Senior Health Care Support Worker

Principle Duties and Responsibilities
1. Assisting the patient with eating and drinking.
2. Completing and maintaining food hygiene competence in order to assist in the preparation and distribution of patient food.
3. Assisting the patient with bathing, toileting and dressing.
4. Assisting the patient with catheter and stoma care.
5. Performing, recording and reporting baseline observations e.g. temperature, pulse, blood pressure, routine urine testing.
6. Removal of IV cannula/NG tube once no longer required.
7. Undertake inpatient BM monitoring ensuring a registered nurse checks the result.
8. Undertake the dressings of non complex wounds.
9. Escorting patients/relatives.
10. Weighing and measuring patients.
11. Receiving and directing patients and visitors.
12. Responding to telephone enquires and taking messages.
13. In the absence of the ward clerk:filing, form filling, photocopying.
14. Stock monitoring and routine ordering of ward supplies.
15. Unpacking and storing ward supplies.
16. Disposing of ward waste appropriately
17. Cleaning and storage of ward equipment.
18. Tidying and ad hoc cleaning of spillages.
19. Responsibility to provide accurate reports to a registered nurse both verbally and electronically.
20. Responsibility for the compliance with CCC Infection Control policies and procedures.
21. Responsibility with another member of staff to record and ensure safe storage of patient valuables on admission and if death occurs.

The job will provide support to registered nurses and the multi-professional team. Excellent communication skills and clerical skills are essential. Individuals should be committed, motivated and compassionate to complement the existing team. You will be encouraged to expand and develop your knowledge, skills and competencies within a supportive and friendly environment.

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.