Pre-surgical Preparation Support Worker

Job overview

Support Worker, Band 2 position to work in William Harvey and join a happy hardworking team delivering direct care to our Surgical admissions patients on admissions and Pre-assessment patients in a clinic setting.  You will be required to work a rotational week in both areas.

Delivering a high standard of care to patients.  In pre-assessment you will be required to weigh, measure height, MRSA swab and possibly CPO swab the patients.  Record and report blood pressure, any abnormal findings, ECG and blood taking as well as also undertaking urinalysis.  Working with a team.  Training will be given.  Care certificate will require to be undertaken.

Main duties of the job

Delivering a high standard of care to patients.  In pre-assessment you will be required to weigh, measure height, MRSA swab and possibly CPO swab the patients.  Record and report blood pressure, any abnormal findings, ECG and blood taking as well as also undertaking urinalysis.  Working with a team.  Training will be given.  Care certificate will require to be undertaken.  You will also be required to assist with some administrative work along side our admin team.  Complete hand written paperwork booklets.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in ‘Documents to download’.

If you have further queries please don’t hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.