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Job summary

Main area
Woman & Children
Grade
Band 3
Contract
12 months (Secondment/Fixed term)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
162-7007-SS-SEC
Employer
Barking Havering and Redbridge Univ Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Barking Hospital
Town
Barking
Salary
£29,176 - £30,225 per annum inclusive
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
04/05/2025 23:59

Employer heading

NHS

Band 3 Advanced Health Care Assistant - Sexual Health & HIV

Band 3

 

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Job overview

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, you 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

Main duties of the job

Working in partnership with the clinical line management to support the wider development of the Integrated Sexual Health & HIV team, by providing the duties tabled below in an efficient and effective manner.  The post holder will promote and encourage a caring and sympathetic environment for patients ensuring that high standards of service are continually maintained.

Working for our organisation

We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with. We’re no longer in special measures; we’ve opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by 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 to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.

Our patients are benefitting from our Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub in 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 can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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  Louise Lucy Glavin Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5936. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • • Good standard of basic education
Desirable criteria
  • • Educated to NVQ level3 in health related subject or working towards

Skills/ Abilities

Desirable criteria
  • • Phlebotomy Skills
  • • Knowledge around Sexual Health & HIV

Experience/ Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • • Experience of supporting patients to promote their health
Desirable criteria
  • • Experience of working in sexual health, family planning or HIV care.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Katie Wilkinson
Job title
Lead Nurse Sexual Health & Contraception
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01708435000
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