About this role
Job summary
As a Clinical Support Worker on Ward 25, you will play a vital and rewarding role in supporting children and young people aged 0-18 during their hospital journey. Working alongside Registered Nurses and the wider multidisciplinary team, you will help provide compassionate, safe and personalised care to patients with a range of medical and surgical needs.
You will make a meaningful difference every day by supporting children with personal care, nutrition, hydration, comfort and mobility, while promoting dignity, independence and wellbeing. Following appropriate training and competency assessment, you will undertake clinical duties such as recording observations and blood glucose levels, recognising changes in a patient's condition and promptly escalating concerns.
The role is varied and offers the opportunity to contribute to the smooth running of the ward, including maintaining a safe environment, supporting clinical activities, monitoring supplies and assisting with patient transfers and investigations.
This is a fulfilling role where teamwork, compassion, reliability and good communication are highly valued. You will be supported through training and ongoing development, giving you the opportunity to build your clinical skills and progress within your career while making a genuine difference to the care and experience of children and young people.
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
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Job description Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements Essential
Must understand basic requirements for personalised and individualised care Recognition of a person's right for privacy and dignity
Desirable
Awareness of Safeguarding issues
Qualifications Essential
GCSE Maths and English or equivalent Care Certificate Apprenticeship Level 3 in Care or equivalent vocational experience
Further Training Essential
Ability to attend 3 day clinical induction Committed to attending further training and development as identified
Experience Essential
Able to demonstrate clear and robust verbal and written English communication skills Experience of working as a team Previous care work experience Previous face-to-face customer care experience
Desirable
Previous experience in a hospital setting
Contractual Requirements Essential
Flexible approach Able to work flexibly on a varied shift pattern according to the roster including nights and weekends
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 Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address King's Mill Hospital
Mansfield Road
Sutton-in-Ashfield
NG17 4JL
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)