Senior Health Care Support Worker

Job overview

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Senior Health Care Support Worker, Chemotherapy Treatment Unit, CCC Liverpool, Full time- 37.5 hours . 8-6 Monday to Friday with the potential of Saturday working in the future.

A full time opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to work alongside and support our chemotherapy team. The post provide support to Registered Nurses and other members of the multi-professional team to deliver nursing care and treatment within the out-patient chemotherapy environment and includes the chemotherapy network clinics. The Senior Health Care Support Worker role also involves the undertaking of clerical duties; providing hands-on care, assistant and emotional support to patients and their relatives; performing phlebotomy, perform observations T.P.R. BM urinalysis and to monitor blood transfusions patients, record observations and maintain documentation.

Main duties of the job

This position would suit a friendly, happy and approachable person that has some experience in healthcare.  Due to the nature of patient's treatment they may feel comfortable talking to HCSW as they can be the first person they meet when arriving on the unit.

Including:

• To assist chemotherapy nursing staff
• To undertake clerical duties
• To provide hands-on care, assistant and emotional support topatients and their relatives
• To provide indirect support, as part of the Chemotherapy NursingTeam, to ensure that the area to which they are assigned functionseffectively.
• To drive to network clinics and provide the same support and duties in these outreach clinics
• To perform phlebotomy, perform observations T.P.R. BM urinalysis
• To monitor blood transfusions patients, record observations and maintain documentation
• To perform cannulation when necessary.
• IT skills and knowledge required

Excellent communication skills are essential and cannulation experience is desired.  The successful candidate should have efficient computer skills to ensure that patients are correctly clerked and details inputted are accurate.  The main skills that will achieved through training are access of central venous access devices.  General healthcare duties include supporting patients and caring for them and their ADLs

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details about this exciting role on offer at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.