# Clinical Nursing Support Worker

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Arrowe Park Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Nursing assistant
- **Grade:** Band 3
- **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 per annum pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** 34 hours per week (Full time and part time positions available)
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-28T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-14T11:39:56.428Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merseyside/Upton/Wirral_University_Teaching_Hospital_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Seal_Unit/Seal_Unit-v8353477
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8353477?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.wuth.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### 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.

## Person Specification

### Personal Attributes

**Essential**

- Ability to work well as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- A positive attitude and ability to act on feedback
- Polite, friendly, approachable and self-motivated

### Knowledge and Skills

**Essential**

- Evidence of competence in relevant specialist skills or tasks
- Knowledge and understanding of the responsibilities of a Clinical Support Worker
- Previous experience and training of manual handling patients using appropriate equipment
- Can demonstrate an understanding of the importance of promoting patient independence

**Desirable**

- Able to provide support and reassurance to patients.

### Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training

**Essential**

- Level 3 qualification (e.g. A-Level’s, NVQ3) in Health & Social Care OR
- A good standard of education to A-Level standard and the agreement to undertake the relevant Level 3 qualification on appointment.
- Experience working in a clinical environment an undertaking a range of relevant clinical skills with proven competencies.

**Desirable**

- Experience working in the NHS

## Documents

- [oh risk id form (pdf, 146.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10679174)
- [vision values behaviours (pdf, 515.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2088)
- [clinical support worker jd (pdf, 231.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10679175)
- [guidance notes for applicants (pdf, 734.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1841)
- [wuth gdpr privacy notice for applicants (pdf, 255.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2506)

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