Senior Health Care 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

The CANtreat Unit, Halton Hospital.Full time hours- 37.5hrs, over 4 days, Monday- Friday 8am-6pmPart time- 22.5 hours,Over 3 days Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.

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.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

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.

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