Senior Healthcare Support Worker

Job summary

Due to UKVI guidelines, this role is no longer eligible for a Skilled Worker visa at entry level. Further information can be accessed here -https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa

Senior Health Care Support Worker

Outpatients Department, CCC Liverpool

28.5 hrs Monday - Friday inclusive of bank holidays (Fixed term for 14 months to cover maternity leave - secondment would be considered)

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Outpatient Department at Clatterbridge Cancer Centre Liverpool site, although cross cover between other sites may also be required. Applications are welcome from flexible, enthusiastic and motivated individuals.

The role involves working collaboratively with registered nurses, clinicians and members of the Multi-Disciplinary Team within the Outpatient Department.

Outpatients currently support a wide variety of clinical teams and activities within the department including endoscope, ECG, phlebotomy, PICC & Port access and care, SACT assessment clinics. This offers our staff a varied working day and daily learning opportunities.

Excellent communication skills are essential and phlebotomy experience is desired.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications. AI written applications or supporting information will not be considered.

Main duties of the job

The senior health care support worker role involves the undertaking of clerical duties; providing hands-on care, assistance and emotional support to patients and their relatives; performing phlebotomy, PICC and Port access and care; assisting the clinicians with endoscopic procedures, cleaning, safe handling and storage of the endoscopes; observations, urinalysis, BM recording, ECG recording; preparing for clinics and maintaining high standards of documentation and record keeping.

Excellent communication skills and experience of working as a Band 3 health care support worker with phlebotomy experience is essentialThis role will be mostly based within the clinics in The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre Liverpool and Paddington, however there may be a requirement to work flexibly supporting our other Outpatient Clinics across our other sites (Aintree and Wirral) if necessary.

About us

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre is one of three specialist cancer centres in England. With 1,800 specialist staff and three sites, we are one of the largest NHS providers of non-surgical cancer treatment. The Trust has a unique multi-site care model serving the 2.4 million population across Cheshire and Merseyside and is consistently rated by patients as one of the best performing hospitals.

Our vision is to not only maintain this level of commitment to excellence but to work with our academic and healthcare partners across the region to ensure care, treatment and patient outcomes continuously improve in the future. We are very proud of all our expert and loyal staff and we welcome people who share the collective aim of delivering excellence in everything that we do.

Our values represent who we are and what we believe in. They define how we act to deliver the best possible care for our patients and shape The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a great place to work.

We are -

• Kind
• Empowered
• Responsible
• Inclusive