Senior Healthcare Support Worker
Job overview
Senior Health Care Support Worker, Fixed-term Opportunity until substantive post holder returns
Outpatients Department, CCC Liverpool.- 5 Hrs Monday -Friday inclusive BH
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Outpatient Department and Clatterbridge Cancer Centre Aintree site, although cross cover between other sites may also be required. 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 essentialThis role will be mostly based within the clinics in The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre Aintree, however there may be a requirement to work flexibly supporting our other Outpatient Clinics across our other sites (Wirral, Liverpool and Paddington) if necessary.
Please see attached job description for further details.
Working for our organisation
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre is one of three specialist cancer centres in England. With 1,800 specialist staff and three sites, we are one of the largest NHS providers of non-surgical cancer treatment. The Trust has a unique multi-site care model serving the 2.4 million population across Cheshire and Merseyside and is consistently rated by patients as one of the best performing hospitals.
Our vision is to not only maintain this level of commitment to excellence but to work with our academic and healthcare partners across the region to ensure care, treatment and patient outcomes continuously improve in the future. We are very proud of all our expert and loyal staff and we welcome people who share the collective aim of delivering excellence in everything that we do.
Our values represent who we are and what we believe in. They define how we act to deliver the best possible care for our patients and shape The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a great place to work.
We are -- Kind
- Empowered
- Responsible
- Inclusive
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details about this exciting role on offer at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre
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
- 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