Main area Acute Medicine Grade NHS AfC: Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 23 hours per week (shift patterns) Job ref 331-L13540325
Employer University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Lancaster Infirmary Town Lancaster Salary £24,071 - £25,674 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 18/03/2025 23:59
Clinical Support Worker - PADU (Priority Assessment + Discharge Unit)
NHS AfC: Band 3
''Creating a great place to be cared for and a great place to work''
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has a firm commitment to strengthening the diversity of our workforce, and therefore welcome and encourage applications from likeminded people who can support our ambition to become effortlessly inclusive. We are particularly keen to hear from protected groups – including BAME, LGBT+ and people with a disability.
Job Overview
An opportunity has arisen to appoint enthusiastic, highly motivated and proactive nurses on the redesigned Priority Assessment Unit and Discharge Unit at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary.
This new unit will provide care for two groups of patients:
* Patients from the Emergency Department awaiting specialist intervention from Medical/Surgical/Orthopaedic/Gynae teams.
* Patients who have been medically discharged from hospital care and require their discharge facilitating.
Main Duties of the Job
You will have the opportunity to develop your clinical skills and receive structured appraisal, support, mentorship, and training.
As a Clinical Support Worker, you will:
* Work in support of and under the direction of a Registered Nurse (RN), providing nursing care and assistance to patients within defined parameters specified by the Registered Nurse.
* Link in with wards to ensure an early move to the discharge lounge including liaising with discharge teams + REACT.
* Have the ability to work flexibly and have the confidence to go into all areas to facilitate the moving of patients suitable for the discharge lounge.
* Provide basic patient care and document that care in the patient records.
* Ensure patients are cared for with compassion and maintain their dignity at all times.
* Be able to work as an effective team member and demonstrate effective communication skills.
* Be able to deliver high-quality patient-focused care and be motivated and dedicated to improving your own clinical practice.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
* Basic literacy and numeracy skills.
* Willingness to undertake NVQ level 2 in a care-related area.
* Willingness to undertake NVQ level 3 in a care-related area.
* Care certificate.
Experience
* Previous experience of working with the general public.
* Worked within an acute clinical area as a Clinical Support Worker.
* Manual handling of patients, using lifting aids.
Skills, Ability, and Knowledge
* Good basic hygiene skills.
* Ability to work as part of a team, as well as on own initiative or with minimal supervision.
* Advanced clinical skills, e.g., venepuncture.
* Awareness of the NHS structure and current issues.
The Trust promotes flexible working opportunities wherever possible to enable staff to balance their work and home life. We are committed to Equal Opportunities and aim to be Effortlessly Inclusive.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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