health care support worker

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cancer care provider in Liverpool seeks motivated individuals for a role in the Outpatient Department. Responsibilities include collaboration with healthcare professionals, performing phlebotomy, and providing patient support. Excellent communication skills are essential, and previous phlebotomy experience is desirable. Join a team committed to enhancing cancer care and delivering exceptional patient outcomes. This is a rewarding opportunity to contribute to a prestigious healthcare organization.

Qualifications

• Flexible, enthusiastic, and motivated individuals are required.
• Experience in phlebotomy is desired.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with registered nurses and clinicians.
• Support various clinical teams and activities.
• Perform phlebotomy and assist clinicians with endoscopic procedures.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Phlebotomy experience

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Outpatient Department at Clatterbridge Cancer Centre Liverpool, Aintree and Paddington sites. Applications are welcome from flexible, enthusiastic and motivated individuals. Excellent communication skills are essential and phlebotomy experience is desired.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with registered nurses, clinicians and members of the Multi‑Disciplinary Team within the Outpatient Department.
• Support a wide variety of clinical teams and activities within the department including endoscope, ECG, phlebotomy, PICC & Port access and care, SACT assessment clinics, providing a varied working day with daily learning opportunities.
• Clerical duties; providing hands‑on care, assistance and emotional support to patients and their relatives; performing phlebotomy, PICC and Port access and care; assisting the clinicians with endoscopic procedures, cleaning, safe handling and storage of the endoscopes; observations, urinalysis, BM recording, ECG recording; preparing for clinics and maintaining high standards of documentation and record keeping.

About the Trust

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s leading cancer centres providing highly specialist cancer care to a population of 2.4m people across Cheshire and Merseyside and surrounding areas including North Wales and the Isle of Man.

Our vision is to not only maintain this level of commitment to excellence but to work with our academic and healthcare partners across the region to ensure care, treatment and patient outcomes continuously improve in the future. We are very proud of all our expert and loyal staff and we welcome people who share the collective aim of delivering excellence in everything that we do.

Our values represent who we are and what we believe in. They define how we act to deliver the best possible care for our patients and shape The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a great place to work.