Change Grow Live
Senior Healthcare Assistant
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About Us
Change Grow Live is a charity dedicated to making a difference in the lives of our Service Users by offering support and respect in a safe environment. We treat each user as an individual and work with them to find the right treatment and care options.
Our core values are ‘Be open, be compassionate and be bold’, which our team members apply daily to achieve our mission of helping people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential.
We're Hiring
We're seeking a dedicated Senior Healthcare Assistant to join our compassionate and diverse team. Our team is committed to supporting individuals in West Kent with compassion.
Location: West Kent
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
Contract type: Fixed Term for 12 months from start date
About the Role
- Initial Screening: Undertake initial physical and mental health screening for people who access our services and ensure appropriate sign posting/referral to primary care or appropriate secondary health care services for identified health issues.
- Education and Promotion: Provide education, health promotion and screening for blood borne viruses (BBV) and provide Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B vaccinations under a patient specific direction (PSD) when indicated.
- Phlebotomy: Undertake phlebotomy as required, ensuring adherence to identified pathways for blood sample labelling, collection, obtaining results and signposting.
- Communication: Ensure there is good communication of treatments offered, treatment progress and outcome of any investigations to other members of the clinical team.
- Partnership Working: Actively promote and participate in working with partnership organisations to develop and sustain effective treatment pathways.
- Quality Service: Contribute to the service to ensure that individuals who use our services consistently receive high quality services that adhere to the best practice guidelines and to the highest professional standards.
- Detoxification Plan: Working with colleagues in the service to deliver a community opioid and alcohol detoxification plan utilising a care co-ordinated approach to service user care.
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About You
- Experience of working as an HCA, demonstrating the full competencies of the role and completed the Care Certificate.
- Competent to undertake ECG’s, phlebotomy, and vaccinations.
- Good interpersonal skills and a willingness to work flexibly as part of a team.
- IT literacy including proficiency in word processing and data entry knowledge of harm reduction and health promotion interventions.
- Ability to maintain professional boundaries and work effectively with partnership agencies.
What We Offer
- Holidays: 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each years’ service “Capped at 30 days”.
- Wellness: Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week along with a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assist Programme.
- Pension: Contributory pension scheme.
- Benefits: A great selection of benefits including discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
- Team: A friendly and supportive team.
- Development: Training, career development & progression opportunities.
- CPD: Protected monthly CPD.
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Please ensure that when completing your application form and supporting statement, you reflect on the details outlined in the job description. This will help us understand how your skills and experiences align with the requirements of the role.
Direct applications only — we will not be engaging agencies for this vacancy.
Please note: This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK at the time of application. For applicants with time-limited visas, unfortunately, we are unable to support new visa applications or extensions. More information about eligible roles and occupations can be found here Skilled Worker visa Overview - GOV.UK.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Salary: CGL points 22 to 24 (£27,811.31 - £29,410.14)
N/A - Outside London Weighting Area
Closing Date: 4/8/2026
Interview Date: 24/7/2026
Contact: Jo Brown | jo.brown@cgl.org.uk | 07788 317965
This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.
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