Senior Healthcare Assistant

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key Dimensions of the Role

Role:

Senior Healthcare Assistant

Reporting to:

Head of Services

Pay:

up to £12.73 per hour

Purpose of the Job:

To work with other members of the MASH team to achieve the following outcomes for women who sex work:

• To improve womens health
• To improve womens well being
• To empower women to make choices
• To increase womens safety
• To influence policy and practice changes in other agencies working with our clients group

Using a gender and trauma-informed approach, the Senior Healthcare Assistant will do a scoping exercise to map out massage parlours in Oldham, Rochdale and Bury. You will deliver health promotion and offer sexual health screening to the women who work in massage parlours and who use the MASH van, this will also include pregnancy testing and venepuncture. This will involve working under the supervision of MASH and HCRG Care Group.

Hours:

35 hours per week

Contract:

Fixed term for 9 months

Annual leave entitlement:

25 days plus bank holidays (Pro-rata)

Location:

MASH, 94 -96 Fairfield Street, Manchester, M1 2WR

Interview:

Interviews will be held on XXX 2023

Start date:

As soon as possible

Additional info:

It is an occupational requirement under the Equality Act 2010 (Schedule 9, part 1) for this post to be filled only by a woman.

Direct Care

Clinical:

To build professional working relationships with service users and obtain relevant personal and clinical details as appropriate, treating all such information as confidential in line with the HCRG Care group/MASH policies/procedures and Caldicott principles.

To undertake sexual health screening for identified groups of service users.

To provide a fast track service for asymptomatic service users requesting a routine sexual health screen consisting of a urine sample or self-taken swab and blood tests.

To provide a phlebotomy service for service users.

Identify, select and utilise a suitable site fit for the purpose of blood collection using personal judgemental skills.

Identify, select and use appropriate equipment for the specimen collection using personal judgement skills and obtain blood samples from service users for laboratory testing ensuring minimum distress or discomfort is caused to the service user during the blood collection process.

To ensure that any requests for referrals into termination of pregnancy are passed across to the MASH case worker.

To ensure that all the specimens for investigative tests are correctly labelled so specimens can be properly identified. Samples will be taken to the lab identified by the HCRG Care Group.

To support MASH service users during any clinical activities if they present at the HCRG Care Group.

To take all steps necessary to safeguard the welfare and safety of all persons within sexual health services, MASH and other venues during working hours, with regard to the Health and Safety at Work Act, COSHH regulations and policies and procedures of the service.

To be non-judgmental to all service users regardless of any protected characteristics.

To welcome and orientate service users who access the MASH service.

Prepare individual service users and the environment to ensure effective movement and/or handling procedures.

Actively support and assist in alleviating distress and anxiety of service users consistent with their personal beliefs and preferences.

Environment Support

Be responsible for self and others through identifying risks, undertaking work activities in a safe manner.

Maintain cleanliness in the work environment in line with HCRG Care Group policies.

Contribute in the supply and maintenance of materials and equipment to ensure the efficient running of the clinical environment.

Participate in ordering and monitoring of non-stock items needed to carry out your work.

Ensure stock rotation is undertaken to minimise the risk of equipment becoming out of date.

Indirect Care

Prepare clinically prior to commencement of massage parlour work or MASH van work by ensuring the relevant equipment/supplies are available to do appropriate screening.

Liaise closely with the sexual health sauna outreach volunteers to keep abreast of service users who need clinical appointments.

To encourage women to use the MASH clinic where appropriate.

To maintain stock (drugs/clinical supplies) levels, checking dates, identifying and reporting any discrepancies to the MASH line manager and the HCRG Care group.

Have a clear understanding of legal issues, personal accountability and level of responsibility and refer issues outside own competencies/level of knowledge to the Head of Services at MASH and the Senior Lead at the HCRG Care Group.

To ensure attendance at any meetings necessary in-line with your role at MASH and the HCRG Care Group.

Attend mandatory training in accordance with HCRG Care Group policy.

Organisation/team-wide responsibilities

Contribute to the delivery of MASHs aims and objectives, to achieve our vision and strategic mission

Support the team to achieve our aims by working collaboratively and through a consistent, proactive demonstration of MASHs values and behaviours

Support the development and implementation of MASHs diversity, equity and inclusion DEI work plan, as relevant

Attend monthly supervision at MASH

Attend meetings or training events, either internal or external, as required by MASH

Work in-line with the MASH policies, procedures and systems at all times

A willingness to occasionally work outside of normal office hours as and when required

To promote and ensure that safeguarding is afforded high priority and integrated into all functions of professional practice at MASH. Responsible for the escalation of any adult/child safeguarding to management and local authority in-line with MASH policies and procedures.

Develop and maintain a broad knowledge regarding sex work, locally and nationally and keep abreast of issues facing women involved in sex work such as; domestic violence, substance misuse, mental health, homelessness, begging, modern slavery and the criminal justice system

The details contained in this role description reflect the content of the role at the date it was prepared. It may be possible that the duties of role will change, existing duties may no longer be required and other duties may be introduced without changing the overall nature of the role or the level of responsibility entailed. Any changes to the role description will be in consultation with the post holder.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• NVQ Level 3

Desirable

• GCE, GCSEs particularly in English and Maths.
• Experience of working in an acute care environment, undertaking a full range of clinical commitments to NVQ Level 3.

Experience

Essential

• A commitment to MASHs vision and way of working
• Able to maintain high thresholds of confidentiality
• Have a good knowledge and understanding of infection control and able to apply this to your practice
• Current sexual and reproductive health experience.
• Good communication skills.
• Able to work on own initiative
• Flexible and able to change from one task to another.
• Venepuncture qualified and practicing.
• Good organisation skills; can organise own work tasks, taking account of a changing workload.
• Ability to follow written protocol.
• Ability to demonstrate accuracy and attention to detail.
• Committed to delivering high standards of patient care.
• Shows initiative.
• Flexible
• Friendly, open, empathetic and compassionate.
• Professional outlook and positive attitude.

Desirable

• Able to undertake clinical observations i.e. blood pressure and pulse
• Experience of working in more than one speciality within a health care environment
• Computer skills.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Manchester Action on Street Health

Address

94-96 Fairfield Street

Manchester

M1 2WR

Employer's website

http://www.mash.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)