• Job Description

  Req#: C9361-24-0084?language=en&page=27&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  We are recruiting for a Clinical Support Worker in Children's Day Services who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

  The job gives you a great scope of variety and opportunity to work in different areas of day services for children. This position is to work on the Children's Day Services Department, Day Surgery and Children's Outpatients across Hertford county, QE11 and Lister Hospitals.

  Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!

  Main duties of the job

  As a Clinical Support Worker, you will need to be able to provide our patients with the highest standards of care during their stay with us. You will find yourself assisting patients with many aspects of care including weighing and heighting children for their clinic appointment plus other skills such as ECGs and working with the diabetes team in outpatients.

  Assisting the nurses with Day Case patients in day unit which will include Jaundice clinics, blood test clinics and allergy clinics, plastics clinic and ambulating patients.

  Working on the Day surgery unit and supporting the nurses in caring for children who are attending for day surgery of multiple specialities.

  Monitoring patients' conditions by taking temperatures, pulse, respirations, blood pressure, height and weight in all areas.

  As a clinical support worker you will be caring and kind, willing to be hands-on with patients within a hospital environment. You will also have the ability to do personal care tasks such as washing, toileting, etc.

  About us

  At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

  We run the following hospitals:

  • The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
  • New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
  • Hertford County, Hertford
  • Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

  We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

  We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.

  We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

  Date posted

  25 January 2024

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 2

  Salary

  £22,383 a year per annum pro rata

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time, Part-time

  Reference number

  361-CSW-5939577

  Job locations

  Lister hospital

  Stevenage

  SG1 4AB

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications/Training

  Essential

  • To undertake Apprenticeship Programme within fixed term contract
  • Minimum level 1 qualification in Literacy and Numeracy

  Desirable

  • Basic education
  • GCSE Grades A-C or equivalent in English and Maths

  Previous Experience

  Desirable

  • Previous experience in NHS
  • Previous experience in Health care setting

  Skills

  Essential

  • Basic IT skills- ability to use keyboard or willingness to develop
  • Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with patients of varying levels of understanding
  • Self motivated
  • Flexibility and team participation

  Desirable

  • Familiar with Microsoft Office
  • Understanding of quality and change in the clinical setting

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • Understanding of the requirements of the role
  • Basic understanding of NHS issues

  Other Requirements

  Essential

  • Good attendance record

  Person Specification

  Qualifications/Training

  Essential

  • To undertake Apprenticeship Programme within fixed term contract
  • Minimum level 1 qualification in Literacy and Numeracy

  Desirable

  • Basic education
  • GCSE Grades A-C or equivalent in English and Maths

  Previous Experience

  Desirable

  • Previous experience in NHS
  • Previous experience in Health care setting

  Skills

  Essential

  • Basic IT skills- ability to use keyboard or willingness to develop
  • Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with patients of varying levels of understanding
  • Self motivated
  • Flexibility and team participation

  Desirable

  • Familiar with Microsoft Office
  • Understanding of quality and change in the clinical setting

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • Understanding of the requirements of the role
  • Basic understanding of NHS issues

  Other Requirements

  Essential

  • Good attendance record

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Employer details

  Employer name

  East and North Herts NHS Trust

  Address

  Lister hospital

  Stevenage

  SG1 4AB

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  East and North Herts NHS Trust

  Address

  Lister hospital

  Stevenage

  SG1 4AB

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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