Job overview

East Cheshire NHS Trust is looking to appoint enthusiastic, self-motivated and compassionate people to join our team of Clinical Support Workers.

We currently have vacancies in:

• Emergency Department
• Medical Assessment Unit 

We are looking for Clinical Support Workers who are capable of working in a busy, challenging and rewarding environment who possess excellent communication skills, can maintain a high degree of confidentiality and are able to work to deadlines, provide excellent personal care to our patients and work as part of team.

This position will involve a rotation between the Emergency Department and Medical assessment unit.

Duties will include providing a high standard of care by attending to aspects of patient personal hygiene, maintaining patient tissue integrity and providing pressure area care, recording of observations, liaising with the patient's families and the general public and supporting your colleagues in providing a positive experience for the patient. 

We can offer a range of working opportunities including full and part time hours covering a variety of shift patterns over a 7 day rota including early, lates and night duty.

(Rotational position between Emergency Department and Medical Assessment Unit).

Various hours up to full time 37.5 hours per week.

Main duties of the job

The role of the Clinical Support Worker is to work under the supervision and direction of a registered nurse to provide the highest possible standard of essentially care for patients and their families carer. 

The postholder will work under the direction of the Registered nurse to provide and deliver a high standard of compassionate personal care recognising and meeting the specific needs of the patients.

Assist in planning, implementation and evaluation of individual programmes of care for patient and under the direction of the Registered Nurse undertake delegated clinical care duties including personal care duties (supporting patients with toileting, bathing, dressing, and nutritional intake), recording patient observations and documentation of patient care.

The postholder will carry out clinical care duties in line with the CSW section of the Clinical Competency framework (appendix 1) and will be required to participate in a 24-hour shift pattern and possible rotation between wards within their speciality.

Working for our organisation

It is all about the people at East Cheshire NHS Trust. We have a real sense of community, and our values are truly embedded into everything we do, ensuring we are a great and inclusive place to work. You will be supported, developed and empowered throughout your career with us. Come and join us, where you can play your part in helping us deliver outstanding care and improving the health of all the people we serve.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters as part of ongoing monitoring.

Please be aware that this post requires an Enhanced with Barred list Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, the cost of which is payable by the successful candidate. If you have lived or worked abroad for 6 months or more in the last 5 years you will need to obtain an overseas police clearance. Further information can be found on the additional information links at the bottom of the advert.