Clinical Support Worker - Bladder & Bowel Specialist Service

South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust; Royal Leamington Spa; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a dedicated Band 3 Clinical Support Worker to join their community Bladder and Bowel Specialist Service. The successful candidate will support compassionate personal care and patient reassessments across home and clinic settings. NVQ3 qualification in Health and Social Care is essential, alongside a full driving license and access to a vehicle. Join a Trust rated Outstanding to help enhance the dignity and quality of care for patients in South Warwickshire.

Qualifications

• Experience in health and social care as a support worker.
• Full driving licence and access to a car are essential.
• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Undertake reassessments of patients in various settings.
• Support registered professionals in delivering patient care.
• Assist in preventing early admission into residential care.

Skills

Experience in health and social care

Compassionate patient care

Health promotion skills

Education

NVQ3 in Health and Social Care

Job description

Overview

The Band 3 Clinical Support Worker will work as part of the community Bladder and Bowel Specialist Service to undertake high quality, caring and compassionate personal care and associated duties as delegated to them by the Bladder and Bowel nurse Specialist under their direction but not direct supervision of the registered staff and working as part of the multi-disciplinary team.

Are you motivated and committed to providing quality care, enhancing patient care and dignity at the core of our service.

Would you like to join a very experienced team in delivering continence care to the residents within South Warwickshire?

The team strives to not only identify the reasons for the cause of the bladder or bowel dysfunction but aims to cure and where this is not achievable to manage with the appropriate treatment options, restoring dignity and independence to the individual.

This job description is to be read in conjunction with the person specification for this particular job.

Key responsibilities

As a Band 3 Clinical Support Worker (CSW) you make a valuable and important contribution to the delivery of high-quality healthcare, supporting the registered professional in the delivery of safe, effective, compassionate patient care in the patient's home, residential homes or a clinic room setting. Key responsibilities include undertaking reassessments of patients in both the patient's own home and residential care setting, providing health promotion to patients and their carers or relatives whenever possible, and helping to prevent early admission into residential care due to poor continence management.

Qualifications

We are looking for a Health Care Support worker with experience in health and social care NVQ3 in Health and Social Care. A full driving licence and car ownership/driver are essential.

About our Trust

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to help us improve even further. In addition, our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work. We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from hospitals in Warwick, Stratford‑Upon‑Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston‑on‑Stour to community services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.

Our values

Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion we encourage all applicants to complete a short survey. This can be accessed via the link below: https://forms.office.com/e/ahWY3eAGM2