Clinical Nursing Support Worker

Job overview

Full time 34.00 hours post.

To provide assistance to trained staff within the SEAL Unit and to support them in delivering high standards of patient care. To ensure patients are checked in and ready for Surgical procedures. To support teams with post operative care and discharge of day case patients.

To work unsupervised using own initiative when recording patient observations.

To be responsible for a wider range of patient duties.

Main duties of the job

• Assist patients in meeting hygiene, toilet and protection needs using own initiative under the guidance of a team leader.
• Assists patients to promote independence.
• Uses hoist/manual handling equipment to transfer patients were required.
• Carry out patient assessment and record basic observations of temperature, pulse, blood pressure and respiration rate.
• Use judgement to inform senior staff of abnormal findings
• Able to prepare equipment in an emergency.
• Maintains effective communication with patients and staff.
• Able to communicate effectively to agitated and confused patients including patients with physical and mental disabilities.
• To be aware of and maintain requirements for patient confidentiality in the clinical setting.
• Completion of day case and inpatient admission
• Undertake Venepuncture, cannulation and ECG
• Blood glucose, ketones and INR point of care testing.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for further information about the Clinical Nursing Support Worker position available at WUTH.

Applicant requirements

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.