Senior Clinical Support Worker

NHS; Stafford; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Senior Clinical Support Worker to deliver high-quality patient care. Candidates must possess essential qualifications including GCSE Maths and English and a Full Care Certificate. The role requires prior experience in a healthcare setting and readiness to work shifts. Competitive salary between £24,937 to £26,598 per annum. Join a dynamic team dedicated to patient support and care.

Qualifications

• 12 months experience as a Healthcare Assistant or equivalent.
• Educated to GCSE level 4/C or Level 2 equivalent including Maths and English.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe and supportive care to patients, relatives, and loved ones.
• Work shifts, including nights, weekends, and bank holidays.

Skills

Taking clinical observations

Use of vital paco glucose monitor

Pregnancy testing

Urine analysis (strip)

Wound observation

Simple wound dressing

Education

GCSE Maths and English at grade C/4 or Level 2

Full Care Certificate or NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care

Job description

Senior Clinical Support Worker

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

The closing date is 11 December 2025

University Hospitals of North Midlands is currently unable to provide sponsorship for this role. This is in accordance with UKVI guidelines and legislation, as these roles do not meet the skill nor salary threshold for sponsorship. If you hold a graduate visa, you are welcome to apply for this role; however, UHNM will be unable to offer sponsorship at the end of your graduate visa. You must also have at least six months until your graduate visa expires at the start of your employment for training and operational reasons.

Interviews

To be considered for interview you must bring evidence of the following qualifications:

• GCSE Maths and English at grade C/4 or Level 2 Functional Skills for Maths and English.
• A Full Care Certificate OR NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care (we can only accept NVQ's from a regulated awarding body).

If you hold overseas GCSE equivalent qualifications, you will need to bring an ECCTIS comparability statement for your GCSE equivalent qualifications along with your original certificate.

If you do not bring the above qualifications to your interview, then the interview will not proceed.

Main duties of the job

We are looking to recruit motivated and enthusiastic Senior Clinical Support workers to join our dynamic and friendly teams and provide safe and supportive care to patients, relatives and their loved ones. In this post you would be responsible for providing fundamental elements of patient care as directed by the qualified nursing/midwifery team to ensure our patients receive the highest standard of dignified and respectful care, in accordance with their care plans. We are looking for people who are compassionate and feel passionately about providing a level of care they would wish for their family and friends.

The successful applicants will be based at Royal Stoke University Hospital. As provision of care is a 24‑hour, 7‑days‑a‑week career, you will be required to work shifts, including nights, weekends and bank holidays.

Required skills

Taking Clinical Observations and Recording on Vitals/Papero Venepuncture

• Taking clinical observations
• Use of vital paco glucose monitor
• Pregnancy testing
• Urine analysis (strip)
• Taking fecal samples
• Carry out 12‑lead ECG
• Observing patients for signs of agitation or distress (clinical holding/ restraint)
• Wound observation
• Simple wound dressing
• Removal of peripheral cannula
• Take swabs (e.g., MRSA)
• Support and assist new staff – buddy system / care certificate supervisor

About us

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke‑on‑Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we’re highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM creates and encourages a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co‑created by staff, patients and carers, that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Job responsibilities

For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager.

Person Specification

Experience

• 12 months experience in a professional contract as a Healthcare Assistant or equivalent

Qualifications

• Educated to GCSE level 4/C or Level 2 equivalent, including Maths and English (ECCTIS is required for overseas qualifications)
• Hold a full Care Certificate or NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care (NVQ must be from an accredited awarding body)

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.

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

£24,937 to £26,598 a year Per Annum Pro Rata