Band 3 Advanced Health Care Assistant - Sexual Health & HIV
| Posting date: | 29 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £29,176 - £30,225 per annum inclusive (pro rata if partime) |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 28 June 2025 |
| Location: | Romford, RM7 0AG |
| Company: | Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7245755/162-7078-SS |
Summary
A Vacancy at Barking Havering and Redbridge Univ Hospitals NHS Trust.
A vacancy has arisen for an Advanced HCA to join the Sexual Health and Contraception Team. Working at Barking Hospital, and at sites within Barking, Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge, the successful applicant will be supported to become confident and competent in seeing patients independently for testing for sexually transmitted infections and advice. You will be working as part of a friendly and welcoming team to provide support to clinicians and patients; carrying out both clinical and administrative duties. All interviews will be held face to face.
• To provide assistance for medical staff and Registered Nurses including chaperoning duties in line with the Trust’sChaperone Policy
• In some settings the post holder will work unsupervised under strict protocol for example to develop skills and knowledge of basic condom demonstration, to be able to signpost clients to appropriate services, provide basic health sexual health advice / promotion to patients, to guide patients when undertaking swabs, to process urine samples, carry out physiological measurements for patients i.e. Blood Pressure,performing venepuncture, have the skills to be able to undertakemicroscopyand perform pregnancy testing. All skills will be subject to training and competency assessment.
• To input data timely and accurately onto the sexual health IT System
• To communicate effectively and respectfully with patients, their relatives and all members of the multi-disciplinary team in accordance with the Trusts standards on confidentiality
• To maintain Standards of Infection Control Principles/Practices and dispose of waste in accordance with the Trusts Infection Control Policy
• To move and handle patients in a manner which is safe for both the patient and the post holder in accordance with the Trusts Manual Handling Policy and the patients individual Risk Assessment
We’re an organisation that is getting better and betterand ourimprovements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with. We’re no longer inspecial measures; we’ve openedtwo new theatresat our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been namedthe top CEOby the Health Service Journal.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need totransform the A&E at Queen’sand get rid of corridor care.
Our patients are benefitting from ourWomen’s Health Hubin Ilford; anAgeing Well Centrein Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) atBarking Community Hospitaland atSt George’s Health and Wellbeing Hubin Hornchurch.
These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 88,000 scans a year.
The majority of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many canwork flexiblyand more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accreditedapprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be aLondon Living Wageemployer.
We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Salmana So Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 8902. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.
This advert closes on Thursday 12 Jun 2025
A vacancy has arisen for an Advanced HCA to join the Sexual Health and Contraception Team. Working at Barking Hospital, and at sites within Barking, Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge, the successful applicant will be supported to become confident and competent in seeing patients independently for testing for sexually transmitted infections and advice. You will be working as part of a friendly and welcoming team to provide support to clinicians and patients; carrying out both clinical and administrative duties. All interviews will be held face to face.
• To provide assistance for medical staff and Registered Nurses including chaperoning duties in line with the Trust’sChaperone Policy
• In some settings the post holder will work unsupervised under strict protocol for example to develop skills and knowledge of basic condom demonstration, to be able to signpost clients to appropriate services, provide basic health sexual health advice / promotion to patients, to guide patients when undertaking swabs, to process urine samples, carry out physiological measurements for patients i.e. Blood Pressure,performing venepuncture, have the skills to be able to undertakemicroscopyand perform pregnancy testing. All skills will be subject to training and competency assessment.
• To input data timely and accurately onto the sexual health IT System
• To communicate effectively and respectfully with patients, their relatives and all members of the multi-disciplinary team in accordance with the Trusts standards on confidentiality
• To maintain Standards of Infection Control Principles/Practices and dispose of waste in accordance with the Trusts Infection Control Policy
• To move and handle patients in a manner which is safe for both the patient and the post holder in accordance with the Trusts Manual Handling Policy and the patients individual Risk Assessment
We’re an organisation that is getting better and betterand ourimprovements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with. We’re no longer inspecial measures; we’ve openedtwo new theatresat our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been namedthe top CEOby the Health Service Journal.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need totransform the A&E at Queen’sand get rid of corridor care.
Our patients are benefitting from ourWomen’s Health Hubin Ilford; anAgeing Well Centrein Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) atBarking Community Hospitaland atSt George’s Health and Wellbeing Hubin Hornchurch.
These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 88,000 scans a year.
The majority of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many canwork flexiblyand more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accreditedapprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be aLondon Living Wageemployer.
We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Salmana So Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 8902. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.
This advert closes on Thursday 12 Jun 2025
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