About this role
Job summary
We are recruiting for a Clinical Support Worker - Critical Carewho shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients
We have 20 critical care beds and can offer you broad experience in caring for critically ill adults in an innovative, challenging and aspirational workplace. We are committed to advancing nursing practice and our Clinical Nurse Educator provides in-house training and support for clinical and professional development.
Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
Main duties of the job
Examples of some of the responsibilities within the role of Clinical Support Worker:
Washing / dressing patients Taking patients physiological observations i.e. temperature, pulse, respiration rate, blood pressure, weight, blood sugar levels. Making beds and cleaning bed spaces Serving meals and assisting feeding patients Talking / listening to patients and their relatives.
The post incorporates undertaking a Apprenticeship if you are eligible. To achieve this you will attend apprenticeship workshops on site, consisting of assignments, group work and functional skills exams in Maths and English and observations in the clinical setting.
As a Clinical Support Worker you will be based on the Critical Care Unit and you will provide our patients with the highest standards of care during their stay at the Trust and become a valued member of our team.
You will be required to work: Days, Nights, Weekends and Bank Holidays. If successfully shortlisted you will have to do a role based assessment.
About us
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
The Lister Hospital, Stevenage New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City Hertford County, Hertford Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification information pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Training Essential
Care Certificate
Desirable
Committed to undertake the Care Certificate course within the first 12 weeks of commencing GCSEs (or equivalent qualification or standard) in English and Math Previous experience in a healthcare setting or caring environment
Previous Experience Desirable
Experience of healthcare or care work Experience of working with the general public or a range of different people
Skills Essential
Ability to communicate effectively in a variety of settings with patients, relatives, carers and other members of staff of varying levels of understanding Evidence of being self-motivated Evidence of working effectively as part of a team Basic IT skills - ability to use keyboard or willingness to develop Excellent time management and organisational skills Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to use them to communicate effectively with patients within a multi-disciplinary team Ability to work in a busy, sometimes pressurized environment Ability to work to deadlines Ability to use judgement on when to escalate issues and problems
Knowledge Essential
Understand the role of a clinical support worker (healthcare support worker)
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 East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Address Lister Hospital
Coreys Mill Lane
Stevenage
SG1 4AB
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)