Clinical support worker

NHS; Carlisle; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Carlisle is seeking a Clinical Support Worker to support the nursing team in providing essential patient care. The candidate will be required to undertake the Care Certificate and work flexible hours, including nights and weekends. Experience in health and social care is desirable. The organization offers a range of benefits including a holiday scheme and NHS discounts. Join a team committed to delivering high-quality healthcare services in a supportive environment.

Benefits

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

NHS Discounts

Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars

Confidential counselling service

Qualifications

• Experience in health and social care required.
• Knowledge of data protection legislation and health and safety at work legislation.
• Willingness to undertake further training.

Responsibilities

• Support the registered nursing team in providing patient care.
• Undertake the Care Certificate to enhance knowledge.
• Work flexible hours including days, nights, and weekends.

Skills

Good communication and interpersonal skills

Time-keeping, planning and prioritisation skills

Basic IT skills to use electronic patient records

Caring and empathetic

Attention to detail

Education

Level 3 vocational qualification

National care certificate or commitment

Job description

Clinical support worker AMU ( CIC )

Information:

This job is now closed

Job summary

Clinical support worker, Band 3, 69 hours available

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work on AMU at the Cumberland Infirmary. An Emergency Medical Assessment Unit covering a variety of specialities including cardiology, respiratory, gastro, elderly care, haematology and renal.

We pride ourselves on the excellent teamwork displayed within the unit which is reflected in the positive feedback received from our patients.

We offer extended learning opportunities to enhance your skills and support further education.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidates will work in support of the registered nursing team in providing the fundamentals of care for our patients. You will be expected to undertake the Care Certificate to enhance your knowledge and the care that you provide.

The role requires staff to work days, nights and weekends.

The essential criteria for this role includes the requirement to have a care certificate or the willingness and ability to undertake this. For further information, please see the additional information link which can be viewed under the "read this before applying" section.

About us

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':

• Being a clinically led organisation
• Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
• A positive patient experience every time
• A great place to work
• Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updatedL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

Disclosure and Barring Service

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.

The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £5.90 = £27.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £5.90 = £55.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

Benefits

NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:

• 27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
• NHS Discounts*
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*
• Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
• *Subject to eligibility

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Level 3 vocational qualification or short courses and completion of competency workbook equivalent to level 3 in a range of patient and clinical care duties.
• Theoretical knowledge
• Experience of a range of care and related procedures
• Clinical observations
• Knowledge of data protection legislation and health and safety at work legislation
• National care certificate or commitment to complete within 12 weeks of commencing employment
• Numeracy and literacy level 2
• Undertaken relevant additional training for clinical support workers care (willingness to complete within one year of start date) or equivalent experience

Knowlege and Experience

• Experience in health and social care
• Experience of undertaking and recording clinical observations and escalating changes or findings
• Working knowledge of legislation underpinning care provision
• Understanding of the importance of robust, accurate, clear and timely documentation
• Insight into behaviours and skills of a carer and the need the need for effective teamwork.
• Knowledge of safeguarding
• Understanding work related boundaries
• Awareness of GDPR and the need for confidentiality
• Familiarity with current NHS and social care policies
• Clinical policies and porocedures
• Evidence of understanding of trust business
• Experience of working in the trust previously

skills and aptitudes

• Good communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to adopt appropriate styles ad methods of communication.
• Time-keeping, planning and prioritisation skills.
• Basic IT skills to use electronic patient records and other trust systems.
• Analytical and judgement skills to make decisions based on service user interactions, observations and metrics
• Ability to demonstrate the importance of patient centred care and related procedures.
• Attention to detail and ability to use initiative
• Ability to demonstrate the compassionate values and behaviours needed for dignified care.
• Desire to encourage and support patients to remain independent. Pro active approach.
• Ability to deal with a wide range of people at all levels including patients, carers, families and members of the MDT.
• Caring and empathetic with personal resilience.
• Ability to work calmy and effectively under pressure and presenting as courteous, respectful and helpful whilst understanding the importance of professional image.
• Reliable, dependable and adaptable.
• Venepuncture

Personal Circumstances

• Willing to work flexible hours including nights, weekends and bank holidays,
• Flexible and versatile approach to meet service needs.
• Ability t ravel between the sites from which the trust undertakes it's business, or attend meetings or training off-site.

Other Requirements

• Alignment to Trust Values and Core Behaviours
• Promote equality and value diversity

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 name

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

£24,937 to £26,598 a yearPer Annum Pro Rata