Assistant Practitioner

7 days ago


Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust Full time

Are you a dynamic, motivated Assistant Practitioner with demonstrable experience in Sexual Health and Contraception or a Band 3 HCA looking to develop your career.

If so then, SHiP (Sexual Health in Plymouth) are looking for you to join our team.

SHiP is an integrated Sexual Health providing services citywide across Plymouth and neighbouring areas.

We have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Practitioner with demonstrable experience to develop their proven knowledge and skills in all of these areas.

The role of assistant practitioner within sexual health in Plymouth is extremely varied. The service encompasses sexual health, HIV, Contraception and pregnancy advisory services.

The expectation following a period of training and with the support of your colleagues, would be that you cover clinics and provide patient care across all of these specialist areas.

PRIMARY DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

  • Delivering a high standard of safe, compassionate healthcare, recognising and incorporating the specific needs of patients.
  • Undertaking assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of care, under indirect supervision of a Registered Practitioner.
  • Engaging and interacting with patients and significant others to include them in decision making and care planning.
  • Promoting the safety and wellbeing of patients, significant others and visitors.
  • Assist in the care of patients undergoing minor surgical interventions recognising problems
  • Day to day direct responsibility for a cohort of patients in set clinics
  • Asymptomatic History taking including clinical coding of episodes
  • Cryotherapy for diagnosed genital warts
  • Administer Hepatitis B vaccination to those patient who have had it previously prescribed
  • Phlebotomy skills.
  • Point of Care Testing including Urinalysis / Pregnancy / HIV testing
  • Observations (temperature, height, weight, Body Mass Index, pulse and blood pressures as necessary)
  • Assistance in the examination of female/male patient for STI screening
  • Managing processing of all specimens including HIV patient samples.
  • Preparation, reading and interpretation of Grams stained and wet preparation microscopy slides
  • Support recall of patients and provision of results in association with the Health Advisers.
  • Support Partner Notification
  • Undertake consultations involving assessments of patients attending the pregnancy advisory service
All Job Holders are required to

  • Work to the Trust values
  • Put patients first, Take ownership, Respect others, Be positive, Listen, learn and improve

Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as 'Priority' and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon who are able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification.

You are responsible for:

Clinical

  • Delivering a high standard of safe, compassionate healthcare, recognising and incorporating the specific needs of patients.
  • Undertaking assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of care, under indirect supervision of a Registered Practitioner.
  • Utilising a problem solving approach to patient care.
  • Promoting and delivering health education within the clinical area for patients and significant others.
  • Engaging and interacting with patients and significant others to include them in decision making and care planning.
  • Implementing and sharing good infection prevention and control practices.
  • Adhering to Trust infection control, decontamination and cleanliness policies.
  • Adhering to COSHH regulations.
  • Promoting the safety and wellbeing of patients, significant others and visitors.
  • Assist in the care of patients undergoing minor surgical interventions recognising problems
and initiating action when required.

  • Demonstrating and undertaking evidencebased practice playing an active part in the introduction of this evidence to improve patient centred care
  • Implementing and sharing good infection control practice.
  • Undertaking manual handling assessments and ensuring identified actions are met and implemented.
  • Day to day direct responsibility for a cohort of patients in set clinics
and walk-in patients under the supervision of the Nurse in Charge of the unit

  • To undertake the decontamination and cleaning of department equipment and to participate in department cleaning.
  • Asymptomatic specimen collection
  • Asymptomatic History taking including clinical coding of episodes
  • Cryotherapy for diagnosed genital warts
  • Administer Hepatitis B vaccination to those patient who have had it previously prescribed
  • Phlebotomy skills.
  • Point of Care Testing including Urinalysis / Pregnancy / HIV testing
  • Observations (temperature, height, weight, Body Mass Index, pulse and blood pressures as necessary)
  • Assistance in the examination of female/male patient for STI screening
and specialist clinics

  • Managing processing of all specimens including HIV patient samples.
  • Preparation, reading and interpretation of Grams stained


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