Healthcare Assistant - Sexual HealthinMiddlesbroughinMiddlesbroughPUBLISHED FRI 25 OCT 2024

We are seeking a full-timeHealth Care Assistantto join our team, to provideessential support to Clinical Staff, including Nurses and Doctors, as well as the wider multidisciplinary team. In this role, you will work closely with administration staff and managers to ensure the effective delivery of services to our patients and service users. The successful candidate will operate within their scope of ability, authority, and responsibility, contributing to the smooth running of a Teesside-wide service.

As part of this role, you will travel across various locations within the Teesside area so access to a car and full UK driving licencewill be required.

We are looking for a skilledHealth Care Assistantto provide frontline support in our integrated sexual health service. Key responsibilities include:

• Acting as the first point of contact for patients requiring asymptomatic screening, conducting tests such as phlebotomy, urinalysis, pregnancy testing, and STI self-testing instruction.
• Assisting in clinical procedures, including the collection and recording of specimens, and providing support during implant and IUCD fittings.
• Offering advice on safe sex practices, performing condom demonstrations, and ensuring all clients receive confidential, non-judgmental care.
• Assisting clinical staff with patient assessments, including blood pressure, height, weight, and BMI recording.
• Working within safeguarding frameworks, addressing concerns about child sexual exploitation, female genital mutilation, and domestic abuse, while following protocols.
• Engaging in chaperone duties, ensuring a positive experience for clients, and participating in regular clinical supervision.

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of job responsibilities.

About us

As a Health Care Assistant, youll be part of our valued team at our Live Well Centre, Middlesbrough,

You will feel valued as a Health Care Assistant within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• Salary of £23,100with group pension
• Free tea and coffee at your base location
• 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 lifes 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 youre 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
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

The Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate for theHealth Care Assistantrole will have the following qualifications and skills:

Essential:

• Phlebotomy qualification
• GCSEs (A-C) in English and Maths
• Strong ability to work collaboratively within a team

Desirable:

• NVQ Level 2 qualification in Health & Social Care

We are looking for someone who is compassionate, detail-oriented, and eager to contribute to a multidisciplinary team, supporting patients with care and professionalism.