Health and Wellbeing Health Care Assistant

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Health and Wellbeing Health Care Assistant, Cheltenham

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Client:

Via Westminster Drug Project

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Other

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Yes

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Job Reference:

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4

Posted:

29.05.2025

Expiry Date:

13.07.2025

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Job Description:

Job Summary

The Role

We are looking for a healthcare assistant with an interest in supporting people who are experiencing problematic alcohol or drug use, to join our Via R3 Substance Misuse Service in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.

Based in our nursing team, this new role will provide you with significant scope for growth and innovation within a supportive and friendly multidisciplinary team of clinical and non-clinical professionals.

The main purpose of this role is to provide excellent quality of care to service users accessing treatment with us and improving their health and outcomes.

Responsibilities will include the following:

• To offer harm reduction advice and information including overdose prevention, wound awareness, and naloxone.
• To carry out dry blood sport testing, and referral for Hepatitis B vaccinations and Hepatitis C treatment if required.
• To carry out Healthcare Assessments for new and existing service users.
• Support service users to improve their health with referrals to other relevant services, such as Smoking Cessation, or the Falls Clinic.

Within this role, the healthcare assistant will be provided with training to take on additional clinical duties such as ECGs, and – following successful completion of the probationary period and relevant mandatory and foundation training (i.e., NVQ Level 3) – could be eligible to be supported by Via to complete a nursing qualification.

The Service

Adult Drug and Alcohol Services across Gloucestershire transferred to Via on 1stApril 2024. The role is part of Via’s structure and provides a great opportunity to build on existing service strengths, drive new developments and make a positive impact as part of this new contract.

To see the generous range of benefits we offer at Via including 30 days annual leave for all new starters, our health and wellbeing initiatives, financial perks and development opportunities – visit ourBenefits Package

For an informal chat about the role, contact Jane Simons, Clinical Lead at or telephone on 01452 223014.

The closing date for applications is Sunday 7 of July at midnight.

We only accept applications via using our application form, sorry we don’t accept CVs.For guidance on how to complete the application visit. Please submit your application as soon as possible as we may close adverts at any time if we receive a sufficient number of applications.

Via welcomes enquiries from everyone, and we value diversity in our workplace. Our commitment to promoting diversity and developing a workplace environment where all staff are treated with dignity and respect is central to our recruitment process.

We’re a Disability Confident Employer and are committed to the employment and career development of disabled people. We offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for our jobs, please confirm in the personal statement part of our application form that you are applying under this scheme.

Appointment to all our posts are subject to satisfactory completion of our safeguarding checks including DBS and we follow safer recruiting principles.

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