Clinical Support Worker - Day Surgery Unit

Nhs-1; Kendal; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust in Kendal is seeking a Clinical Support Worker to join the Day Surgery Unit. In this Band 3 role you will support pre- and post-operative patients across multiple specialties, working alongside nurses and clinicians.

Hours are 37.5 per week with options for full-time or part-time contracts; salary is £25,760 to £27,476 per annum pro rata. The post emphasises development, equality and a no-smoking policy, with opportunities across the

Qualifications

• Basic literacy and numeracy skills.
• Willingness to undertake NVQ levels 2 and 3 in care.
• Willingness to learn and develop in a busy day surgery unit.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the Trust Appraisal and Personal Development.
• Identify development needs with a clinical supervisor and create development plans.
• Report untoward incidents and respond to patient or relative complaints.
• Ensure clinical practice is safe and appropriate.
• Assist RNs in benchmarking clinical standards.
• Keep mandatory training up to date.
• Support equality, diversity, rights and quality.
• Contribute to development of healthcare standards and service development.

Skills

Good basic hygiene skills

Follow clear instructions

Teamwork

Work on own initiative

NHS awareness

Education

NVQ level 2 in care related area

NVQ level 3 in care related area

Basic literacy & numeracy skills

Job description

Main area Surgery Grade NHS AfC:Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Other

37.5 hours per week (various hours available) Job ref 331-8169535-UHMB

Employer University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Westmorland General Hospital Town Kendal Salary £25,760 - £27,476 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 19/10/2026 23:59

Clinical Support Worker - Day Surgery Unit

NHS AfC:Band 3

''Creating a great place to be cared for and a great place to work''

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has a firm commitment to strengthening the diversity of our workforce, and therefore welcome and encourage applications from likeminded people who can support our ambition to become effortlessly inclusive. We are particularly keen to hear from protected groups – including BAME, LGBT+ and people with a disability.

Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated & friendly clinical support worker to join our busy day surgery team. We as a department work over 3 levels of Westmorland General Hospital. On level 3 we have 20 beds for pre and post surgery patients undergoing a day surgery procedure including a full range of surgical specialities.

We also run urology / chronic pain clinics / ophthalmology surgeries from units on level 1 and level 2 during where you will be working alongside nurses and clinicians providing diagnostic services such as cystoscopies, precision point biopsies and outpatient one stop clinics.

Main duties of the job

• Participate in the Trust Appraisal and Personal Development
• Plan process by identifying your own development needs and agreeing development plans for these needs with a clinical supervisor/mentor.
• Ensure awareness of when and how to report untoward incident and how to respond appropriately with patients’ or relatives complaints.
• Ensure that your clinical practice is safe and appropriate at all times.
• Assist the RN’s in the benchmarking of clinical standards.
• Ensure your required mandatory and competency based training is kept up to date.
• Ensures that own actions support equality, diversity, rights and maintain quality.
• Participate in the continued development of healthcare standards and service development.

Working for our organisation

We operate from three main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community health care premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/

Education and qualifications

• Basic literacy and numeracy skills
• Willingness to undertake NVQ level 2 in care related area
• Willingness to undertake NVQ level 3 in care related area

Experience

• Previous experience of working with the general public
• Manual handling of patients, using lifting aids.

Skills, ability and knowledge

• Good basic hygiene skills
• Ability to follow a clear instruction and feed back to senior staff.
• Ability to work as part of a team, as well as on own initiative or with minimal supervision.
• Awareness of the NHS structure and current issues

PLEASE NOTE THAT SHORTLISTED APPLICANTS WILL BE CONTACTED BY EMAIL.

Internal only posts are only open to employees of UHMBT and this does not include employees of OneLSC working in our hospitals.

The trust promotes flexible working opportunities where ever possible to enable staff to balance their work and home life. We are committed to Equal Opportunities and aim to be EffortlesslyInclusive .

The trust operates a No Smoking Policy.

Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our Person Specification will be shortlisted for Interview.

We reserve the right to close a job advert early where sufficient applications have been received.

The Trust does not offer interview expenses to shortlisted candidates unless indicated in the advert

If the post is subject to Disclosure & Barring Service checking, there is a charge of £41.00 for Enhanced and £20.00 for Standard & Basic clearance and additional to this a £4.90 administration fee will be made to the successful candidate(s). This currently only applies to roles Band 6 and above and Medical & Dental posts.

Anyone newly appointed to the trust under the Agenda For Change contract, will be subject to the completion of a satisfactory 4 month probationary period. This will give the new staff member an opportunity to become familiar with the role and working environment.

We have introduced a new system called Pre-Onboarding, specifically to support you right the way through to your first few months in your new role with us atUHMB. This bespoke site has lots of useful information to help you settle into your new roleincluding: what to expect from the recruitment clearances process, where to get a uniform, when you'll get paid etc. As well as information on a number of our services i.e. Infection Prevention, Anti-fraud, Inclusion and Diversity, Care Certificates and much more. To access click on this link https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/uhmbt-pre-onboarding .

Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.