Job summary
- Main area
- Patient Flow
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 423-6358100
- Employer
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Airedale General Hospital
- Town
- Steeton
- Salary
- £22,816 - £24,336 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/08/2024 23:59
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Senior Clinical Support Worker (Band 3)
NHS AfC: Band 3
Be part of our future landscape
At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, proactive and motivated Clinical Support Worker to join our team.
This position is a new role within an established team and we are keen to take a team approach to the development of the role.
The position sits within the Clinical Site Management structure and will be working alongside the Site Managers and Flow team supporting the clinical and operational needs for patient flow and safety.
The role will involves supporting clinical flow and assist numerous clinical duties such as bloods, cannulas, ECG’s etc. This is a 24 hour service, 7 days a week to support flow, shift patterns reflect this.
We are looking for candidates to support us in our vision of developing the role and the team to provide effective, efficient and safe Patient Flow throughout the Trust.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will support the smooth running of all aspects of patient flow for the site and liaise closely with the Emergency Department, assessment areas and wards. The post holder will provide regular real time capacity information to the Patient Flow team as requested and ensure that information is shared both internally and externally as directed by the Site Matron and Lead Nurse for Flow.
The role will be to support the operational and strategic aims of the Patient Flow team. Developing and managing a culture of change which drives efficiency, effectiveness and improves patient outcomes, ensuring patients receive care in the correct setting.
To work as an integral element of the hospital at night team out of hours, support patient care and safety, to ensure timely assessments, treatments.
Working for our organisation
We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes. Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford University, Craven College and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future.
We want to attract staff who embrace our Right Care behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients we want to make these part of our DNA.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information and full details of the job role please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ Level 3 in Care
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience in the acute care setting, at least some of which must be at NVQ level 3.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to use Trust computer system/System1
- Able to work as part of a team
- Advanced clinical skills i.e. venepuncture, cannulation, ECG recording, taking and recording of observations.
- Computer literate
Desirable criteria
- Able to use PAS system and Other electronic Patient Management systems.
- Male and female catheterisation.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Clinical site manager officer
- Job title
- Clinical Site Managers
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01535 294600
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