Blood Borne Virus Referral Coordinator (BBV)

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• Provide information for clients diagnosed with BBV infections, including HIV, providing support and onward referral as required
• To facilitate the process of partner notification/management for these clients in order to encourage, with the client's consent, the attendance of all potentially infected contacts to a GUM service.
• To manage the patient pathway for all patients with reactive blood borne results who were tested in the ED departments.
• To develop and maintain supportive and effective relationships with the Hepatology team in the hospital.
• To exchange relevant information about clients and contacts with other Sexual Health clinics as necessary.
• To take histories from clients as appropriate and refer on to relevant individuals in the multi professional team as part of the care pathway.
• Provide initial HIV post-test discussion/support for those clients who have a reactive or positive HIV test result, ensuring they are linked in to HIV outpatient services and facilitating onward referral where necessary to other appropriate services.
• Where appropriate, supporting partners, significant others, and immediate family of those newly diagnosed with HIV, including facilitating partner notification, testing and disclosure.
• Maintain accurate client records, ensuring all entries are dated, signed and designation recorded as in accordance with Trusts policies and procedures

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Demonstrable previous experience of clinical work with clients in a Sexual Health/HIV context or an equivalent clinical setting (i.e. General Practice)
• Minimum of 12 months NHS experience or other public/ third sector organisations
• Knowledge of medical terminology and extensive experience within an administrative role within a clinical setting
• Competent in using Microsoft Office; including Word, Excel and NHS EPR systems
• Experience of undertaking risk reduction, health promotion and partner notification with clients

Desirable criteria

• Ability to extract and analyse data to deliver outcomes
• Previous experience of undertaking Clinical Audit/Research
• Ability to extract and analyse data to deliver outcomes

Skills

Essential criteria

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Must have the ability to communicate with people on sensitive subjects in a non-judgmental way
• To have a good clinical knowledge of BBV including HIV
• Evidence of effective team working within the local team and wider multi-professional working

Important

• There may be some occasions when we have to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date, this will be due to a high volume of applications. You are therefore advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
• Please check your emails regularly (and your junk folder) as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process.
• In submitting an application, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process, should you be appointed to the post.
• During the recruitment process your identity documentation (ie passport, driving licence, visa etc) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, infrared and machine-readable zone security features of the documents provided.
• Employment at the Trust is offered subject to successful completion of a six month probationary period.
• Some roles may require weekend shift working across multiple sites
• We operate a joint recruitment hub across the North West London Acute Provider Collaborative Group. As part of this, your application and personal data may be shared with partner trusts within the group for recruitment and workforce purposes, in line with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Right to work

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