Clinical Support Worker – Baird Ward | East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 18 November 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,937 - £26,598 per annum, pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 December 2025 |
| Location: | St Leonards on Sea, TN37 7RD |
| Company: | ESHT |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7624804/374-LVB7017-D |
Summary
Baird Wardis an acute respiratory/medical ward supported by ward-based Consultants. Patients are admitted from A&E, AAU, and ITU/HDU when ready for ward-level care. Our goal is to deliver excellent patient care, reduce hospital stay length, and maintain patient flow. This is achieved through daily multidisciplinary meetings involving the Hospital Intervention Team, Social Services, medical teams, and nursing staff to review each patient’s needs, management plan, and discharge pathway.
We are seeking experienced Clinical Support Workers. Hospital experience is desirable but not essential. Applicants must have GCSE English and Maths (Grade C/4), or Functional Skills, plus a Care Certificate or NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care (or equivalent). Responsibilities include delegated clinical procedures (e.g., cannula removal), physiological observations, patient escorting, personal care, documentation, and booking hospital transport.
Successful candidates will complete an induction including all mandatory Trust training. We welcome motivated individuals committed to high standards of care and professional development. You must work well in a team, use initiative, and communicate effectively. We offer a supportive environment with mentorship, supervision, and a strong team ethos where staff are empowered to make a real difference.
The role will be toprovide delegated clinical procedures such as removal of cannula, undertake physiological observations, escort patients from clinical areas, provide personal care and accurately document all interventions. You will also be responsible for booking Hospital transport to take patients home.
A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to onsite nurseries. staff restaurants and accommodation.
In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme. Onsite parking is available from only £50 a year.
There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, submit your application today.
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This advert closes on Tuesday 2 Dec 2025
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