Healthcare Assistant - Southampton, United Kingdom - Change Grow Live

Change Grow Live

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Southampton, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Overview:

We are looking for a dedicated and passionate Healthcare Assistant to join our team in the Southampton Drug and Alcohol Service, the post holder will pro-actively assist in the delivery of comprehensive interventions aimed at improving health & wellbeing for service users across the service and contribute to ensure that substance users across Southampton receive consistent high quality services that adhere to the best practice guidelines and achieve high professional standards.

This job role is not supported through sponsorship as it is only part time.

Where:
Southampton

Hours: 18.75h per week

Salary:
£23, £25,106.61 Pro Rata (CGL Scale Depending on experience

Responsibilities:

About the role:

Working closely with your Nursing team to develop pathways to care
Support service users in opiate and alcohol interventions.
You will support on harm reduction interventions along with physical and mental health assessments.
Keeping the people who use our services at the heart of everything you do
Undertake initial physical and mental health screening for people who use our services
Assist and carry out appropriate toxicology screening processes including urine and saliva tests.
Provide education, health promotion and screening for blood borne viruses
Support community alcohol detoxification either at the service or at the service user's home.
Maintain required standards of infection control and hygiene as per Change Grow Live policies and procedures.
Understand and adhere to the legislation surrounding the use of PSDs

About you:

Good interpersonal skills and a willingness to work flexibly as part of a team
Experience of working within substance misuse or a social care setting would be an advantage but not essential
A clear understanding of the need for and ability to deliver quality services
Good organisational skills
Knowledge of harm reduction and health promotion interventions.
Confidence to work on own initiative as well as part of the team
Communicate confidently and effectively, verbally and in writing
Respond flexibly to the demands of the post

What we will give to you:

25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each years' service "Capped at 30 days"
Paid 'Wellness' hour each week along with a 'Wellness' hub and Employee Assist Programme
Contributory pension scheme
A great selection of benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc
A friendly and supportive team Training, career development & progression opportunities

_ Please read attached Job Description and Role Specifics for a more detailed outline of responsibilities and Person Specification_

If this sounds like you and you'd like to begin your journey with Change Grow Live, then we'd love to talk to you.