Healthcare Support Worker
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 11/09/2026
- Closes
- 17/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves supporting the sexual health team in providing high-quality care, advice, screening, and treatment. Key duties include phlebotomy, blood pressure checks, pregnancy testing, and collecting samples. The post holder will also assist with clinic sessions, chaperone duties, and stock management, working autonomously where appropriate. The role contributes to promoting contraception and sexual health issues.
Essential criteria
- Phlebotomy knowledge and experience
- Interest / knowledge
- Interest/knowledge of Sexual Health issues
- Communication skills
- Understanding
- Understanding of patient identification and correct specimen labelling
- Phlebotomy knowledge and experience
- Interest / knowledge
- Interest/knowledge of Sexual Health issues
- Communication skills
- Understanding
- Understanding of patient identification and correct specimen labelling
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £25,760 – £27,476 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Healthcare Support Worker
The closing date is 17 September 2026
Job summary
The post holder will be required to work in collaboration with members of the sexual health team, contributing to the promotion and provision of high-quality care for patients seeking advice, screening and treatment in contraception and sexual health settings within the sexual heath service. The post holder will support the sexual health team, working autonomously where appropriate. Day to day duties to include phlebotomy, blood pressure, weight, height and body mass index calculations, pregnancy testing, collecting urine samples including urinalysis, providing a 'no talk testing' service, condom demonstrations, chaperoning, assisting and preparing for the sessions within sexual health.
The post holder will also be responsible for stock refill, rotation and ordering as per clinical requirements and also to support in the maintenance of high infection and prevention standards.****
Main duties of the job
- To work as an integral part of the sexual health team under the direction of the Nurse Team Lead to promote contraception and sexual health issues ensuring the wellbeing of patients
- Assist in clinic sessions as directed by the Nurse Team Lead to ensure the smooth running of the clinics.
- To participate in planned procedures and prescribed care for patients under the dir
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