Senior Vascular Clinical Support Worker

We are looking for a dynamic, ambitious and motivated Senior Healthcare Support Worker to join the Vascular Surgery team in the Vascular Surgery Rapid Access Outpatient Clinics. You will be primarily involved with providing clinical support for our Vascular rapid access outpatient clinic. This involves seeing patients with new diabetic foot disease and urgent or 'hot' vascular clinical problems. The post holder will be expected to work closely alongside the vascular rapid access clinic nurses, vascular clinical nurse specialists, vascular scientists, podiatrists, and other members of the multi-disciplinary team. This integral role will suit somebody with enthusiasm and initiative in this busy outpatient area., Duties will involve:

• Ensuring efficient patient throughput in clinics
• Removing, and replacing dressings
• Offering basic care to patients
• Booking patient appointments when required and responding to patient phone queries,
• Once trained, completing baseline vascular tests on patients under supervision
• You will also be required to take a proactive approach to assisting the nurses run the clinics as requested.
  
  North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award-winning hospital building at Southmead. We are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised center of excellence in a range of services and major specialties. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.
North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups.