Package Description: We are looking for a compassionate and motivated Healthcare Assistant (HCA) to join our Integrated Contraception and Sexual Health Service in Cheshire West & Chester. As part of a multidisciplinary team, you will support the delivery of high-quality, confidential sexual health services. You will play a key role in providing clinical support, promoting healthy lifestyles, and ensuring patients receive safe and effective care within a welcoming and non-judgemental environment. Package Description A salary of £25,258 with access to our group pension Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year HCRG Care Group is one of the UK’s leading independent providers of community health and care services, delivering care from over 500 locations nationwide. Our local sexual health service provides free, confidential care, including: Contraception and family planning STI testing and treatment HIV clinical care and support We are committed to improving sexual health outcomes by promoting prevention, education, and easy access to services for all. Key Responsibilities Support clinicians in delivering high-quality care within clinic settings Assist with specialist clinics (e.g. implant and IUD procedures) Carry out clinical tasks such as: Phlebotomy (if trained) Microscopy (if trained) Asymptomatic screening Provide health promotion advice and support patients with sexual health education Maintain patient dignity, privacy, and confidentiality at all times Ensure accurate record-keeping and reporting Maintain clinic stock levels and support smooth clinic operations What We’re Looking For Essential: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills Strong patient-focused approach Care Certificate (or willingness to obtain) Desirable: Venepuncture experience Knowledge or experience of microscopy Experience working in a healthcare or clinical setting What We Offer Comprehensive induction and ongoing training Opportunities for career development and skill progression Supportive team environment Regular performance and development reviews Our Values At HCRG Care Group, our values guide everything we do: We Care – compassionate, respectful, and patient-focused We Think – always learning, improving, and innovating We Do – accountable, proactive, and resilient About the Company We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone. While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can. As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. Finally, we need to let you know that the company you’ll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job we’ll need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy.