About this role
Job summary Job Summary Are you a Clinical Support Worker seeking to advance your career? We are currently recruiting enthusiastic and motivated Senior Clinical Support Workers to join our older adult medical wards. Ward J08 is a 31-bedded Older Adult General Medicine ward dedicated to delivering high-quality care for the population of Leeds aged 75 and over. It caters to a diverse group of elderly male and female patients.
The ideal candidates will have a proven track record of providing safe, compassionate care to patients. Excellent interpersonal skills are essential. A positive, flexible approach and team oriented mindset are required. We primarily seek a Senior Clinical Worker to work predominantly on day shifts, as this will benefit the ward team and help maintain high standards of care during daytime operations.
Main duties of the job Why you should join our Team The Speciality and Integrated Medicine (SIM) clinical unit encompasses many specialities, a broad range of jobs and a common goal of providing seamless integrated patient- centred care. We strive to be SIMply the best!
Our services include Older Peoples Medicine (including Same Day Emergency Care), Diabetes, Endocrinology, HIV Outpatients, Leeds Sexual Health, Infectious Diseases and a variety of related specialisms. We work closely with other teams across the Trust, facilitating the admission, care and discharge of one of its largest acute patient cohorts.
At Speciality and Integrated Medicine CSU, we aim to be a fair and supportive CSU with positive, caring teams who are champions of the Leeds Way values. Our values are part of what makes us different from other trusts, so we see this as both a strength and a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:
Patient-centred
Collaborative
Fair
Accountable
Empowered
Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed.
About us The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time.
Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care.
We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page.
Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.
Job description Job responsibilities For questions about this job, contact:
Name: Zanele Tshabangu Position: Senior Sister Email: [email protected] Phone number: 01132069108
What you will bring to the role You will be part of a friendly and supportive team that is creative and enthusiastic. Your role will involve providing both direct and indirect compassionate care to patients in support of the multidisciplinary team. You will undertake a range of delegated clinical patient care duties and may work under direct or indirect supervision by a registered practitioner.
The successful candidate will assist in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of care as part of the multidisciplinary team. You are expected to maintain high standards of patient care through effective planning, implementation, and delivery. You should be proactive in taking appropriate actions and acting independently to achieve desired outcomes.
Additionally, you will lead and support a team of clinical support workers, new clinical support works and apprentice clinical support workers.
It is essential that all practice aligns with Trust policies, guidelines, standards, statutory requirements, and that you operate within your defined competency boundaries.
About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:
Patient-centred Collaborative Fair Accountable Empowered
All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values
We’re committed to recruiting exceptional people to deliver outstanding services across Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and helping every colleague reach their full potential. We’re looking for a compassionate, inclusive, and collaborative leader who shares our values and can build strong partnerships. We warmly invite applications from people from a variety of backgrounds and sectors, and are especially keen to hear from individuals from a minority ethnic background. We’re dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, supported, and has a true sense of belonging, as we work together to deliver the best in healthcare to the people of Leeds and beyond.
Sponsorship Eligibility To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.
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Employer details Employer name Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Address St James’s University Hospital
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS9 7TF
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)