibilities
- Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
Desirable
- Experience with a range of IT packages, e.g. CRS and EPR
- Experience in results management and/ or partner notification
Knowledge
Essential
- Clinical knowledge of contraceptive and sexual health care
- Knowledge of care and management of sexual infections
- Ability to use information to monitor processes, plan and initiate action
- Flexible approach to the planning and co-ordination of patient pathways to ensure maximum use of clinical time.
Desirable
- Have an understanding of NHS wide initiatives and experience of responding positively to ensure local implementation.
Skills
Essential
- Able to manage and prioritise workload
- Good organisation skills and ability to work on own initiative
- Ability to work in a flexible manner and be proactive and self-motivated
- A proven record of being able to work within set timeframes working to priorities and deadlines.
- Able to recognise own limits and works within those limits of competence
Desirable
- Motivational interviewing skills/ training
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Minimumof NVQ level 3, Higher National Diploma or equivalent qualification level.
- A good level of medical terminology acquired through education, training or work experience.
- ECDL or equivalent experience i.e. experience of a range of IT packages such as word, excel, outlook and powerpoint
- BASHH STIF training or willingness to attend
Desirable
- Supervisory or office management skills
Experience
Essential
- Minimum 2 years' experience working within health-related services
- Experience of working with patients face-to-face and/ or remotely
- Understanding of personal health and safety responsibilities
- Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
Desirable
- Experience with a range of IT packages, e.g. CRS and EPR
- Experience in results management and/ or partner notification
Knowledge
Essential
- Clinical knowledge of contraceptive and sexual health care
- Knowledge of care and management of sexual infections
- Ability to use information to monitor processes, plan and initiate action
- Flexible approach to the planning and co-ordination of patient pathways to ensure maximum use of clinical time.
Desirable
- Have an understanding of NHS wide initiatives and experience of responding positively to ensure local implementation.
Skills
Essential
- Able to manage and prioritise workload
- Good organisation skills and ability to work on own initiative
- Ability to work in a flexible manner and be proactive and self-motivated
- A proven record of being able to work within set timeframes working to priorities and deadlines.
- Able to recognise own limits and works within those limits of competence
Desirable
- Motivational interviewing skills/ training
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
