Clinical Support Worker Band 3 - Oxford, United Kingdom - Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Oxford, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

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.

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

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.

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.

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,Clinicaltrials, Audit on the clinical floor