Clinical Support Worker

Job summary
Up to 37.5 Hours per week (Initial Contract will be fixed term for 12 months)

Clinical support workers (CSW) play a vital role in providing excellent care to patients across all NHS care settings. They can help patients with social and physical activities, personal care, mobility, mealtimes, booking appointments etc.

CSWs can work in hospitals, GP practices, people's own homes or in the community; roles can vary depending on the environment in which they work.

They can work with many different patient groups, of all ages, including those receiving acute care, people with learning disabilities, physical disabilities or mental health conditions, and in maternity services.

The CSW role can also lead to a range of career opportunities. With the right support, those who exemplify the skills and core values essential to delivering high-quality, compassionate care could, and can, go on to become our future nurses, nursing associates and midwives.

The successful candidates will have excellent communication and basic IT skills and you must be able to work on your own under appropriate supervision. You will also be required to complete the care certificate within 6 months probationary period.

Please note if you are based in the Community, you must have access to a vehicle for work purposes to meet the requirements of the role.

Main duties of the job
This innovative support team will be deployed to support all sites and departments to support with the highest level of patient care. You will provide a range of nursing skills to meet the needs of our patients in a safe and caring environment that promotes dignity, privacy and respect. This post will offer you valuable experience and excellent opportunities to develop a career in care.

The opportunities to progress are endless; you can choose to specialise in a particular setting, or train to qualify as a healthcare professional, such as a nurse or associate practitioner.

Applicants will be required to contribute to on-going development and improvements within the service.

We will require the successful candidate to work days, night's weekends and bank holidays on a rotational basis.

Please note that this vacancy will close when we receive sufficient completed applications.

About us
You will be allocated to one of the Clinical Service Unit (CSU) Directorates within the trust: across all sites within the trust.

1 Family Health Services
2 Digestive Health, Urology & General Surgery Services
3 Trauma & Orthopaedics, Reconstructive & Plastic Surgery, ENT & OMFS, Dermatology & Ophthalmology
4 Theatres, Anaesthetics & Critical Care Services
5 Cardiovascular Services
6 Cancer Institute
7 Clinical Support Services
8 General & Emergency Medical Services
9 Neuroscience Services
10 Community & Neighbourhood Health Services

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our staff in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions: Your Leadership Impact, Service Improvement for Beginners.

After you complete these one and a half days of training, you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.

Details
Band: Band 2
Salary: £25,272 a year per annum (pro rata)
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
Location: The James Cook University Hospital, Marton Road, Middlesbrough, TS4 3BW

Essential skills and qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal, communication and active listening skills. Ability to adopt appropriate styles and methods of communication.
• Time-keeping, planning and prioritisation skills.
• Basic IT skills to use electronic patient records and other Trust systems to update basic patient information from personal care and associated activity.
• Basic analytical, numerical, literacy and judgement skills.
• Insight into behaviours and skills of a carer and the need for effective team work.
• Understanding work-related boundaries.
• Awareness of GDPR and the need for confidentiality.
• Must complete the care certificate within the 6 months probationary period and 'on the job training'; instruction will be provided - this is an NHS entry level requirement.

Desirable

• Familiarity with current NHS and social care policies.
• Experience of working in a care role.

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: South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address: The James Cook University Hospital, Marton Road, Middlesbrough, TS4 3BW
Contact: Joanne Jackson, Nursing Workforce Data Analyst, joanne.jackson45@nhs.net, 01642837998

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