Apprentice Clinical Support Worker

NHS; Leeds; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is looking for motivated individuals to join as Apprentice Clinical Support Workers. This full-time role offers training to provide essential care to patients. Apply now to gain hands-on experience while earning a competitive wage and working towards a professional qualification. No prior qualifications needed, and a guaranteed job upon completion of the program.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Professional qualifications

Retail discounts

Pension scheme

Qualifications

• No minimum entry level required.
• Must have values and behavior suited to health and care role.
• Able to meet government criteria for apprenticeship funding.

Responsibilities

• Provide essential care to patients including washing and dressing.
• Work under supervision of doctors and nurses.
• Observe vital signs like blood pressure.

Job description

We are recruiting motivated, caring and compassionate individuals for the role of Apprentice Clinical Support Worker for our Adult clinical areas. This full-time (37.5 hours per week) apprenticeship is undertaken within a eighteen month fixed-term contract, and provides an ideal opportunity to begin your healthcare career at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

• No minimum entry level (no prior qualifications or experience required)
• Must have values, desire, behaviours suited to health and care role
• Must be able to work minimum of 30 hours per week. Training for this role will be delivered Monday to Friday therefore candidates must be able to commit to this
• Opportunities across all sites with Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust.
• We cant offer nights or weekends only 24/7 mix of shifts, 365 days a year

Next steps:

This is an expression of interest advert only, you will not be asked to complete a full application form at this stage.

If you are interested in exploring this opportunity further please upload your details through NHS Jobs, ensuring you provide your name, mobile number and email address. You will receive an email from Leeds Health and Care Talent Hub who will ask you to complete an expression of interest form and discuss what will happen next.

Main duties of the job

As an Apprentice Clinical Support Worker at Leeds Teaching Hospitals, you'll learn how to provide patients with essential care, helping them with washing, dressing, eating, moving around or using the toilet. Over the 18-month programme, you'll make our patients' time here more comfortable and will become a valued part of the nursing team.

Spending most of your time on a single ward or clinical area, you'll work with doctors and nurses, observing things like blood pressure and changes to weight and temperature. It's about giving you experience to equip you for whatever comes your way. There will also be coursework and practical assessments so you can demonstrate your learning.

About us

Our goal is to be the best place to work, to achieve this we engage with and listen to our staff to understand their needs. We allow flexible working, encourage a healthy work/life balance and provide support to carers and parents. Diversity is valued here, and we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants and for support staff so they can work safely. You must be eligible to complete an apprenticeship in the UK.

You'll be guaranteed a permanent CSW role upon completing the programme and will gain professional qualifications including a Level 2 Apprenticeship in Clinical Health Support. From day one, you'll earn a great wage and will have access to a host of brilliant benefits, from retail discounts to a highly competitive pension

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Job responsibilities

As an Apprentice Clinical SupportWorker at Leeds Teaching Hospitals, you'll learn how to provide patients withessential care, helping them with washing, dressing, eating, moving around orusing the toilet. Over the 15-month programme, you'll make our patients timehere more comfortable and will become a valued part of the nursing team.

Spending most of your time on asingle ward or clinical area, you'll work with doctors and nurses, observingthings like blood pressures and changes to weight and temperature. It's aboutgiving you experience to equip you for whatever comes your way. There will alsobe coursework and practical assessments so you can demonstrate your learning.

Person Specification

Additional

• You must be eligible to study for an apprenticeship to be successful.
• Must be able to meet the government criteria for apprenticeship funding:
• UK National or resident in the UK for at least 3 years on the first day of the apprenticeship
• Must not already hold the same, or a very similar, qualification
• Be able to work at a Level 1 in English and Maths (equivalent to grade D or grade 3)
• This check is done as part of the recruitment process.
• This is an expression of interest advert only, you will not be asked to complete a full application form at this stage.
• If you are interested in exploring this opportunity further, please upload your details through NHS Jobs, ensuring you provide your name, mobile number and email address. You will receive an email from Leeds Health and Care Talent Hub who will ask you to complete an expression of interest form and discuss what will happen next.

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.