Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work in a high performing integrated level 3 sexual health service (genito-urinary medicine, contraception, HIV treatment and care).
The bSHaW service is delivered from 2 main hubs - Brookside Centre, Aylesbury and Shaw Clinic, Wycombe Hospital with peripheral sites at Amersham, Chesham and Buckingham. The successful candidate will join the team based at Brookside. bSHaW offers a mixture of pre-booked and walk-in and wait clinics predominantly delivered in the morning and afternoon with evening clinics offered on a Monday and Wednesday.
Main duties of the job
To participate in health promotion in the clinic and the wider community environment.
To chaperone in the assessment of individual patient needs, under the direction of the Registered Nurse.
To undertake clinical interventions, unsupervised, as delegated by a senior team member, including venepuncture, microscopy, blood pressure, temperature and pulse.
To work in co-operation with all other professionals and agencies involved in the care of the patient.
Liaise and co-operate effectively with the administrative and reception staff in order to maintain an effective patient pathway.
Be responsible for stock control and ordering stores, equipment and monitoring faults and report to the appropriate staff member.
Please refer to job description and person specification.
Working for our organisation
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
1. As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
2. We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
3. We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
4. We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
5. As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
6. Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
7. A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.
What do we stand for?
8. Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
9. Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
Our care values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Person specification
Education qualifications and training
Desirable criteria
10. Level 2 or Level 3 (NVQ) in health and Social Care or equivalent relevant experience
11. Care Certificate or working towards
Experience
Essential criteria
12. Experience of working with people, ideally in a front-line customer service role
Desirable criteria
13. Experience of providing person-centred care
Skills, abilities and knowledge
Essential criteria
14. To have an understanding of current issues affecting the NHS
15. An understanding of the importance of patient confidentiality and privacy
Desirable criteria
16. Understanding of child protection and vulnerable adult issues
17. Understanding of sexual health and contraception issues
Special circumstances (e.g. ability to travel to other sites).
Essential criteria
18. Flexible working to meet service and patient needs
19. Ability to travel between service sites
20. Able to work evenings
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.
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