Job summary
HIV Senior HCA - 30 hours per week
We are looking for a caring 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.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be an integral and flexible member of the Sexual Health team, working in traditional and non-traditional community health settings.
They will be required to work closely with the clinical nurse specialist for HIV, undertaking venepuncture on HIV patients 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 us
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- 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 polic
Job description
Job responsibilities
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- 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 polic
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to NVQ Level 3 in Health Care
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working in a hospital or community health care setting
- Currently performs Venepuncture
- Basic computer/word processing skills
Desirable
- Previous work experience in a sexual health setting
- Currently performs venepuncture
Skills
Essential
- Evidence of good communication abilities both written and verbal
- Ability to work on own initiative.
- Basic computer/word processing skills
- Attention to detail.
- Organisational skills
- Understanding of effective record keeping
- Non-judgmental attitude
- Flexible i.e., shift system in operation which includes evening and weekend sessions.
- Enthusiastic
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Ability to travel between sites.
- Awareness of own limitations and boundaries
- Ability to understand and carry out instructions.
- Effective communication with other health professionals
Desirable
- Understanding of confidentiality policies in sexual health
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to NVQ Level 3 in Health Care
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working in a hospital or community health care setting
- Currently performs Venepuncture
- Basic computer/word processing skills
Desirable
- Previous work experience in a sexual health setting
- Currently performs venepuncture
Skills
Essential
- Evidence of good communication abilities both written and verbal
- Ability to work on own initiative.
- Basic computer/word processing skills
- Attention to detail.
- Organisational skills
- Understanding of effective record keeping
- Non-judgmental attitude
- Flexible i.e., shift system in operation which includes evening and weekend sessions.
- Enthusiastic
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Ability to travel between sites.
- Awareness of own limitations and boundaries
- Ability to understand and carry out instructions.
- Effective communication with other health professionals
Desirable
- Understanding of confidentiality policies in sexual health
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).
