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Job summary

Main area
Sexual Health
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 21 hours per week (with 1 in 4 Saturday morning)
Job ref
321-MRC2-5845837-B3-PUB-1
Employer
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Oxfordshire Sexual Health, Churchill Hospital
Town
Oxford
Salary
£22,816 - £24,336 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
09/05/2024 23:59

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Clinical Support Worker Band 3

NHS AfC: Band 3

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

 

The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

 

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

 

Many of our recruitment programmes use Value Based Interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values


 

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated Band 3 clinical support worker to work within the Oxfordshire Sexual Health Service. The service has expanded to include comprehensive STI management and contraception to people attending our outpatient services in various locations across the county.

Our main base is at The Churchill Hospital in Oxford with clinics in East Oxford, Abingdon, Banbury, Bicester, Didcot, Kidlington, Witney and Wantage.

You will be required to work as part of a multi-disciplinary/multi agency professional team, good communication is essential as our clients ages vary and they are from a diverse range of communities and backgrounds, many with English not being their first language

Experience is desirable although not essential, an interest in Sexual Health is crucial and training will be given to the successful applicant to learn new skills for future development.

Duties are varied and although the majority of the time will be spent at the Churchill Hospital you may be rostered to one of our satellite clinics, so the successful candidate needs to be flexible with hours of work which may involve some evenings, Saturday mornings and also have the ability to commute between clinics.

Our clinics are busy and you will see a variety of different patients. 

Main duties of the job

The list of duties as follows is not exhaustive but does give an overall view of what the job consists of.

Assist with stocking up and the preparation of clinical rooms and closing down rooms at the end of the day.

Preparing supplies for satellite clinics.

Undertake urine testing, pregnancy testing, collecting samples and documenting/storing samples safely.

Chaperoning Ladies undergoing procedures such as coil fittings, (which are also done in Banbury and Didcot), Chaperoning examinations performed by a Male member of staff, 

Offer and perform Asymptomatic screens to patient who are eligible 

Microscopy training will be given so slides can be examined in our lab so a diagnosis can be made and treatment given Cleaning and tidying clinical rooms and checking /documenting room temperature daily, with a deep clean of the department done each Wednesday morning.

 

 

Working for our organisation

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here  www.ouh.nhs.uk

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Patient Care:

Chaperoning clinical procedures including Coil fittings

 

Able to conduct and complete Aysmptomatic Sexual health screen

 

Venepuncture

 

Processing and Collecting patients samples e.g. swabs, urine, blood

 

Completing and interoperating Pregnancy test and Urinalysis.

 

To read and Interpreting Microscopy

 

To process online and offline testing kits

 

Communication:

Able to work as part of MDT

 

Advocate for patient if needed during procedures

 

Planning and Organisation:

Completing stock orders from peripheral clinics

 

Stocking up and cleaning of clinical Rooms

 

Support nursing team with link roles e.g. back care facilitator

 

Quality and Service Improvement:

Help support QI programmes, Clinical trials, Audit on the clinical floor

 

 

Person specification

Education/Qualification/Experience

Essential criteria
  • Good command of spoken and written english
  • Interest in working in Healthcare sector and Sexual health
  • Interest in developing new skills
Desirable criteria
  • Previous experience in sexual health or healthcare
  • venepuncture
  • Evidence of the Care Certificate or committment to achieve on joining Trust. Understanding of the Code of Conduct for Health Care Support Workers and Adult Social Care Workers in England

Values and Behaviour

Essential criteria
  • Able to demonstrate the ability to put patients at the heart of what you do and recognising different needs by encouraging a spirit of support, integrity, respect and teamwork.
  • Shows pride in the quality of care they provide for patients and learning from successes and setbacks.

Clinical practice

Essential criteria
  • Clear understanding of professional accountability, delegation and professionalism related to the role of a band 3 worker
  • Makes a positive contribution as a team player and demonstrates awareness of importance of working as part of a team.
  • Able to deliver a high standard of care for patients and always striving to improve on what you do through change and innovation.
  • Able to communicate effectively with patients/relatives and carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary team.
Desirable criteria
  • experience of the NHS and or health/child care and an interest in the speciality with knowledge of wider issues relating to health care

Planning and Organisation

Essential criteria
  • Able to prirotise and to organise and motivate oneself and others to achieve delegated tasks
  • Flexible approach to shift patterns and unit needs which may involve working in different areas or cross site working
  • Able to effectively and appropriately escalate concerns to reduce risk and promote patient safety.
  • Able to use own initiative within the boundaries of the role and able to motivate oneself and others

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Fair Train work experience quality standard - gold standardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Embracing Equality Diversity InclusionDisability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Prince's Trust - Proud to support the Prince's trust - Youth can do itStep into healthArmed Forces Covenant

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
Vicky Manns
Job title
Lead Nurse
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01865234474
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