Upper GI Cancer Support Worker

Job overview

We are looking for a friendly and enthusiastic Clinical Support Worker to join us as an integral member of our multi-disciplinary team (MDT) within the Upper GI Cancer Team at Broomfield Hospital.

You will be expected to undertake care that meet the needs of the patients, working within the Trust's policies, procedures and unit philosophy. As a CSW, you will provide a seamless service and high-quality care to patients, working collaboratively as part of the paediatric team, under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse.

It is expected that the Clinical Support Worker will continue to develop their own capabilities and knowledge of nursing tasks in line with the Trust’s career pathway.

So, if this sounds like the role for you - please apply today.

Main duties of the job

• To be a key resource and support to the Clinical Nurse Specialist in conjunction with the MSE to establish the comprehensive implementation of Personalised Care.
• To work clinically alongside Clinical Nurse Specialist team and consultants within boundaries of the band 4 scope.
• To be a key resource and support to the Clinical Nurse Specialist in conjunction with the MSE to establish the comprehensive implementation.
• To work clinically alongside Clinical Nurse Specialist team and consultants within boundaries of the band 4 scope.
• To assist in all administrational duties to best support the service.
• Ensure up-to-date knowledge of current legislation, national and local regulatory requirements relating to accurate information provision.
• To support and work collaboratively with Macmillan Information Centres and other health care professionals to improve access to information and support for people affected by or concerned by cancer.
• Attend/assist on Health and Wellbeing Events.
• Demonstrate the ability to recognise and respond appropriately when faced with a sudden deterioration or an emergency, alerting the team or enabling rapid response as appropriate.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Clinical Duties
• To assist the Clinical leads and Clinical Nurse Specialists within service delivery and patient care.
• To assist in Oncology Clinics, and Surgical Clinics, chaperoning and preparing notes.
• Preparing patients for clinics.
• Initiating, monitoring and recording of clinic patients’ vital signs; blood pressure, height, weight and temperature prior to some clinics. Using your initiative and clinical skills upon readings if they are not within normal limits.
• Phlebotomy for clinic patients when required, tracking of results and result understanding and reporting.
• Record actions in patient notes both electronically and manually.
• Ability to give clinic patient support both psychologically and physically during the clinic visit.
• Ensuring patient information is available for cancer patients.
• Supporting services that run within your tumour site including cross cover of other roles when needed.
• Liaising with POD secretaries/ensuring patients have appointments for clinics.
• Have undertaken appropriate training to support the development of and completion of Care Plans, Holistic Needs Assessment, and other Personalised Care related services.
• Perform Holistic Needs Assessment, Care Plans, and onward referrals under indirect supervision of Clinical Nurse Specialist ensuring the needs of people with cancer are identified, prioritised and addressed. This may be from the provision of a nurse led clinic.

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.