About this role
Job summary
Clinical Support Worker positions are available across our Dewsbury, Pinderfields and Pontefract theatres. Up to full time hours are available, with variable shift patterns dependent on site.
This is an exciting opportunity for enthusiastic individuals to join our clinical team within our operating theatre complex. We cover a variety of specialties including: Trauma & Orthopaedics, Emergencies, Colorectal, Upper GI, Urology, ENT, Gynaecology, Robotics and Plastics.
Working alongside nurses, operating department practitioners (ODPs), surgeons, and anaesthetists, you will help ensure our theatres run efficiently while maintaining the highest standards of patient care, dignity, and safety.
Main duties of the job
As a Clinical Support Worker, you will:
Support patients before surgical procedures, ensuring they feel informed, comfortable, and reassured.Assist registered staff with patient preparation and positioning in accordance with theatre protocols.Prepare and restock theatre areas, ensuring equipment and consumables are readily available.Clean and maintain theatre environments between procedures, following infection prevention and control standards.Assist with the safe transfer of patients to and from theatre and recovery areas.Handle specimens, equipment, and documentation in line with local policies.Contribute to maintaining a safe, organised, and efficient clinical environment.Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to deliver exceptional patient care.Participate in mandatory training and ongoing professional development.Be responsible for the accurate use of the Aqua theatre management system, ensuring patient information, theatre activity, and relevant clinical data are recorded promptly and accurately.Maintain complete and timely theatre documentation, ensuring all records comply with Trust policies and legal, professional, and organisational standards.
About us
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield).
We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.
We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.
As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers, home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more.
If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
Job description Job responsibilities
There is a list of core and additional clinical skills required for the role included in the attached job description.
Qualifications
Must have:
Level 2 in numeracy and literacy (or equivalent) Completed Care Certificate accredited by e-learning for healthcare – evidence of both theory and all practical elements of the skills for health 15 standards (training completed via e-learning only will not be accepted)
Plus must have one of the following:
Vocational Level 3 qualification in a Health related subject regulated by OFQUAL For existing Mid Yorkshire staff evidence of Band 2 competency booklet completed Any new employees who can evidence competency of core clinical skills, as outlined above in the CSW Band 3 JD
Experience
Experience of working in a Health and Social Care setting in a Band 2 role or equivalent
Please note: Prior to being invited to interview, all shortlisted candidates will be contacted by the Recruitment Team to provide evidence of all essential qualifications listed in the person specification for the role.
Evidence of these qualifications must be submitted by the deadline provided and will be reviewed to confirm that they meet the essential criteria. Candidates who do not provide the required evidence by the deadline or do not have the correct qualifications, will not be progressed to interview.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Please click 'apply now' to view the full person specification (there is no obligation to submit an application).
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.
Employer details Employer name The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
Address Dewsbury District Hospital
Dewsbury
West Yorkshire
WF13 4HS
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.midyorks.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)