Job summary
Senior Health Care Support Worker, 12 months Secondment Opportunity
Outpatients Department, CCC Liverpool.
37.5 Hrs Monday -Friday 08.00-18.00 including BH
A 12 month secondment opportunity has arisen within the Outpatient Department.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 endoscope, ECG, phlebotomy, PICC & Port access and care, SACT assessment clinics. 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; assisting the clinicians with endoscopic procedures, cleaning, safe handling and storage of the endoscopes; 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 with phlebotomy experience is essentialThis role will be mostly based within the clinics in The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre Liverpool, however there may be a requirement to work flexibly supporting our other Outpatient Clinics across our other sites (Wirral, Aintree and Paddington) if necessary.
Please see attached job description for further details.
About us
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We take an active responsibility for ensuring systems, policies and processes are in place to safeguard children, young people and adults. We support the national and local safeguarding agenda, including local arrangements for the protection of children young person and adults at risk.
The Trust provides highly-specialist cancer care for a population of 2.4 million people across Cheshire & Merseyside, North Wales, the Isle of Man and parts of Lancashire.
In June 2020, we opened Clatterbridge Cancer Centre Liverpool, our spectacular new cancer hospital in the heart of Liverpool's Knowledge Quarter, providing state-of-the-art facilities as part of a £162m investment. Alongside our flagship hospital in Liverpool, we also have Paddington Community Diagnostic Centre, Clatterbridge Cancer Centre Wirral and Clatterbridge Cancer Centre Aintree.
Together, working across these sites and operating specialist chemotherapy clinics in four of Merseyside's district hospitals, we deliver a comprehensive range of inpatient care, advanced radiotherapy, chemotherapy and other systemic anti-cancer therapies including gene therapies and immunotherapies.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Detailed job description and person specification is attached on the vacancy advert.
The role is to provide support to the clinics and members of the multi-professional team to deliver nursing care within the out-patient environment.
The senior health care support workerrole also involves the undertaking of clerical duties; providing hands-on care, assistant and emotional support to patients and their relatives; performing phlebotomy, PICC and Port interventions, assisting the clinicians with endoscope procedures cleaning and sterilization of endoscope equipment; observations, urinalysis, BM recording, ECG recording, preparing the clinic in advanceand maintain high standards of documentation and record keeping.
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 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
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.
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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .
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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .
Employer details
Employer name
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHSFT
Address
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Liverpool
65 Pembrook Place
Liverpool
L7 8YA