Clinical and Environmental Assistant

NHS; Manchester; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust seeks compassionate Clinical and Environmental Assistants dedicated to patient care. You'll play a vital role in supporting nursing staff, managing clinical environments, and ensuring excellent patient-focused care. This is a great opportunity to join a leading trust committed to quality healthcare.

Qualifications

• Experience working in an acute care environment.
• Experience in multiple health care settings is valued.
• Committed to high standards of care.

Responsibilities

• Support the nursing team with basic patient care needs.
• Maintain stock levels and cleanliness of the department.
• Undertake delegated clinical care duties under supervision.

Skills

Good communication skills

Ability to work independently

Teamwork

Second language skills

Education

General Education Completed, GCSE's or equivalent

NVQ or Apprenticeship Level 2 in Care Support Services

Job description

Go back Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical and Environmental Assistant

The closing date is 06 July 2025

We're looking for compassionate and caring Clinical and Environmental Assistants with a passion to be a key part of the patient care journey here at Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MFT). Our Clinical and Environmental Assistants take great pride in the essential work we do. That's because we're not just helping patients, we're going the extra mile for them - day in, day out. Our nursing teams are committed to caring for our patients and families, delivering consistent, high quality, patient focused care.

You'll communicate in a sensitive and compassionate manner with patients, relatives, and other members of the multi-disciplinary team, working flexibly across a range of day and night shifts over 7 days a week.

You will ensure that a high quality safe clinical environment is maintained to ensure effective patient centred care can be delivered to critically ill patients.

Main duties of the job

Working under the supervision of Registered Nurses and within Trust guidelines and protocols, you'll assist the Nursing team in delivering the excellent standard of patient care that you would expect for yourself and your loved ones.

Your main duties will involve supporting the nursing team with basic patient care needs, replenishing stock and ensuring the tidiness and appearance of the department is conducive to good patient care.

Following on the job training and assessment, you'll learn how to undertake a range of delegated, clinical care duties that include supporting patients with basic care, maintaining stock levels, up keep of the environment and decontamination of shared patient equipment within the clinical area.

The role of the Clinical Environmental Assistant is mainly one of support to the staff and does NOT have the same degree of patient contact as would be expected in a general ward area.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity MattersMFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [e-mail] looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification

Education/ Knowledge/ Training

• General Education Completed, GCSE's or level 2 key skills particularly in English and Maths
• Holds the NVQ or Apprenticeship Level 2 in Care Support Services or equivalent vocational qualification.
• Experience working in an acute care environment undertaking a full range of duties
• Experience in working in more than one health care setting

Skills

• Good communication skills. Able to work on own initiative or following the direction of a registered nurse. Can also work well as part of a team.
• Second language skills

Personal Attributes

• Committed to delivering high standards of care. Friendly, open, empathetic and compassionate. Professional outlook and positive attitude

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 name

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust