Harm Free Care Clinical Support Worker

NHS; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading NHS organization as a Harm Free Care Clinical Support Worker, dedicated to providing high-quality care for elderly patients. This role involves supporting patients with fragility fractures, ensuring their needs are met while working closely with a multidisciplinary team. With a commitment to your professional development, we offer training opportunities and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave on commencement

Access to NHS discounts

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a health setting.
• Willingness to undertake further study.

Responsibilities

• Meet the direct and indirect care needs of patients under the supervision of a Registered Nurse.
• Ensure high standards of patient care in line with Trust policies.

Skills

Communication

Patient Care

Teamwork

Education

NVQ level 3 or equivalent

Job description

Go back East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Harm Free Care Clinical Support Worker

The closing date is 27 May 2025

Do you want to make a difference and become part of our compassionate, dedicated & patient centred team? Do you have a passion for supporting patients admitted with a fragility fracture?

We are looking for a dedicated, enthusiastic health care assistant with a passion for providing high quality care for patients admitted to Needham Ward. The patient group are general elderly, frail and have a neck of femur fracture and often will have a cognitive impairment such as dementia or delirium.

This role encompasses all aspects of patient care, including pressure sore assessment and prevention, falls management, nutrition and continence assessment and management. As the support worker your role includes ensuring timely assessments are undertaken and provide ongoing involvement in the care of all patients, especially those deemed at high risk.

Good communication skills are essential as you will be working closely with members of the multidisciplinary team, including therapy, orthogeriatrician consultant and fracture liaison nurses.

In return we will be committed to supporting you to develop and enhance your skills and to feel confident in your role

Main duties of the job

• To meet the needs of the Trust with regard to Induction, mandatory and statutory training
• To meet the direct and indirect care needs of patients under the delegation and supervision of a Registered Nurse
• To ensure high standards of patient care at all times, in line with Trust policies and guidelines
• To work as an effective member of the nursing and wider multi-professional healthcare team
• To work within the boundaries of the role of the HCA supporting more junior colleagues as required and refer to the Registered Nurse as appropriate

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

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Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Experience

• Previous experience in a health setting
• Experience within an acute setting

Qualifications

• Evidence of completed competencies as part of a professional portfolio
• NVQ level 3 or equivalent
• Evidence of functional skills or willingness to undertake
• Willingness to undertake further study

Knowledge

• Awareness of physical, psychological and spiritual needs of patients relatives and carers.
• Awareness of the nature of the carers role in assisting patients to fulfil basic human needs
• Knowledge of clinical procedures and observations
• Knowledge of relevant legislation
• Understanding of risk management, health and safety issues, including safe manual handling.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust