Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Senior Clinical Support Worker

The closing date is 26 November 2025

Job summary

Are you a Clinical Support Worker looking to take the next step in your career?

We're looking for enthusiastic and motivated Senior Clinical Support Workers to join Speciality and Integrated Medicine (SIM) ward J26.

Ward J26 is a 26-bed Diabetes and General Medicine ward dedicated to delivering high-quality care for the population of Leeds aged 18 +. The ward accommodates both male and female patients, featuring two side rooms and four bays, each with six bed spaces.

The successful candidates will need to have a proven track record of providing safe and compassionate care to their patients. Excellent inter-personal skills are essential. A positive and flexible style and approach is necessary, and you must be a team player.

Main duties of the job

You will be required to work as part of a friendly and supportive team who are creative and enthusiastic.

You will be actively involved in providing direct and indirect compassionate care for patients in support of the multidisciplinary team. You will undertake a range of delegated clinical patient care duties and can be expected to work under direct or indirect supervision by a registered practitioner.

The jobholder will assist in the overall implementation and evaluation of care as part of the multi professional team. The jobholder is expected to plan, implement, deliver and maintain high standards of patient care. The jobholder will be skilled in taking appropriate action(s) and acting on own initiative to achieve the planned outcome.

The jobholder will be expected to lead and support a team of clinical support workers and apprentice clinical support workers.

The jobholder will be expected to practice in accordance with Trust policies, guidelines, standards and statutory requirements and operate within defined competency boundaries.

About us

At Speciality and Integrated medicine CSU, we aim to be a fair and supportive CSU with positive, caring teams who are champions of the Leeds Way values. Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility.

They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:

Patient-centred

Collaborative

Fair

Accountable

Empowered

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Details

Date posted

05 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £26,598 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9298-NUR-726

Job locations

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF


Job description

Job responsibilities

The jobholder will be actively involved in providing direct and indirect compassionate care for patients in support of the multidisciplinary team. The jobholder will undertake a range of delegated clinical patient care duties under the support and supervision of a registered practitioner.

The jobholder will assist in the overall implementation and evaluation of care as part of the multi professional team. The jobholder is expected to plan, implement, deliver and maintain high standards of patient care. The jobholder will be skilled in taking appropriate action(s) and acting on own initiative to achieve the planned outcome.

The jobholder will contribute to the maintenance of an environment for effective care.

The jobholder will be expected to lead a team of clinical support workers and apprentice clinical support workers.

The jobholder will be expected to practice in accordance within Trust policies, guidelines, standards and statutory requirements and operate within defined competency boundaries.

The jobholder will work within a ward, clinical department or community setting as part of a multidisciplinary team.

The jobholder must comply with the wearing of PPE as appropriate to the clinical situation - this may involve wearing face masks for a considerable length of time.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The jobholder will be actively involved in providing direct and indirect compassionate care for patients in support of the multidisciplinary team. The jobholder will undertake a range of delegated clinical patient care duties under the support and supervision of a registered practitioner.

The jobholder will assist in the overall implementation and evaluation of care as part of the multi professional team. The jobholder is expected to plan, implement, deliver and maintain high standards of patient care. The jobholder will be skilled in taking appropriate action(s) and acting on own initiative to achieve the planned outcome.

The jobholder will contribute to the maintenance of an environment for effective care.

The jobholder will be expected to lead a team of clinical support workers and apprentice clinical support workers.

The jobholder will be expected to practice in accordance within Trust policies, guidelines, standards and statutory requirements and operate within defined competency boundaries.

The jobholder will work within a ward, clinical department or community setting as part of a multidisciplinary team.

The jobholder must comply with the wearing of PPE as appropriate to the clinical situation - this may involve wearing face masks for a considerable length of time.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working within a healthcare setting
  • Planning and organisation skills

Qualifications

Essential

  • Competent in written, electronic and verbal communication skills
  • Maths & English Level 2 (equivalent of GCSE 4-9 (A*-C)

Desirable

  • NVQ 3 in Health and Social Care Diploma

Skills & behaviours

Essential

  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Reliable and Trustworthy
  • Caring and motivated
  • Team working
  • Willingness to learn and develop the role

Additional Requirements

Essential

  • Supervision skills
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working within a healthcare setting
  • Planning and organisation skills

Qualifications

Essential

  • Competent in written, electronic and verbal communication skills
  • Maths & English Level 2 (equivalent of GCSE 4-9 (A*-C)

Desirable

  • NVQ 3 in Health and Social Care Diploma

Skills & behaviours

Essential

  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Reliable and Trustworthy
  • Caring and motivated
  • Team working
  • Willingness to learn and develop the role

Additional Requirements

Essential

  • Supervision skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF


Employer's website

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF


Employer's website

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Senior Sister

Veronica Valera

veronica.valera@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

05 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £26,598 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9298-NUR-726

Job locations

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF


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