About this role
Job summary Package Description: Are you a compassionate and proactive Healthcare Assistant looking to build your career in sexual health? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, patient-focused environment where no two days are the same? If so, wed love to hear from you. Were looking for a dedicated Sexual Health Healthcare Assistant to join our multidisciplinary team, delivering high-quality, confidential and non-judgemental care to our service users. Package Description As a Sexual Health Healthcare Assistant, youll be part of our valued team based in our Bury Sexual Health Service. You will feel valued as a Healthcare Assistant within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: A salary of £25,500 - £27,098 pro rata, dependent on experience, with access to our group pension Free tea, coffee and milk 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 manageme
Main duties of the job As a Sexual Health Healthcare Assistant, youll be part of our valued team based in our Bury Sexual Health Service. You will feel valued as a Healthcare Assistant within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including a salary of £25,500 - £27,098 pro rata. This role involves supporting sexual health clinics with patient care, taking patient histories, observations and samples, and carrying out asymptomatic screening and pregnancy testing. You'll also process specimens, assist with microscopy, provide health promotion, and ensure clinical areas are safe and stocked.
About us Established in 2006, HCRG Care Group is one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services. They work with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. They 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, they support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year, guided by their simple values: we care, we think, we do.
Job description Job responsibilities Package Description:
Are you a compassionate and proactive Healthcare Assistant looking to build your career in sexual health? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, patient-focused environment where no two days are the same? If so, wed love to hear from you.
Were looking for a dedicated Sexual Health Healthcare Assistant to join our multidisciplinary team, delivering high-quality, confidential and non-judgemental care to our service users.
Package Description
As a Sexual Health Healthcare Assistant, youll be part of our valued team based in our Bury Sexual Health Service.You will feel valuedas a Healthcare Assistant within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
A salary of £25,500 - £27,098 pro rata, dependent on experience, with access to our group pension Free tea, coffeeand milk 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 yearJob Introduction
As a Sexual Health HCA, youll play a vital role on the frontline of service deliverysupporting patients, clinicians and the wider team to provide safe, effective, and respectful care.This is a hands-on clinical role where youll have the opportunity to develop specialist skills and work both independently and as part of a supportive team.
Youll bring compassion, professionalism and a commitment to maintaining patient dignity and confidentiality at all times.Youll also demonstrate a proactive approach to learning, quality improvement, and delivering excellent care.
We have a full-time (37.5 hours) and part-time (30 hours) opportunity available. There may be a requirement to provide cover at other service sites.The role involves travelling to various locations across the service, therefore access to transport is essential.
You will be expected to work flexibly to cover clinic opening hours, which may range between 8:00am and 7:00pm, with occasional shifts up to 8:00pm at spoke or peripheral clinics.
Main Responsibilities
Following completion of any relevant training, completion of competencies, and with support the post holder will be able to;
Support sexual health clinics with patient care and chaperoning Take patient histories, observations and samples Carry out asymptomatic screening, pregnancy testing and venepuncture Process specimens and assisting with microscopy Provide health promotion and sexual health advice, including condom use and screening guidance Support results management and partner notification Assist with HIV, PrEP and ongoing care pathways Ensure clinical areas are safe, stocked and compliant with infection control standards Help triage patients and guide them to the right care pathwayPlease see job description attached for full list of responsibilities.
What we're looking for:
Were seeking someone who is:
Experienced as a Healthcare Assistant (Band 2/3 or equivalent) with a completed Care Certificate Passionate about delivering non-judgemental, confidential patient care A strong communicator with excellent interpersonal skills Comfortable working both independently and within a multidisciplinary team Motivated, flexible and able to adapt to a busy clinical environment Ideally experienced (or interested) in sexual health, HIV or contraception servicesAdditional desirable skills include:
Venepuncture and microscopy Knowledge of sexual health pathways and screening Experience with clinical systems and patient recordsOther requirements:
Full UK driving licence and access to a car for travel between clinic bases and outreach locations
About the Company
We 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. Were 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 doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As youd expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
Finally, we need to let you know that the company youll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job well need to process and hold information about you.If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Experienced as a Healthcare Assistant (Band 2/3 or equivalent) with a completed Care Certificate. Passionate about delivering non-judgemental, confidential patient care. A strong communicator with excellent interpersonal skills. Comfortable working both independently and within a multidisciplinary team. Motivated, flexible and able to adapt to a busy clinical environment. Ideally experienced (or interested) in sexual health, HIV or contraception services.
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.
Employer details Employer name HCRG Care Group
Address HCRG Care Group
Bury
BL9 0SN
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)