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Trosolwg o'r swydd

Working Full/Part time: up to 37.5 Hours Per Week

Who this opportunity is for:

• We are looking for Clinical Support Workers to work in our busy Emergency Department (ED). You should be very well motivated with excellent communication skills and a willingness to put the on-going care of the patients first.
• You will have experience of working in ED or similar fast paced environment. 
• You will have successfully completed the Care Certificate and be competent in cannulation and venepuncture
• The post holders will be required to work flexibly including nights and weekends.

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

• To work alongside nursing and medical staff to competently provide agreed clinical skills and nursing care to deliver a timely and quality service to patients.
• To accurately record, collate, monitor and provide feedback of patient information to nursing and medical staff, initiating actions as 
  necessary
• Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.
• Communicate effectively with other departments within the Trust as well as outside agencies as appropriate.
• Participate in the assessment of health care needs through the completion and interpretation of assessment tools documentation and delegated clinical tests.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:

• The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds.
• Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility.
• Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.                                                                 

The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.

The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.