Clinical Support Worker

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Luton; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Luton seeks a clinical care support worker to assist with patient care and ensure cleanliness and safety in the clinical area. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills and a commitment to high-quality patient care. This role offers a chance to develop a career in the NHS while helping improve patient outcomes.

Benefits

High quality training and development

Commitment to staff health and wellbeing

Qualifications

• Ability to respond to different communication needs of patients.
• Commitment to high quality patient care.
• Attention to detail in maintaining standards of cleanliness and safety.

Responsibilities

• Admit patients for surgical procedures and escalate concerns to nurses.
• Assist registered nurse in delivering patient care.
• Communicate effectively with patients and families.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Teamwork

Organisational skills

Job description

Overview

This is a fantastic opportunity for clinical care support workers to develop a career in the NHS as a clinical care support worker at Bedfordshire NHS Trust. Being a clinical care support worker is a career you can take pride in while helping people and contributing to their improvement.

Responsibilities

• Admit patients for a variety of surgical procedures and escalate any concerns in relation to the patient’s suitability for surgery to qualified nurse colleagues.
• Assist the registered nurse in the delivery of direct and indirect patient care.
• Attend to aspects of patient personal hygiene and support patient comfort before and after procedures.
• Record observations and report any concerns to the registered nurse related to patient condition, cleanliness, hazards and safety within the clinical area.
• Maintain patient tissue integrity and ensure the equipment and environment are clean and in good working order.
• Communicate effectively with patients, families and the general public; demonstrate both oral and written communication skills.
• Participate in the induction of staff new to the clinical area and contribute to a positive patient experience.
• Minimise hazards in the working area and report identifiable hazards to the line manager; adhere to safe systems of work applicable to the area.
• Maintain patient confidentiality at all times and promote awareness of adult protection issues.

Qualifications and Skills

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to respond to different communication needs of patients.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team; commitment to high quality patient care.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail in maintaining standards of cleanliness, safety and patient comfort.

About the Trust

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. The sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to staff health and wellbeing. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in the region, the Trust offers high quality training and development to help you grow your career and delivers patient care using current clinical knowledge and technology.