Clinical Support Worker Higher Level | East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 10 June 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £22,816 - £24,336 Per Annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 July 2024 |
| Location: | Stevenage, SG1 4AB |
| Company: | East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6324257/361-6324257 |
Summary
We are recruiting for a Clinical Support Worker Higher Level who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
We are a friendly and welcoming unit caring for patients with acute and chronic kidney disease.
You will provide assistance to the nursing team in the process of haemodialysis and work collaboratively and co-operatively to meet the needs of patients and their families within the sphere of his/her level of competence related to in-service training, at the discretion of the unit sister.
We offer a renal rotation programme across ward nursing, renal acute dialysis unit and haemodialysis units. Interested applicants will need to be able to work across our five dialysis sites based at Lister, Bedford, Harlow, Luton and St Albans.
We have a dedicated education team to support you with your professional development. You can take part in masterclasses, e-learning modules, action learning and clinical competency assessments
Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
To provide a high standard of nursing care to meet the needs of patients with supervision and support from senior colleagues
Prepare each individuals environment, equipment and materials appropriately for the procedure prior to starting the procedure.
Prepare for, undertake and record haemodialysis treatment as delegated.
Be responsible for the accurate recording of clinical observations and data relating to patients care, ensuring any concerns are discussed with the senior colleagues.
To identify clinical changes in patients and seek timely advice from senior colleagues whenever necessary
Undertake the delegated task/assessments correctly, effectively, to time and report back on those aspects of assessments.
Move patients, machinery and goods in accordance with East & North Herts NHS Trust policies and procedures, whilst identifying and minimising the risks involve
Assisting with medication administration upon successful completion of level 3 apprenticeship and relevant competency assessment.
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.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specificationapplicantpack for further detailed informationregardingthis role.
This advert closes on Monday 24 Jun 2024