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

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

1 day ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

This is an exciting opportunity to work at John Hunter Clinic as a BBV Health Adviser and Pathway Coordinator for patients with reactive BBV result on testing in the Emergency Department (ED) within CWFT.

The majority of these will be unexpected diagnoses so patients may require advice and support to encourage them to enter care.

The post holder will work with the health adviser team and clinical leads to ensure patients are receiving their results efficiently and they will be expected to provide health education, advice and support to patients following their diagnosis along the patient pathway into care.

Manage Blood Borne Virus (BBV) results.
Contact and inform patients of results and help engage in care including recalling patients to clinic for discussion and testing where appropriate.
Initiate Partner Notification (PN) with patients.
Collecting and providing data of results and outcomes of BBV results management.
Initiate and participate in relevant audits.
Establish and maintain good working relationships with the Health Adviser Team, clinical teams including HIV and Hepatology.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 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 nearly 7,000 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 best performing Trusts in the country.

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

Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as 'Good' in all five of the main domains of safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led, giving an us overall rating of 'Good'.

We've also been awarded an 'Outstanding' rating for 'use of resources' by an NHS Improvement inspection.

Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing significant Capital year on year in our estate.

We have recently completed a £30m expansion of our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster and are planning an ambitious £60m development of an Ambulatory Diagnostics Centre at West Middlesex.

Provide information and health education for clients diagnosed with BBV infections, including HIV providing support and onward referral as required.
To manage the process of partner notification/management for these clients in order to encourage, with the client's consent, the attendance of all potentially infected sexual contacts to a Sexual Health clinic.
To manage the patient pathway for all patients with reactive blood borne results who were tested in the ED department.
To develop and maintain supportive and effective relationships with the Hepatology team in the hospital.
To exchange relevant information about clients and contacts with other Sexual Health clinics as necessary.
To take sexual histories from clients as appropriate and refer on to relevant individuals in the multi professional team as part of the care pathway.

Please see attached job description and person specification to this advert for further details.