Clinical Support Worker - Royal Stoke Event

Job overview

At present, University Hospitals of North Midlands is unable to offer visa sponsorship for Band 2 to Band 4 roles, as these positions do not meet the minimum salary and skill thresholds required under UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) regulations.

Are you kind, compassionate, and looking to develop in your career as a Clinical Support Worker or change your career in a hospital setting?

We have a number of Clinical Support Worker opportunities at Royal Stoke

We have full time, part time available, please note at this time we are not recruiting to any Bank positions.

Many of our Clinical Support Worker have trained to Senior Clinical Support Worker level and some are now training to ‘top up’ to Registered Nurses.

The role of the Clinical Support Worker in the Trust is different depending upon the ward or department the role is based, however you would be delivering care and support to our patients, learning new skills in assessment and documentation.

Main duties of the job

Please see the below before applying for this vacancy:

• If you are shortlisted for interview for this role you will need to be able to attend the full day assessment day on Saturday 16th May 2026. We are unable to provide an alternative date or online interviews for this role
• This event is for Royal Stoke University Hospital Please do not apply if you want to be based at County Hospital

• On the day of the interview, you will need to bring full ID documents including Right to Work documentation and UKVI documentation (If applicable).
• If you hold a graduate visa, you are welcome to apply for this role however it is important to note that UHNM will be unable to offer sponsorship at the end of your graduate visa, you must also have at least six months until your graduate visa expires at the start of your employment for training and operational reasons

Right to Work documentation:

• Passport (if external to UK please bring your UKVI share codes)
• A British birth certificate along with evidence of National Insurance Number

• Bank statement or utility bill (dated within the last 3 months)
• Tenancy agreement / Mortgage Statement/ Council Tax statement (Dated within the last 12 months)
• Driving Licence (In current address and valid)

Please ensure if any of your ID is in a different name you are able to provide proof of name change.

Working for our organisation

We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For information regarding the recruitment event, please contact the recruitment team on [email protected]

Person specification

Experience

• Evidence of good numeracy and literacy
• Evidence of passion for patient care

• Care Certificate (This is mandatory to undertake in the first 12 weeks of employment commencing)
• Ability to cover a variety of shifts over 7 days a week including weekends and bank holidays

1. All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
2. References - please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.
3. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
4. Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies
5. New recruits are required to pay for their Disclosure and Barring Service check (and admin fee) prior to starting if the role requires a DBS check.
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University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) has been awarded the Gold Award for proudly supporting those who serve. We actively encourage applications from the Armed Forces community.

We will communicate with you regarding your job application via email. Please be aware that we cannot guarantee the security of any emails sent/received via non encrypted format.

If you would like support completing an application form, please contact the recruitment department on 01782 675533 where one of our trained assistants will be able to help

At UHNM we are fortunate to receive a high volume of applications for many of our roles, on this occasion we would reserve the right to close any advert early, therefore please apply without delay!

If you obtained your qualifications overseas, you will be required to provide an official government translation through ECCTIS (formerly known as NARIC). Please note, this is in addition to any professional registration requirements and not a replacement for your qualifications.

If you are currently in the UK on a visa, you must have at least six months remaining on your visa at the time of your start date to ensure sufficient time for the operational and training process associated with the role. The requirement of at least six months remaining on your visa does not apply to a Skilled Worker Visa, as a new Skilled Worker Visa would be required for a new role.

In line with the change of Immigration rules on 8th January 2026 if you require Sponsorship through the Skilled Worker Visa you must be able to provide B2 English evidence before a Certificate of Sponsorship can be issued.

1. Skilled Worker visas cannot currently be issued to Afghan nationals.
2. Study visas cannot currently be issued to nationals of Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar or Sudan.

As a result, we are unable to progress applications requiring sponsorship under these routes.

If AI has been used to support your application, you must declare this within your submission.