Sexual Health Healthcare Assistant

In this role you will assist and work alongside Clinical Staff, including Nurses and Doctors, and members of the wider multidisciplinary team, including administration staff and managers, to meet the needs of the service and service users. The post holder is expected to work within their scope of ability, authority, and responsibility.

As this is an Oldham, Rochdale, and Bury Integrated Sexual Health Service the post holder may need to travel to various locations across the localities therefor a full UK Driving Licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes is essential.

This is a part-time role working 30 hours per week.
Package DescriptionYou will feel valued as a Sexual Health Healthcare Assistant working within our Bury Sexual Health service at HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: 

£22,308 - £23,500 salary with group pension 
Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling 
Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year 
Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location

Main Responsibilities
Follow all policies and protocols pertaining to role, reporting any concerns or issues to Nurse Manager
Provide first point of contact to patients assessed as requiring asymptomatic screening management
Undertake necessary tests including phlebotomy, urinalysis, and instruction to clients regarding self- testing for STI
Assist with the correct collection and recording of specimens
Offer advice and education to patients regarding safe sex practices and offer information regarding further help and advice
Perform condom demonstration to clients and understand the importance of education
Perform pregnancy testing following instruction from Clinical staff
Assist Clinical staff as necessary including recording of blood pressure, height, weight, and BMI.

A full list of responsibilities can be found in the attached job description.
The Ideal Candidate
Demonstrable experience of working with groups of vulnerable young people 
Experience of the issues affecting young people, particularly vulnerable or excluded groups 
Ability to communicate effectively with young people, demonstrating an awareness and   understanding of the diverse range of issues affecting them 
Excellent communication skills, especially with young people and excluded groups  
Ability to network and build sustainable working partnerships with other agencies and key stakeholders 
Ability to organise own workload and work without direct supervision 
Handling sensitive information and listening to the needs of clients and responding appropriately 

You will also need to be confident using IT systems and be able to demonstrate working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages i.e. Outlook, Word, Excel.
About The CompanyWe change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, Sexual Health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We're a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date we've shown here. If you're keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2