Clinical Support Worker

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our unique and friendly team. We are searching for an enthusiastic and flexible Clinical Support Worker on a 37.5-hour fixed term 12-month position. You will need to be proficient in :

• Acute phlebotomy, including group and save and cross matching,blood cultures, therapeutic levels and VBGs.
• Insertion of peripheral intravenous cannula
• Recording and obtaining of 12 lead ECG readings
• Catheterisation of male patients
• Perform Abbott Test
• Coag AU test, Work as part of the multi-disciplinary team, supporting Junior Doctors, Phlebotomy department, out patients, wards, A&E (nights) and departments within a defined range of clinical tasks
• Work as part of the Hospital at Night accepting any duties as delegated by the Operational Practitioner/Clinical Co-ordinator on the hospital out of hours phone system attending MDT 2100hrs and 0200am
• Acute phlebotomy, including group and save and cross matching, blood cultures, therapeutic levels and VBGs
• insertion of peripheral intravenous cannula
• recording and obtaining of 12 lead ECG readings
• catheterisation of male patients
• Perform Abbott Test
• Coag AU test
• Part of the medical emergency team out of hours ( HOOH)
• Work as part of the Senior clinical Support Worker team, managing the 'clinical support' workload effectively within contracted hours
• Required to act as a mentor to Trainee clinical workers be required to assess junior clinical workers cannulation skills
  
  If you are proactive and keen to learn with excellent patient care and communication skills, then we would love to hear from you!
  
  We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme An extensive range of learning and development opportunities Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses. For hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.