Clinical Support Worker

Forest Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust; Newark on Trent; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Newark Hospital's Urgent Treatment Centre, part of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, is hiring a Band 3 Clinical Support Worker to work within a multi-disciplinary team delivering high-quality patient care.

The role involves recording observations, ECGs, venepuncture, cannulation and basic wound management, plus potential reception duties and stock monitoring. Join an award-winning NHS trust dedicated to compassionate care across the region.

Qualifications

• Experience in direct patient care within an NHS or similar healthcare setting.
• Ability to perform observations and basic clinical procedures.
• Willingness to cover front-d desk/reception duties when required.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care as a Band 3 Clinical Support Worker under supervision.
• Record observations, perform ECGs, venipuncture and cannulation as needed.
• Assist with patient hygiene, escort duties, chaperone and wound care.
• Cover receptionist duties and assist with stock monitoring and routine housekeeping.

Skills

ECG recording

Venepuncture

Cannulation

Patient observation

Tools

ECG machine

Job description

Are you passionate about healthcare and making a real difference in people's lives? Join our dynamic team at Newark Hospital's Urgent Treatment Centre, an essential part of the esteemed Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. As a Clinical Support Worker, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with skilled professionals in a multi-disciplinary environment, delivering high-quality care to a diverse range of patients. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your career and contribute to the well-being of the local community. You'll play a key role in providing exceptional support to our clinical teams, ensuring that patients receive the best care possible during their time of need. This role is both challenging and rewarding, offering the chance to make a real impact in the healthcare field.

• To provide direct patient care as a Band 3 Clinical Support Worker under the guidance of the Medical and Nursing team.
• Main roles involve recording observations, ECG recording, Venopuncture, Cannulation, running blood tests.
• Managing patients hygiene needs, patient escort, chaperone and plaster application with some wound management.
• Required to cover some Reception roles if needed as well as stock monitoring and ordering as well as some departmental housekeeping.

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation. We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

To understand the role in more detail, please read attached job description and person specification document.