Senior Health Care Support Worker

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

Job summary

A leading cancer care organization in Liverpool is looking for a Senior Health Care Support Worker for their Chemotherapy Treatment Unit. The role includes supporting nursing staff, providing emotional support to patients, and performing essential healthcare tasks. The candidate should have good communication skills and experience in a healthcare setting. This is a full-time position offering competitive salary under the NHS pay scale.

Qualifications

• Education in healthcare or willing to work towards it.
• Experience working in a healthcare setting.
• Interest in healthcare services.

Responsibilities

• Assist chemotherapy nursing staff.
• Perform phlebotomy and monitor blood transfusion patients.
• Provide emotional support to patients and their relatives.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Cannulation experience

IT skills

Education

Good general education / Literacy & Numeracy

National Care Certificate

Working towards Level 3 Senior Healthcare Support Worker

Job description

Job Summary

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Senior Health Care Support Worker, Chemotherapy Treatment Unit, CCC Liverpool, full time - 37.5 hours

8-6 Monday to Friday with the potential of Saturday working in the future.

A full time opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to work alongside and support our chemotherapy team. The post provides support to Registered Nurses and other members of the multi-professional team to deliver nursing care and treatment within the out-patient chemotherapy environment and includes the chemotherapy network clinics. The Senior Health Care Support Worker role also involves the undertaking of clerical duties; providing hands-on care, assistance and emotional support to patients and their relatives; performing phlebotomy, performing observations (T.P.R.), blood pressure, pulse and respiration (BM), urinalysis and to monitor blood transfusion patients, record observations and maintain documentation.

Responsibilities

• To assist chemotherapy nursing staff
• To undertake clerical duties
• To provide hands-on care, assistance and emotional support to patients and their relatives
• To provide indirect support, as part of the Chemotherapy Nursing Team, to ensure that the area to which they are assigned functions effectively
• To drive to network clinics and provide the same support and duties in these outreach clinics
• To perform phlebotomy, perform observations (T.P.R.), BM, and urinalysis
• To monitor blood transfusion patients, record observations and maintain documentation
• To perform cannulation when necessary
• IT skills and knowledge required

Excellent communication skills are essential and cannulation experience is desired. The successful candidate should have efficient computer skills to ensure that patients are correctly clerked and details inputted are accurate. The main skills that will be achieved through training are access to central venous access devices. General healthcare duties include supporting patients and caring for them and their activities of daily living (ADLs).

About Us

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 the surrounding areas, including North Wales and the Isle of Man. Our vision is to maintain this level of commitment to excellence and work with partners to ensure care, treatment and patient outcomes continuously improve in the future. We are proud of our staff and welcome people who share the aim of delivering excellence in everything we do. Our values are: Kind, Empowered, Responsible, Inclusive.

Details

Date posted: 23 September 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 3

Salary: £24,937 to £26,598 a year per annum

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 158-25-230-LCTU

Job locations: The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Liverpool, 65 Pembroke Place, Liverpool L7 8YA

Job Description and Person Specification

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details about this role at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.

Person Specification

Essential

• Education & Qualifications: Good general education / Literacy & Numeracy or willing to work towards obtaining; working towards or prepared to work towards an apprenticeship in clinical healthcare; holds National Care Certificate

Desirable

• Level 3 Senior Healthcare Support Worker

Knowledge

• Confidentiality awareness; accuracy and attention to detail; interest in healthcare services; caring/supportive attitude; knowledge of Infection Control and Safeguarding processes

Experience

• Experience working in a healthcare setting; experience of caring for patients

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and requires a disclosure check.

Employer details

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHSFT, 65 Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L7 8YA

Employer's website: https://www.clatterbridgecc.nhs.uk/