Senior Clinical Support Worker

Job summary

If you are looking for somewhere you can make a real difference and are passionate; at Solent NHS Trust we may have the answer as we strive to make a difference to the health and wellbeing of our communities

We are proud to be an organisation which is focused on our people and we welcome people who share our values to come and work with us

To deliver great care that is safe, simple and easy to access

To be a caring, flexible and supportive place to work

To deliver the best value for money

Applications are invited for the position of Senior Clinical Support Worker for the Community Paediatric Medical Service (CPMS) - East where we cover locations including Portsmouth City, Havant and Fareham & Gosport. The CPMS provides community health services for children aged 0-19 years. Within this, specifically, are two domains; services for children with neurodevelopmental needs and specific safeguarding services, which include Child Protection Medical Services and statutory health services for children who are looked after (LAC) and undergoing the adoption process. In addition, the service provides additional advisory and designated duties for safeguarding, looked after children, public health, research, and medical education.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be expected to lead a team of Health Care Support Workers to provide clinical support and administrative assistance for the Community Paediatricians and the Nursing Team by offering support before, during and after Neurodevelopment and Looked After Children clinical sessions to ensure they run efficiently and effectively, whilst ensuring the health and wellbeing of the children and young people is always priority. When requested, provide vision, hearing, and growth screening across various community-based sites within Portsmouth City and Southeast Hampshire as required. To coordinate and provide administrative support to the CPMS clinics, including preparation and any follow up required and to ensure accurate updating of electronic patient records. To gather and collate user response forms and assist the Clinical Team Coordinator with the reporting of responses of service users.

About us

Make a difference with us

If you are looking for somewhere you can make a real difference and are passionate about keeping people safe, well and out of hospital, a career with us may be just what you're looking for. At Solent NHS Trust, we strive to make a difference to the health and wellbeing of our communities.

We are proud to be an organisation which is focused on our people and we welcome people who share our values to come and work with us.

To deliver great care that is safe, simple and easy to access

To be a caring, flexible and supportive place to work

To deliver the best value for money

Our shared values support the development of a strong working culture. They breathe life into our organisation -- guiding and inspiring all of our actions and decisions. They enable us to be better at what we do and create a great place for our staff to work, whilst ensuring we provide the highest quality of care to our patients.

In creating our values, we spent time listening to our employees and members. Based on what people told us, we created our HEART values to reflect the deep belief that we are caring organisation at the centre of our community: Honesty, Everyone counts, Accountable, Respectful, Teamwork.

We are an accredited Real Living Wage employer.

We encourage and support our staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against Covid-19.