Healthcare Support Volunteer

As a Healthcare Support Volunteer you are an equal and valued member of the Healthcare team, supporting them in the day-to-day delivery of health and wellbeing interventions.

Our service users’ health and wellbeing is really important to us so you will be playing a pivotal role in supporting the promotion of healthier lifestyles and harm reduction interventions including providing naloxone within our services and community hubs. 

You will be supporting clinics by working with clients to prepare them for a medical review this will include taking blood pressure, screening for substances and discussing expectations.

Following training you will support the facilitation and delivery of Blood Bourne Virus screening and vaccinations as part of the healthcare team. You will be working closely with staff and partner agencies supporting service users to access treatment and clinical interventions.

Key Activities:

• Support the team to undertake healthcare assessments
• Complete and follow up on referrals to specialist care providers and share outcomes with Senior / Health and Wellbeing Nurses and/or Lead Clinician.
• Screen for blood borne viruses and contribute to care planning to assure effective referrals to Hepatology and GUM services to enable assessment for specialist treatment. Support the provision of pre and post blood borne virus test discussion.
• Prepare service users ready for clinics
• Support the delivery of clinics
• Record activities and interventions undertaken
• As part of the team, participate in the promotion of health and wellbeing interventions
• Support the delivery of detox interventions
• Assist and carry out screening processes including urine and saliva tests.
• Support the delivery of community health clinics and interventions
• Liaise with other partner agencies including primary care and pharmacies ties:

General terms of reference:

In carrying out the above duties the post holder will:

• To help Change Grow Live fulfil its role in offering the best service to our clients.
• To perform your volunteering role to the best of your ability.

• To follow the Change Grow Live’s procedures and standards, including health and safety and equal opportunities, in relation to our staff, volunteers and clients.
• To maintain the confidential information of Change Grow Live and of our clients; adhering to Change Grow Live’s policies and procedures
• To meet the time commitments and standards which have been mutually agreed and to give reasonable notice so other arrangements can be made when this is not possible.