About this role
Job summary
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Senior Health Care Support Worker
Outpatients Department, CCC Liverpool, Aintree and PaddingtonPart time (28.5 hours per week, working 3 days 08:00am-18:00pm)
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.
The role involves working collaboratively with registered nurses, clinicians and members of the Multi-Disciplinary Team within the Outpatient Department.
Outpatients currently support a wide variety of clinical teams and activities within the department including endoscope, ECG, phlebotomy, PICC & Port access and care, SACT assessment clinics. This offers our staff a varied working day and daily learning opportunities.
Main duties of the job
The senior health care support worker role involvesthe undertaking of 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 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 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.
We are -
Kind Empowered Responsible Inclusive
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details about this exciting role on offer at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications Essential
Good general education/ Literacy & Numeracy or willing to work towards obtaining Working towards or prepared to work towards obtaining an apprenticeship in clinical healthcare. Holds National Care Certificate
Desirable
Level 3 Senior Healthcare Support Worker
Knowledge Essential
Awareness and understanding of importance of confidentiality Accuracy and attention to detail Demonstrate interest in healthcare services Knowledge of Infection Control processes Knowledge of Safeguarding processes Caring / supportive attitude
Experience Essential
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 (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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details Employer name The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHSFT
Address The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Liverpool
65 Pembroke Place
Liverpool
L7 8YA
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.clatterbridgecc.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)