HIV Senior Support Worker

Job overview

This role will involve contributing to the overall activity in the HIV service, working alongside the current senior support workers and the wider HIV nursing team. 

They will also be working with the MDT to support service for patients receiving specialist HIV care from the North West Infectious Diseases Unit based at North Manchester General Hospital.

The role entails seeing patients in a variety of settings including hospital, outreach clinics, community venues or their own home.

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Assist in the assessment, care delivery and management of people referred to the HIV Specialist Nurse team 

Assist the registered nurses and Doctors in the running of outreach clinics

To carry out designated duties as part of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) under the direction and supervision of the registered professional. This will include venepuncture, home visits including nursing homes, ward visits, outreach clinic support, and HIV testing. This will include providing level one Psychological support.

Independently run phlebotomy list, including complex phlebotomy (via neck) where needed (Training to be provided for phlebotomy/neck bloods)

  Keep high quality records

Carry out clerical duties as and when required e.g monitoring shared inboxes, booking appointments, answering the telephone.

Working closely with Intensive Support Workers and peer navigators.

Feed back to line manager and to HIV lead to work on improvements in service provided by this role

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Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year. 

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary. 

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022. 

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable. 
 
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.