HIV Senior Support Worker

Job overview

This role will involve contributing to the overall activity in the HIV service, working alongside the current senior support workers and the wider HIV nursing team.

They will also be working with the MDT to support service for patients receiving specialist HIV care from the North West Infectious Diseases Unit based at North Manchester General Hospital.

The role entails seeing patients in a variety of settings including hospital, outreach clinics, community venues or their own home.

Main duties of the job

Assist in the assessment, care delivery and management of people referred to the HIV Specialist Nurse team

Assist the registered nurses and Doctors in the running of outreach clinics

To carry out designated duties as part of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) under the direction and supervision of the registered professional. This will include venepuncture, home visits including nursing homes, ward visits, outreach clinic support, and HIV testing. This will include providing level one Psychological support.

Independently run phlebotomy list, including complex phlebotomy (via neck) where needed (Training to be provided for phlebotomy/neck bloods)

Keep high quality records

Carry out clerical duties as and when required e.g monitoring shared inboxes, booking appointments, answering the telephone.

Working closely with Intensive Support Workers and peer navigators.

Feed back to line manager and to HIV lead to work on improvements in service provided by this role

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading.  So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected].

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!