# Clinical Support Worker

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

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## Summary

- **Status:** Archived / closed
- **Employer:** Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Wirral
- **Region:** North West
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Healthcare support worker
- **Grade:** Band 3
- **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 per annum pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** 37.5 hours per week (Full time and part time positions available)
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-27T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-15T13:00:52.145Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merseyside/Upton/Wirral_University_Teaching_Hospital_NHS_Foundation_Trust/frailty/frailty-v8151061
- **Employer website:** https://www.wuth.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

The Frailty team in Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) comprises of a multi disciplinary team (MDT) involving consultant geriatricians, Junior doctors, advanced nurse practitioners (ANP's), Specialist nurses for older persons (SNOP), Clinical support workers (CSW's), Physiotherapists, Occupational therapists, integrated discharge team (IDT), Social workers and third party representation from Age UK.

The Clinical Support Workers are an integral part of the frailty service within Wirral University Teaching Hospitals and are often the first members of the team that patients meet alongside the SNOPs when attending the Emergency Department (ED), The Older Person’s Assessment Unit (OPAU) or The Urgent Medical Assessment Unit (UMAC).

The aim of the Frailty Team, as a whole, is to provide a rapid, holistic assessment of frail patients attending Wirral University Hospital and to formulate a management plan for their care adopting a ‘Home First’ approach.

The role support with duties to support the SNOP to facilitate early discharge from hospital and admission prevention where it has been identified that patients can be managed in community settings.

The SNOP team currently comprises x6 Band 6 nurses, x2 Band 6 Physiotherapists, x2 Band 6 Occupational Therapists and x3 Band 3 CSW's.

### 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 to lift heavy patients to transfer from bed to chair / wheelchair.
- Assists patients onto commode.
- Access patient condition, records basis observations of temperature, pulse, blood pressure and respiration rate.
- Use judgement to inform senior staff of abnormal findings.
- Assists in the care of the dying patient, including providing support to relatives.
- Provides support for relatives.
- Assists with last offices.
- Assists with patient transfer to CT scanner, MRI, and theatre.
- Assists with patient transfer with intra and inter discharges from the hospital.
- 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.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

## 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 (pdf, 154.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10450710)
- [band 3 (pdf, 257.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10450709)
- [vision values behaviours (pdf, 515.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2088)
- [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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