Clinical Support Worker

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust; Warley Town; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a healthcare assistant to work under supervision, delivering care to clients in their own homes and occasionally in primary health care settings. The role supports a 24-hour district nursing service and operates between 8:00am and 4:00pm, seven days a week, with variable shifts.

Candidates should be motivated, possess excellent interpersonal skills, and be flexible and resilient.

Qualifications

• Motivated and passionate about high quality patient care.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Flexible and able to work under pressure.
• Previous healthcare experience is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Assist in delivering unscheduled, unpredictable care episodes with initiative.
• Support the 24-hour district nursing service including home visits.
• Be willing to undertake additional training to deliver care effectively.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Flexibility

Resilience

Patient care motivation

Job description

To work under the guidance and supervision of qualified members of staff to meet the needs of the clients in their own home. The job may also occasionally require the provision of care of clients in some other primary health care setting. Calderdale provides a 24 hours district nursing service and the job entails supporting this service. The post is for a healthcare assistant working between the hours of 8:00am - 4:00pm (depending on shifts) 7 days a week.

• Applicants must be a motivated and passionate about high quality patient care have excellent interpersonal skills, be flexible and have an ability to work under pressure.
• Assist in the delivery of unscheduled, unpredictable episodes of care on a regular basis, with appropriate use of initiative.
• Be willing to undertaken any additional training appropriate for this role, to enable effective delivery of care of the client group.
• Previous experience in a healthcare setting is desirable.
• It is essential that the candidate is confident , resilient and has a caring nature. We employ more than 6,500 staff who deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals, Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, health centres and in patients' homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.

We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children's and young people's services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services. We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza. We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation. Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS - yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boards listen to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members - patients, staff and the local community. Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in the changes to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.