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Healthcare Support Volunteer

Location Reading-Berkshire
Job ID 2024-14864
Number of Vacancies Remaining
1
Category
Volunteering in Substance Misuse Services
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Overview

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.

Responsibilities

  • 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.

If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details:

Curtis harris | curtis.harris@cgl.org.uk

 

Please note that we require you to be 18 years of age or older to be considered for this volunteering role.

 

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.

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