Healthcare Assistant (Integrated Sexual Health)
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Job overview
Join Our Dynamic Team at The Jefferiss Wing – Band 3 Healthcare Assistants (Full-Time, Permanent, and part time fixed term 3 days per week)
Looking to build your career in Sexual Health and HIV care? Want to break into a fast-paced, progressive area of healthcare? We’ve got the perfect opportunity for you.
The Jefferiss Wing at St Mary’s Hospital is on the lookout for a proactive, empathetic, and non-judgmental Healthcare Assistant to join our forward-thinking nursing team within the Integrated Sexual Health Service.
Why Join Us?
- Work in one of the UK’s leading sexual health and HIV centres
- Gain specialist experience in HIV and sexual health care
- Get access to top-tier training and ongoing development
- Be part of a supportive, innovative team that values growth and excellence
What We Are Looking For:
- Excellent communicator (written & spoken)
- Confident using your initiative in a clinical setting
- Experience in phlebotomy or sexual health screening? Great! If not, we’ll train you.
- Above all – empathetic, inclusive, and passionate about patient care
Want to know more? Call us for an informal chat – we’d love to hear from you
Main duties of the job
- Following training and assessment record routine observations of weight, blood pressure, temperature, pulse, and respiratory rate and pain scores. Report any abnormalities and concerns to a Registered Nurse.
- Following training and assessment perform venepuncture, microscopy, administer HIV point of care tests, pregnancy tests and urinalysis reporting abnormalities to the nurse in charge.
- Following training and assessment, undertake screening for sexually transmitted infections including male urethral swabs, skin swabs and male and female throat swabs.
- Measure, record and report capillary blood glucose levels of patients when required.
- Recognise when patients are in pain and discomfort and report to nurse in charge.
- Preparation and assisting with clinical procedures including chaperoning.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert