10 Sexual Health Care Assistant Needed: Sponsorship Opportunity

Sexual Health  Care Assistant Job Overview

This sexual health role will give particular focus to promoting the under 19’s axess sexual health service, using innovative and appropriate media and marketing techniques tailored to young people, including those at highest risk of sexual ill health due to sexual health inequalities. By using evidence based interventions to inform behavioural change the sexual health care assistant will endeavour to improve engagement with young people (including vulnerable young people) and facilitate co-production with this cohort to inform the improvement of service delivery and patient involvement in service development.

 

The sexual health care assistant will also support the activity and productivity of outreach staff delivering targeted work with vulnerable groups at risk of sexual ill-health.   The principal target groups that Sexual Health Outreach provides services to are;

 

• Commercial Sex Workers

 

• Homeless Clients

 

• Drug Users

 

• Men who have sex with men

 

• BMEA communities

 

• Students and young people

Main duties of the job

Utilising Trust policies and protocols, under the proximal supervision of the clinical practitioner, the assistant practitioner will:

• Undertake asymptomatic screening and be able to order routine bloods/investigations and have a basic understanding of normal and altered values.
• Utilise clinical skills appropriately to enhance the delivery of patient care e.g. Venepuncture, immunisation and provision of medication under direction of ‘Patient Specific Directions’ (PSD’s). Specific focus will be given to supporting the provision of Pre Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) to those eligible, by supporting a “PrEP Express” model of clinical delivery in regional sites across the axess footprint.
• Manage and maintain own treatment lists for Chlamydia and a range of routine contraception’s, with use of PSD’s. Increasing the provision of Chlamydia screening for 15-24 year olds, treatment and Partner Notification as part of the National Chlamydia Screening Programme (NCSP)
• Assess those patients with special need such as those under 16 and discuss with clinical team where appropriate and according to Trust guidelines.
• Function as an effective member of the multi-disciplinary team
• Organise and prioritise time effectively.

• Outreach work in the community as appropriate.

• Promote and value the rights, responsibilities and diversity of people

Working for our organisation

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

To hear more about our achievements click here https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Team working.

 

• Coordinate a team of support workers in care delivery and where appropriate other students.
• Work effectively as part of a multi disciplinary team recognising the contribution of all team members in meeting patients’ needs.
• To work collaboratively with the axess Education Team to support training for delivery of high quality Relationships, Sex and Health Education including SEND considerations and the “Enhanced Sexual Health Champions” offer.
• Actively participate in team development and make suggestions to the team on service improvements.

 

 

Educational Responsibilities.

• To develop and maintain own clinical skills and knowledge using a competency framework to ensure effective care delivery
• To ensure compliance with mandatory training and personal development plans
• Demonstrate procedures to and supervise unqualified staff. Contribute to the learning environment within the service and team mentoring at an optimum level.
• Supervise, assess and mentor Trainee Healthcare Support workers, Trainee Assistant Practitioners, assist in the supervision and learning of other students with the exception of their assessment.
• Promote and participate in the Health Education both personally and with all patients and relatives as appropriate.

 

Professional responsibilities.

 

• Exhibit professional behaviour and attitude at all times, and demonstrate excellent customer care skills.
• Recognise the level of competence to ensure safe practice.
• Be familiar with and abide by Trust policies and procedures to ensure to ensure optimum patient care and safety of patients and staff.
• Adhere to trust uniform policy.
• Take personal responsibility for keeping up to date with new developments and participate in research/ clinical audit. Attendance at annual update sessions is mandatory.
• Act as a role model by upholding and implementing good practice in the workplace, always ensuring the highest standards of evidenced based care.
• Take every reasonable opportunity to sustain and improve knowledge.
• Identify objectives within a PDP that support the delivery of high standards of clinical care

 

Communication.

 

• Provide verbal reports and maintain written reports on the patients’ condition for professionally qualified workers.  Maintain confidentiality at all times.
• Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to adapt communication style to the situation/person.
• Communicate effectively with patients, staff and relatives.
• Report all accidents and incidents involving self, patients, staff or visitors according to procedure.
• Participate in multi-disciplinary meetings.

 

* The sexual health care assistant shall as necessary provide cover for and undertake duties of absent colleagues.

* The sexual health care assistant shall follow all the policies and procedures of the organisation.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Foundation degree in assisting professional practice/equivalent

Experience

Essential criteria

• Previous health care experience
• Ability to provide excellent patient care

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Ability to analyze patient progress in response to care given.
• Understands the role of audit in assuring standards of care and can undertake audits in practice.

Skills

Essential criteria

• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in the Healthcare setting
• Basic Computer Skills: I/E can use PAS systems, email and can access policies on the Trust intranet

Other

Essential criteria

• A good team player supportive of colleagues and patients

Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application. 

Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.

We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

Candidates applying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank  should note that due to the nature of the role,  workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months’ of their 18^th birthday.

The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.

The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.

Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £23 (standard disclosure) or £43 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment.  DBS applications submitted from 2nd December will be subject to the new DBS fee of £26.50 (standard) and £54.50 (Enhanced).

From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.

Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website – https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults’ policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.

Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.

All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.

As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.