Senior Health Adviser Assistant - London, United Kingdom - Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Sexual Health Hounslow are looking to recruit a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join their Health Advising Team as a Band 5 Senior Health Adviser Assistant on a fixed term 12 month contract.

If you are motivated, enthusiastic, have good communication and interpersonal skills, and are looking to work in an innovative environment with a diverse and interesting population, please see the attached job description and person specification.

The Senior Health Adviser Assistant will be the point of contact for recalling patients diagnosed with Sexually Transmitted Infections requiring treatment or follow up or partner notification to ensure the attendance and treatment of contacts.

To manage the results notification service offered to patients.
To liaise with the laboratory provider(s) and follow up any results problems or queries.
To undertake telephone discussions with patients diagnosed with sexually transmitted infections, including HIV, to provide information, health education, risk reduction and support by telephone.
To undertake partner notification discussions with patients, face to face and on the phone, undertaking provider referral if required.
To respond to patients in crisis when they ring the health advisers and assess and refer on where appropriate.
To take on project and audit work as negotiated with the Senior Health Adviser.
The post will also have a clinical component and the post holder will be required to undertake

asymptomatic sexual health screens including venepuncture, point of care HIV tests and to administer treatment to clients with uncomplicated asymptomatic chlamydia and LGV.

We provide services from two main hospitals, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East.

We have over 6,000 members of staff that arePROUD to Carefor nearly one million people.

Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children's, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.

We're one of the safest and best performing Trusts in the country.

We're also one of the top trusts to work for - our staff say they're engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.

In 2020 Trust was rated by the Care Quality Commission as Outstanding in the well-led and use of resources domains and Good in the safe, effective, caring, and responsive domains.

The Trust as a whole was Good, but the Chelsea site was Outstanding.

Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing around £10 million a year in our estate.

We are currently spending £25 million on expanding our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster and redevelopment of our children's unit at West Middlesex - in partnership with our charity, CW+ and generous donors.

CLINICAL PRACTICE

To assess individual patient needs and requirements without supervision

To be competent in the following, with appropriate training:

Venepuncture
Point of care testing
Asymptomatic screening
Sexual history taking
Administering Doxycycline or Azithromycin for the treatment of uncomplicated chlamydia or LGV.
To facilitate effective communication with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure appropriate input into patient care discussions
To provide information to patients diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection: how they are acquired, transmitted and treated
To provide effective partner notification to ensure contact(s) attendance and treatment as detailed in the PN policy
To take an active part in the development and implementation of clinical audit and research
To maintain clear and accurate documentation in line with unit and Trust standards
To be aware of all the Directorate and Trust Policies and Guidelines and ensure all actions are carried out accordingly
To demonstrate counselling skills, including pre and post HIV antibody test counselling
To order investigations and provide test results to patients as per clinic protocol
To work in an outreach setting or at any of the clinic sites, as required
Advise on the promotion of health and the prevention of illness, with particular reference to smoking cessation, diet, immunization and sexually transmitted diseases and HIV
Assess and supports patients with adherence and understanding of their medication
To ensure patients are followed up adequately if they need to re-attend for results, treatment or review by letter, phone or through GP or other means.
To assist the Recall Health Advisor with the provision of the text results service, result hardcopies, positive lab sheets and recall diary: ensuring that patients with untreated infections are recalled and treated patients are followed up.
To answer result queries from patients referring to