NHSL 217350 Clinical Support Worker (AJM)

NHS Scotland; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Lothian is seeking a Clinical Support Worker (Band 3) to join their nursing family at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People. This role offers a collaborative environment focused on high quality, compassionate care with opportunities for professional development. Candidates should be caring, compassionate, and motivated to provide excellent service.

Qualifications

• Experience in personal care and clinical tasks.
• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• PVG Scheme membership required.

Responsibilities

• Carry out personal care activities and clinical care tasks.
• Support and supervise patients as directed by a Registered Nurse.
• Review and follow individual care plans competently.

Skills

Caring

Compassionate

Leadership

Job description

NHS Lothian is excited to be recruiting to a Clinical Support Worker (Band 3) at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People

We are looking for an inspirational leader who is caring, compassionate and motivated to join our strong, empowered and highly skilled nursing family.

Our Nursing and Midwifery Strategic Plan sets out our Vision, Ambitions and Values that enable excellent care for our patients and service users. It also demonstrates what you can expect from our organisation and what you can aspire to in your own career development. A collaborative, person focused approach is at the very centre of everything we aspire to achieve, and necessary to deliver care that is high quality, compassionate, safe and effective. We continue to work towards having a diverse and inclusive culture for people who work for us and use our services. We want everyone to realise their full potential and make a positive contribution. We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and communities. We are committed to supporting the development of a nursing and midwifery workforce that is made up of diverse skills and experiences. We are interested in your passion for developing with us as a leader as well as demonstrating alignment with the values and ambitions set out in our Strategic Plan. We are committed to providing the strong foundations of clinical education with our Clinical Education and Training team, our education co-ordinators, robust induction programmes and preceptorship as well as working with you to build on your leadership strengths.

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

**Please note we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage**

This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/ record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.

The Senior HCSW works as part of the multidisciplinary team carrying out a range of personal care activities, clinical care tasks and other duties as delegated by and in support of a Registered Nurse.

Support and supervision are provided by the Registered Nurse.

In partnership with the Registered Nurse the Senior HCSW will review the patient’s individual care plan and will competently perform the necessary aspects of care, within their scope of clinical practise, for the patient as per the individual care plan to ensure delivery of a high standard, recording care delivery and reporting back to the Registered Nurse.

For further information on what is included in the role and what skills/experience are being looked for, click on the links at the bottom of the screen to the job description and person specification. If after reading this information you have any questions please contact Lewis Doult on 0131 312 0738 or email [e-mail]