Job role: Health Care Assistant.
Job sector: Healthcare.
Job Type: Full-time.
Country: United Kingdom.
Location: Kirkgate.
Salary: £25,010 – £28,550 per year.
Shift & Schedule:
- Nights as needed.
- Monday to Friday.
Benefits;
- Generous annual leave entitlement (27 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 32 after 1 year’s service).
- Annual leave purchase scheme.
- Enhanced occupational sick pay percentage.
- Enhanced employer contribution to your workplace pension.
- Death in service benefit.
- Free Will writing.
- Eye Care vouchers.
- Blue light card discount.
- Fantastic learning and development opportunities, including free training courses.
- Work-life balance- flexible working and family-friendly policies.
- Happy, Healthy You! – our wellbeing offers for our workforce.
- Employee Assist Programme and Humankind Support Networks.
About the Job.
Forward Leeds is a dynamic partnership between several organizations, and as the lead partner, Humankind Charity is committed to providing exceptional services in the substance use sector. Our collaborative approach focuses on addressing the social context of drug and alcohol use and associated harms, aligning with national strategies impacting drug and alcohol services.
Humankind is one of England’s most successful home-grown charities. We provide free, confidential support for alcohol, drugs, housing, or mental health in friendly local places across the UK. We are committed to fair chances for all and making sure everyone can access the help and support they need to realize their potential.
By joining our teams of passionate individuals, you will be contributing to making this happen. You can make a difference by believing in our service users and their ability to make positive changes when they don’t always believe in themselves. We are incredibly proud of the work that we do to help address health inequalities in England. Every five minutes, an individual accesses one of our services, and we have supported over 90,000 people across all our services last year. Check out our impact report here to read more about the important work that we have done.
Key responsibilities;
- Blood pressure checks.
- Patient health assessments.
- Breathalyzers.
- Treatment room tasks supporting wound care clinics, ECGs, phlebotomy, and leading on Blood blood-borne virus testing within the hub.
- Training will be provided as necessary.
Requirements;
- Competency in venepuncture is essential
- Educational qualifications in Maths and English, along with an NVQ Level 2 in care or equivalent experience
- Essential skills include proficiency in Microsoft Outlook Office programs and previous experience entering complex information into electronic/clinical databases.
- Knowledge and previous experience should encompass an understanding of confidentiality procedures, the ability to carry out basic medical procedures, awareness of the social context of substance misuse, and familiarity with audit principles.
- Experience in the substance use sector or mental health is beneficial.