Clinical Support Worker

NHS; Bury St Edmunds; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Band 3 Clinical Support Worker in Bury St Edmunds. The successful candidate will engage in clinical support for service users under 18, offering both clinic-based and home visit assistance. This role provides a unique opportunity for further training and professional progression, contributing to vital community healthcare.

Benefits

Comprehensive in-house & external training programmes

Career progression

Starting annual leave of 27 days per annum

NHS discounts

Qualifications

• Previous experience within the care sector.
• Able to travel independently.

Responsibilities

• Undertake home visits and support young people and their families.
• Implement short term clinical interventions.

Skills

Ability to work without direct supervision

Education

Care Certificate - or completion of the Care Certificate within 12 weeks of start date

NVQ Level 2/3 in Health and Social Care

Job description

The West Suffolk Specialist CAMHS Team is seeking a Band 3 Clinical Support Worker to undertake a range of clinical activities within the CFYP Service.

This role will be based in Bury St Edmunds with the post holder working 37.5 hours a week.

You must have experience of working with service users under 18 and be committed to undertake further training. This is a unique opportunity for the successful candidate to progress professionally.

Main duties of the job

Clinical Support Workers undertake a range of activities to support the work of the team. This includes supporting the implementation of short term clinical interventions or pre- treatment support. Undertaking home visits and supporting young people and their families as well as clinic based work.

Within this role clinicians work with minimal supervision, but under the direction of the senior clinicians including Nurses and Psychologists.

The degree of involvement will be determined by a Registered Practitioner who will assess the extent of supervision required, having considered the particular circumstances and assessed the post holder's experience.

You will observe, report and record any changes, which may indicate an alteration in the patient's wellbeing as well as any routine observations required and converse with patients and their relatives/carers in a positive and respectful manner.

About us

Our team is passionate about what they do, in a community they love -we are a community of warm, honest and hard-working people, who are delivering essential care.

Every day is different and not without its challenges. We striveto ensure our staff have the support they need to tackle these challenges and time to embrace new opportunities.

Job responsibilities

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Some of the benefits you can expect:

• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• NHS discounts and many more.

Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

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Person Specification

Experience

• Previous experience within the care sector

Other

• Able to travel independently.

Qualifications

• Care Certificate - or completion of the Care Certificate within 12 weeks of start date
• NVQ Level 2/3 in Health and Social Care

Skills

• Ability to work without direct supervision, liaising appropriately with other practitioners in the team.

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.

£24,625 to £25,674 a yeargross per annum pro rata