Clinical Support Worker | Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Trust; East Grinstead; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS hospital in East Grinstead is seeking Clinical Support Workers to provide empathetic and competent care in the day surgery unit. Ideal candidates will demonstrate caring qualities, reliability, and teamwork. Opportunities for career development, including training programs, are available. The role involves working closely with patients and staff to ensure high standards of care and efficient service delivery.

Benefits

Developmental opportunities

Care Certificate enrollment

Apprenticeship programs

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a health care setting is desirable.
• Orientation, training and supervision will be provided.

Responsibilities

• Provide effective, safe patient-focused care.
• Assist all staff in the daily running of the day surgery unit.
• Ensure patients, relatives, and carers are dealt with in a friendly and efficient manner.

Skills

Empathy

Caring

Compassion

Reliability

Self-motivation

Basic IT skills

Job description

Overview

Day Surgery

Our ideal candidates will be empathetic, caring and compassionate. You will also be reliable, self motivated and able to work as a member of the team assisting all staff in the daily running of the day surgery unit and providing high standards of care to patients pre and post surgery.

Previous experience in a health care setting is desirable although orientation, training and supervision will be provided. Basic IT skills are beneficial.

Queen Victoria Hospital offers developmental opportunities for Clinical Support Workers. You will be enrolled on the Care Certificate with the opportunity to apply for the various apprenticeship programmes.

The Clinical Support Workers work as part of the team with the supervision of registered practitioners to provide effective, safe patient focused care at all times.

Contribute to the development of the care environment with a positive, professional attitude.

Contribute to the maintenance of daily provision of service and care to meet the individual needs of patients and department.

To support the smooth running of the department and ensure patients, relatives and carers are dealt with in a friendly and efficient manner.

You will ensure that policies and guidelines are adhered to.

About the Hospital

Rated GOOD overall with outstanding care by the CQC. A specialist NHS hospital providing life-changing reconstructive surgery, burns care and rehabilitation services across the South of England and beyond.

A centre of excellence, with an international reputation for pioneering advanced techniques and treatments. Everything we do is informed by our passion for providing the highest quality care and the best clinical outcomes.

At QVH we are proud of our achievements and our specialist services continue to record excellent clinical outcomes for patients. We regularly receive excellent results from patient satisfaction surveys and on average 98% of inpatients say they would recommend the hospital to their family or friends.

Our success is underpinned by the skills and enthusiasm of our staff and a strong culture of partnership. We are fully committed to training and development of the workforce with support for continuing education and learning.

Clinical roles

• The Clinical Support Worker; Higher Level will work as part of the team with minimal supervision of registered practitioners to provide effective and safe patient centred care with the additional responsibility of undertaking a range of delegated clinical care duties, such as basic observations, blood glucose monitoring.
• Contribute to the development of the care environment with a positive, professional attitude.
• Contribute to the maintenance of daily provision of service and care to meet the individual needs of patients and department.
• To support the smooth running of the department and ensuring that service users are treated in a friendly and efficient manner.
• Opportunities are available to develop your career within health care.

This advert closes on Monday 22 Sep 2025