Clinical Support Worker/Healthcare Assistant
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 01/09/2026
- Closes
- 13/09/2026
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
This role is for a Clinical Support Worker/Healthcare Assistant within the Suffolk Sexual Health Service in Bury St Edmunds. The post involves front-of-house duties like meeting and greeting clients, registration, and providing inclusive support. It also includes support tasks such as stock management and clinic setup, alongside direct patient care like assisting with procedures, chaperoning, and specimen collection. The role requires participation in a Saturday rota and occasional travel to a spoke clinic in Haverhill.
Essential criteria
- Experience working with the public in pressurised situations
- Experience in patient-facing care
- Experience working in a team
Desirable criteria
- Sexual Health experience
- Phlebotomy experience
- NVQ Level 3 or equivalent experience
- Interpersonal skills
- Able to travel to clinics
- Experience working with the public in pressurised situations
- Experience in patient-facing care
- Experience working in a team
- Sexual Health experience
- Phlebotomy experience
- NVQ Level 3 or equivalent experience
- Interpersonal skills
- Able to travel to clinics
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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Clinical Support Worker/Healthcare Assistant
The closing date is 13 September 2026
Job summary
We are pleased to offer the opportunity to apply for a Clinical Support Worker/Healthcare Assistant role within the Suffolk Sexual Health Service based at Abbey View Clinic in Bury St Edmunds.We are a friendly team providing Integrated Sexual Health and HIV services in Bury St Edmunds. We are looking for a motivated and compassionate team member to deliver high quality care.
We are proud of the service we deliver and would welcome applicants who enjoy variety in their working life as there are a range of responsibilities within the role.
Main duties of the job
The post combines front of house roles, such as meeting and greeting and client registration. In this role you are the welcoming face of our clinic, ensuring our patients receive non judgmental and inclusive support from the moment they walk through our doors.
Support tasks, such as stock management and clinic set up and close down, alongside supporting with direct patient care.
Direct patient care may involve assisting with clinical procedures, acting as a chaperone and supporting patients. assisting with specimen collection and preparation, utilising phlebotomy skills, developing skill in microscopy, set up and cleaning of equipment and checking clinical areas and equipment in line with Health an
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