Senior Health Care Support Worker, Sexual Health
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 17/09/2026
- Closes
- 01/10/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
YUNO Sexual Health is seeking a motivated and kind Senior Health Care Support Worker to join their team. The role requires excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a passion for delivering high standards of care. While previous sexual health experience is desirable, it is not essential. The successful candidate will be a responsive and conscientious professional, working as part of a multidisciplinary team, primarily based in North Somerset but with flexibility to work across other YUNO Sexual Health sites.
Key responsibilities
- Chaperone patients having intimate procedures.
- Perform venepuncture.
- Process patient samples and conduct microscopy (preparing and reading slides).
- Carry out clinical duties with minimal supervision, including blood pressure monitoring, body temperature, pulse rate, respiration rate, and urine sample testing (including pregnancy testing).
- Provide assistance to the nursing team and wider Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) as required.
Essential criteria
- One of the following; Level 3 City and Guilds; NVQ3; BTEC National Diploma; Experience equivalent to the above qualifications
- Level 2 Functional skills in English and Maths, or equivalent
- Completion of Level 3 Diploma in Healthcare Support (that maps to the Apprenticeship Standard for Senior Health Care Support Worker) or equivalent experience
- Experience of providing care in a healthcare or social setting
- Ability to work as a dynamic member of a team
- Experience of time management and prioritising work
- Understands and committed to a caring approach to patients & relatives
- Understanding of sexual health or able to demonstrate a genuine interest in the area.
- Effective and appropriate communication skills both written and verbal
- Demonstrate an awareness of healthcare work including policies and procedures
- Ability to work with minimum supervision to a high standard
- IT skills, basic word, Email, keyboard skills. Experience using electronic patient record systems
- Ability and willingness to undertake appropriate training within given time frames
- Flexible and adaptable to change, able to work a range of shifts and moving across clinic locations across the BNSSG area dependant on clinical need
- Able to demonstrate calm, caring patient manner / attitude
- Enthusiasm and commitment to working within the healthcare setting and providing excellent clinical care
- Able to meet the physical and developmental demands of the role *
- Caring, empathetic and non-judgemental attitude
- Experience chaperoning intimate procedures or willingness to train
- Experience in venepuncture or willingness to train
- Experience in microscopy or willingness to train
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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Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Health Care Support Worker, Sexual Health
The closing date is 01 October 2026
Job summary
YUNO Sexual Health is looking to appoint a motivated and kind Senior Health Care Support Worker to join our team.Great communication and interpersonal skills are essential and applicants should be able to be demonstrate the ability to be forward thinking and passionate about delivering a high standard of care. Previous sexual health experience is desirable, but not essential. You will be expected to be a responsive and conscientious professional that is able to work as part of the Multidisciplinary team.
YUNO Sexual Health covers Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucester. The hours required are mainly based within North Somerset, but flexibility is required and expected to work across the other YUNO Sexual Health sites.
The hours required are;
Monday 8.30-5.30 (8.5hrs)
Thursday 9.30-7.30 (9.5hrs)
Friday 8.30-5.30 (8.5hrs)
Saturday 9.00-1.00 (1 in 4 in the Bristol service)
Main duties of the job
Chaperone patients having intimate procedures.
Venepuncture.
Processing patients samples and microscopy (preparing slides and reading them).
To carry out a range of clinical duties with minimal / no supervision, including blood pressure monitoring, body temperature, pulse rate and respiration rate and testing of urine samples, including pr
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