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Job summary

Main area
Networked services CBU2
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract
Secondment: 12 months (Monday - Friday including Bank Holidays)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday inc Bank Holidays)
Job ref
158-24-127-OPDL
Employer
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Liverpool
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£22,816 - £24,336 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
14/07/2024 23:59

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The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust logo

Senior Healthcare Support Worker

NHS AfC: Band 3

 

Please note that applications are accepted only by completion of our application form. If you have any needs that prevent you from applying in this way and participating in our online recruitment process, please contact the Recruitment Team on 0151 5565176 or [email protected] at the earliest opportunity to ensure that support can be provided. Adjustments can be made for you during application and interview.

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Job overview

Senior Health Care Support Worker, 12 months Secondment Opportunity 

Outpatients Department, CCC  Liverpool.

 37.5 Hrs  Monday -Friday 08.00-18.00 including BH 

A 12 month secondment opportunity has arisen within the Outpatient Department. Applications are welcome from flexible, enthusiastic and motivated individuals. 

The role involves working collaboratively with registered nurses, clinicians and members of the Multi-Disciplinary Team within the Outpatient Department.

Outpatients currently support a wide variety of clinical teams and activities within the department including endoscope, ECG, phlebotomy, PICC & Port access and care, SACT assessment clinics. This offers our staff a varied working day and daily learning opportunities. 

Excellent communication skills are essential and phlebotomy experience is desired.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.

Main duties of the job

The senior health care support worker role involves the undertaking of clerical duties; providing hands-on care, assistance and emotional support to patients and their relatives; performing phlebotomy, PICC and Port access and care; assisting the clinicians with endoscopic procedures, cleaning, safe handling and storage of the endoscopes; observations, urinalysis, BM recording, ECG recording; preparing for clinics and maintaining high standards of documentation and record keeping.

Excellent communication skills and experience of working as a Band 3 health care support worker with phlebotomy experience is essential
This role will be mostly based within the clinics in The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre Liverpool, however there may be a requirement to work flexibly supporting our other Outpatient Clinics across our other sites (Wirral, Aintree and Paddington) if necessary.

Please see attached job description for further details.

Working for our organisation

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 

We take an active responsibility for ensuring systems, policies and processes are in place to safeguard children, young people and adults. We support the national and local safeguarding agenda, including local arrangements for the protection of children young person and adults at risk. 

The Trust provides highly-specialist cancer care for a population of 2.4 million people across Cheshire & Merseyside, North Wales, the Isle of Man and parts of Lancashire.

In June 2020, we opened Clatterbridge Cancer Centre Liverpool, our spectacular new cancer hospital in the heart of Liverpool’s Knowledge Quarter, providing state-of-the-art facilities as part of a £162m investment.  Alongside our flagship hospital in Liverpool, we also have Paddington Community Diagnostic Centre, Clatterbridge Cancer Centre Wirral and Clatterbridge Cancer Centre Aintree.

Together, working across these sites and operating specialist chemotherapy clinics in four of Merseyside's district hospitals, we deliver a comprehensive range of inpatient care, advanced radiotherapy, chemotherapy and other systemic anti-cancer therapies including gene therapies and immunotherapies.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Detailed job description and person specification is attached on the vacancy advert.

 

The role is to provide support to the clinics and members of the multi-professional team to deliver nursing care within the out-patient environment.


The senior health care support worker role also involves the undertaking of clerical duties; providing hands-on care, assistant and emotional support to patients and their relatives; performing phlebotomy, PICC and Port interventions, assisting the clinicians with endoscope procedures cleaning and sterilization of endoscope equipment; observations, urinalysis, BM recording, ECG recording, preparing the clinic in advance and maintain high standards of documentation and record keeping.

Person specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Good general education/ Literacy & Numeracy or willing to work towards obtaining
  • Working towards or prepared to work towards obtaining an apprenticeship in clinical healthcare.
  • Holds National Care Certificate
Desirable criteria
  • Level 3 Senior Healthcare Support Worker

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Awareness and understanding of importance of confidentiality
  • Accuracy and attention to detail
  • Demonstrate interest in healthcare services
  • Knowledge of Infection Control processes
  • Knowledge of Safeguarding processes

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience working in a healthcare setting
  • Experience of caring for patients

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Smitha Binoy
Job title
Outpatients Department Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0151 318 8514
Additional information

Ruth Glenn

Outpatient Deputy Ward Manager

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre Liverpool

0151 318 8514

[email protected]

 

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