Senior Health Care Support Worker
Outpatients Department, CCC Wirral.
37.5 Hrs Monday - Friday 08.30-17.00 including Bank Holidays
Applications are welcome from flexible, enthusiastic and motivated individuals.
The role involves working collaboratively with registered nurses, clinicians, and members of the Multi-Disciplinary Team within the Outpatient Department.
Outpatients currently support a wide variety of clinical teams and activities within the department including ECG, phlebotomy, PICC & Port access and care. This offers our staff a varied working day and daily learning opportunities.
Excellent communication skills are essential and phlebotomy experience is desired.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.
Main duties of the job
The senior health care support worker role involves the undertaking of clerical duties; providing hands-on care, assistance, and emotional support to patients and their relatives; performing phlebotomy, PICC and Port access and care; observations, urinalysis, BM recording, ECG recording; preparing for clinics and maintaining high standards of documentation and record keeping.
Excellent communication skills and experience of working as a Band 3 health care support worker is essential. This role will be mostly based within the clinics in The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre Wirral; however, there may be a requirement to work flexibly supporting our other Outpatient Clinics across our other sites (Liverpool, Aintree, and Paddington) if necessary.
About us
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.
We are -
* Kind
* Empowered
* Responsible
* Inclusive
Date posted: 09 April 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 3
Salary: £24,625 to £25,674 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 158-24-443-OPDW-A
Job locations: The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Wirral
Clatterbridge Road, Bebington, CH63 4JY
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details about this exciting role on offer at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
* Good general education/ Literacy & Numeracy or willing to work towards obtaining
* Working towards or prepared to work towards obtaining an apprenticeship in clinical healthcare.
* Holds National Care Certificate
Desirable
* Level 3 Senior Healthcare Support Worker
Knowledge
Essential
* Awareness and understanding of the importance of confidentiality
* Accuracy and attention to detail
* Demonstrate interest in healthcare services
* Knowledge of Infection Control processes
* Knowledge of Safeguarding processes
Experience
Essential
* Experience working in a healthcare setting
* Experience of caring for patients
Key skills and attributes
Essential
* Good communication skills (written and verbal)
* Adapting style accordingly to the patient need
* Able to work in a team
* Able to adapt and reprioritise according to patients needs as necessary
* Able to take initiative
* Able to develop professional relationships with patients/relatives/visitors and colleagues
* Basic computer skills and willingness / ability to develop further IT skills
* Committed to delivering high standards of patient care
Desirable
* Venepuncture
* ECG
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.
Employer details
Employer name: The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHSFT
Address: The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Wirral, Clatterbridge Road, Bebington, CH63 4JY
Employer's website: https://www.clatterbridgecc.nhs.uk/
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