Healthcare Support Worker

We are looking to recruit an HCSW to join our busy department within the Royal Free Foundation Trust. The Sexual Health department is open Monday to Saturday, providing sexual health services and contraception for the London Borough of Enfield. The post will primarily be based at our two sexual health sites: Town clinic and White Lodge Medical Centre. The service is keen to recruit interested, motivated staff, with excellent communication and organisational skills, who will have the ability to work within a demanding workload and be flexible within the needs of the clinical service. Applicants will need to be adaptable to work across the whole sexual health service. The post holder will work as part of the multisite community based multidisciplinary team to support comprehensive nursing and medical interventions within the sexual health services and will work closely with other staff across all disciplines to facilitate continuity of care 6 days a week. They will deliver patient care under supervision and oversee the maintenance of a therapeutic environment to enable good patient experience. Always adhere to trust policies and procedures.

• Comply with trust financial instructions, procedures and guidelines.
• Follow any policies and procedures in relation to infection, prevention and control.
• Are aware of their responsibilities in relation to safeguarding children, and
vulnerable adults, and the specific responsibilities placed on individuals who care for such clients/patients
• Take all reasonable steps to manage and promote a safe and healthy working
environment which is free from discrimination.
• Comply with the trust policy on confidentiality, and the Data Protection Act as
amended, relating to information held manually or on computerised systems
• Always respect the confidentiality and privacy of clients and staff.
• Maintain a constant awareness of health, welfare and safety issues affecting
colleagues, patients, visitors and themselves, reporting any accidents or fault in line with trust policy.
• Fully participate in health and safety training.
• Participate in personal training, development, appraisal, and attend all relevant
training courses as required MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• The post holder will competently deliver asymptomatic testing clinics, processing test samples in accordance with local policy and perform venepuncture when required.
• To chaperone qualified colleagues when necessary, during intimate examination procedures.
• To test identified symptomatic patients for sexually transmitted infections before clinical consultation to the agreed local pathway.
• Be able to perform microscopy following training.
• Work across the NMUH sites as needed and support clinic service development such as evening and weekend and out-reach service provision.
• Register identified patients onto the electronic patient records system.
• Support the wider multidisciplinary team members through the embodiment of the Trust Values Delivery of Care.
• To provide a non-judgemental service and maintain a neutral approach to service users regardless of age, gender, sexuality, disability, cultural background, medical condition or reason for attendance.