# Paediatric Care Support Worker

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Harrogate District Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Care support worker
- **Grade:** Band 2
- **Salary:** £25,272 - £27,476 per annum pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-22T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-08T09:21:06.499Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/North_Yorkshire/Harrogate/Harrogate_District_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Clinical_Support_Worker_Paediatric_Outpatients/Clinical_Support_Worker_Paediatric_Outpatients-v8331235
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8331235?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.hdft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Care Support Worker

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Care Support Worker to join our Paediatric Outpatient Team. The post holder will work as part of the Paediatric Services team delivering a high standard of direct patient care within the Paediatric Outpatients Department both on and off site.

You will work under the direction of the Paediatric Nurse Specialists and Paediatric Service Manager, utilising your own skills and knowledge.

You will be expected to work within a team carrying out interchangeable and varied duties dependent on the service needs that day. You may be required to work a flexible shift pattern.

There is the opportunity to progress from band 2 to band 3 once the correct training is completed. This include venepuncture and skin prick testing.

### Main duties of the job

- Meet and greet children, young people and their parents / carers arriving for clinic and perform diagnostic tests as required such as urine testing, BP, height and weight measurement
- Ensure that patient’s notes are checked prior to clinic and that pre-clinic tests are requested and the appropriate results are available in the patient’s notes (or on the ICE system).Ensure that equipment is clean, in working order and patient safety is maintained at all times. Maintain a working knowledge of incident reporting and emergency procedures
- Chaperone patients undergoing examinations and provide assistance to the medical team and nursing team as required
- Maintain consulting rooms by stocking up equipment and documentation as required. Ensure that all patient information is kept up to date reporting any queries to senior staf
- Work under the instruction of a Registered Nurse or clinician and when assessed competent perform area specific duties following local and national guidelines

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact Nina Kapur via email nina.kapur1@nhs.net.

### 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

### Qualifications/Skills/Knowledge

**Essential**

- 5 GCSE's Grade C or above, including Math's and English
- NVQ Level 3 or relevant experience
- Calm and confident under pressure, able to communicate sensitively and tactfully with patients, carers and staff
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Evidence of paediatric knowledge.

**Desirable**

- Experience of working in the Paediatric setting
- Awareness of current NHS issues

## Documents

- [trust policies and procedures (pdf, 184.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10654194)
- [job description & person specification (docx, 56.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10677356)

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