Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Senior Clinical Support Worker (XR03)

The closing date is 06 April 2026

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 J14, J15 & J21.

Ward J14 & J15 are both older adult medical ward and Ward J21 is an older adult admissions ward. We are dedicated to providing high quality care to the older generations of Leeds.

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.

You will be required to work as part of a friendly and supportive team who are creative and enthusiastic, with a track record of continually improving performance.

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 ofpatient care. The jobholder will be skilled in taking appropriate action(s) and acting on own initiative to achieve the planned outcome.

Main duties of the job

Acts in accordance with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of Conduct.

Communicate with patients and carers to ensure they have access to appropriate information.

Maintain and deliver compassionate patient focused care in accordance with LTHT guidelines, policies, values and behaviours.

Provide assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care for patients, ensuring documentation standards are upheld in accordance with NMC and LTHT guidelines, whether written or computerised.

Promote and maintain positive relationships between all staff involved in the care of patients.

Promote evidence based practice.

Participate in the audit and evaluation of clinical practice in the interests of promoting and improving quality care through action on findings.

Undertake duties on other wards or departments as and when required by service demands or patient need.

Act in such a way that safeguards the health and wellbeing of children and vulnerable adults at all times. Is familiar with and adheres to, the LTHT safeguarding policies.

Contribute to the promotion of a positive clinical learning environment.

Keep up to date with developments, advances and research in individualised patient care.

Participate in research and or education programmes relating to professional nursing issues and practice.

In the absence of the Senior Charge Nurse take charge of the ward or department and co-ordinate ward or department activities.

About us

The Specialty and Integrated Medicine (SIM) clinical service unit encompasses many specialities, a broad range of jobs and a common goal of providing seamless integrated patient centred care. We strive to be SIMply the best!

Our services include Older Peoples Medicine (including Same Day Emergency Care), Diabetes, Endocrinology, HIV Outpatients, Leeds Sexual Health, Infectious Diseases and a variety of related specialisms. We work closely with other teams across the Trust, facilitating the admission, care and discharge of one of its largest acute patient cohorts.

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

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

16 March 2026

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-780

Job locations

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF


Job description

Job responsibilities

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 J14, J15 & J21.

Ward J14 & J15 are both older adult medical ward and Ward J21 is an older adult admissions ward. We are dedicated to providing high quality care to the older generations of Leeds.

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.

You will be required to work as part of a friendly and supportive team who are creative and enthusiastic, with a track record of continually improving performance.

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.

If you would like to discuss this role further or arrange a ward visit please contact Matron Matthew Pinnock matthew.pinnock@nhs.net or Ward Manager James Barraclough james.barraclough6@nhs.net.

Job description

Job responsibilities

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 J14, J15 & J21.

Ward J14 & J15 are both older adult medical ward and Ward J21 is an older adult admissions ward. We are dedicated to providing high quality care to the older generations of Leeds.

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.

You will be required to work as part of a friendly and supportive team who are creative and enthusiastic, with a track record of continually improving performance.

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.

If you would like to discuss this role further or arrange a ward visit please contact Matron Matthew Pinnock matthew.pinnock@nhs.net or Ward Manager James Barraclough james.barraclough6@nhs.net.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ 3 in Health and Social Care,
  • Diploma in Health Level 3,
  • Diploma in Health and Social Care Level 3 or equivalent experience.
  • The Care Certificate or in the absence of this the jobholder must successfully attain the Care Certificate within the first 3 months of employment.
  • Commitment to undergo training and education as required.

Desirable

  • Basic skills Maths and English Level 2 (equivalent of GCSE 4-9 (A*-C)).

Experience

Essential

  • Significant experience of working within a healthcare setting delivering personal and clinical care.
  • Utilisation of planning and organisational skills
  • Insight into roles responsibilities of post.
  • Basic IT skills

Desirable

  • Significant experience of working within the speciality or department.

Skills & behaviours

Essential

  • Caring and motivated
  • Compassionate
  • Courageous
  • Reliable and trustworthy
  • Interpersonal skills, confident and enthusiastic
  • Willingness to learn and develop their role

Other criteria

Essential

  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Team working.
  • Ability to organise and prioritise workload.
  • Competent in written, electronic and verbal communication skills
  • Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post (with reasonable adjustments if necessary), including clearance on blood borne viruses in compliance with Trust Policy
  • Ability to travel in between Trust premises and patient homes for posts that involve community visits
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ 3 in Health and Social Care,
  • Diploma in Health Level 3,
  • Diploma in Health and Social Care Level 3 or equivalent experience.
  • The Care Certificate or in the absence of this the jobholder must successfully attain the Care Certificate within the first 3 months of employment.
  • Commitment to undergo training and education as required.

Desirable

  • Basic skills Maths and English Level 2 (equivalent of GCSE 4-9 (A*-C)).

Experience

Essential

  • Significant experience of working within a healthcare setting delivering personal and clinical care.
  • Utilisation of planning and organisational skills
  • Insight into roles responsibilities of post.
  • Basic IT skills

Desirable

  • Significant experience of working within the speciality or department.

Skills & behaviours

Essential

  • Caring and motivated
  • Compassionate
  • Courageous
  • Reliable and trustworthy
  • Interpersonal skills, confident and enthusiastic
  • Willingness to learn and develop their role

Other criteria

Essential

  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Team working.
  • Ability to organise and prioritise workload.
  • Competent in written, electronic and verbal communication skills
  • Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post (with reasonable adjustments if necessary), including clearance on blood borne viruses in compliance with Trust Policy
  • Ability to travel in between Trust premises and patient homes for posts that involve community visits

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (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 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 Charge Nurse

James Barraclough

james.barraclough6@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

16 March 2026

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-780

Job locations

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF


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