Clinical Support Worker - Ward 2

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust; Walsall; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Walsall is seeking individuals to assist in delivering comprehensive patient care. Responsibilities include hygiene care, monitoring patient's health status, and supporting nursing staff. The role offers opportunities for full-time and part-time shifts, requiring flexibility across various hours. Ideal candidates will have experience in healthcare support roles and good communication skills. Being part of a newly enhanced care unit provides an exciting work environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in hygiene care, nutrition, and hydration practices.
• Ability to assist in taking and recording patient's observations.
• Good communication skills for reporting health status changes.

Responsibilities

• Deliver hygiene care, nutrition, and support for rehabilitation.
• Assist and record patient observations.
• Report patient health status changes to nursing staff.

Job description

Assist in undertaking activities of living in accordance with the care plan prescribed by staff.

Responsibilities

• Delivery of hygiene care, nutrition and hydration, continence care, pressure area care, mobility and rehabilitation and offer psychological support.
• Assist in taking and recording patient’s observations.
• Report changes to patient’s health status to trained nurse for action.
• Support registered nursing staff with clinical treatments and investigations as appropriate, to the level of knowledge and skill. This may include escorting patients to other departments within the hospital and on occasion to other departments and specialist units off site.

Other Duties

• Assist in maintaining general clerical activities to support the clinical environment and patient care: answering the telephone, taking and passing on messages to the relevant person, filing, keeping patient bedside records tidy, etc.
• Attend ward staff meetings and, where necessary, act as a ward representative at specific meetings at the ward manager’s request.
• Maintain confidentiality in relation to patients and the information obtained, either verbally, written or electronically.

Working Hours

Part‑time and Full‑time hours are available. Applicants must be willing to work over the twenty‑four hour day and have a mixture of shifts (days, nights, weekends).

About Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 284,300. It provides inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development was completed in 2010, and ongoing upgrades ensure the Trust now has state‑of‑the‑art facilities, including a Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit. A new Urgent and Emergency Care Centre, opened in March 2023, has significantly improved emergency care facilities and capacity, providing almost 5,000 square metres of additional clinical space.