About this role
Job summary
We are looking for a compassionate and experienced Clinical Support Worker to join our dedicated Respiratory team. This is an exciting opportunity to develop your skills within a specialist environment while making a real difference to patients with a range of acute and chronic respiratory conditions.
Based within our 24-bed Respiratory Support Unit (RSU), you will work alongside a skilled multidisciplinary team to deliver safe, effective and person-centred care. You will support patients with their physical and emotional needs, helping to maintain their dignity, comfort and safety throughout their care.
The RSU is a busy and rewarding environment, caring for patients who may require specialist respiratory support or airway management. We pride ourselves on teamwork, professionalism and providing high-quality compassionate care.
If you are caring, motivated and keen to develop your experience within respiratory services, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
Please see the job description for full details of the main responsibilities 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
Person Specification
Further Training
Essential
- Ability to attend 3 day clinical induction
- Committed to attending further training and development as identified
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Flexible Approach
- Able to work flexibly on a varied shift pattern according to the roster including nights and weekends
Experience
Essential
- Able to demonstrate clear and robust verbal and written English communication skills
- Experience of working as part of a team
- Previous Care work experience
- Previous face-to-face customer care experience
Desirable
- Previous experience in a hospital setting
Qualifications
Essential
- Care Certificate
- GCSE Maths and English or equivalent
- Apprenticeship Level 3 in Care of equivalent vocational experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Must understand basic requirements for personalised and individualised care
- Recognise people's right to privacy and dignity, treating every person with respect
Desirable
- Awareness of Safeguarding issues
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
Kingsmill Hospital
Mansfield Road
Sutton-in-Ashfield
NG17 4JL
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)