Clinical Support Worker- Renal Unit

Job summary

We are recruiting for a Clinical Support Worker- Renal Chiltern Bedfordshire who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

The department of renal medicine is located across five sites however yourwork base will be our Chiltern site.

You will work as an integral part of the team and demonstrate a willingness to develop the knowledge and skills required to assist in caring for renal haemodialysis patients under the supervision of a registered nurse.

Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!

Main duties of the job

As a Clinical Support Worker your role will involve:

Establishing and maintaining communication with people about routine and daily activities overcoming any difficulties in communication between the people involved.

Select and prepare the correct haemodialysis equipment and materials for the delegated task to be undertaken.

Ensure the equipment is clean, tested as appropriate, in working order and set correctly. Appropriately identify and prepare for the movement of patients, machinery and goods

Undertake the delegated task correctly, effectively and to time

Communicate information only to those people who have the right and need to know it, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen

Employer details

Employer name

East and North Herts NHS Trust

Address

Chiltern Kidney Centre

Unit 6 Nimbus Park Houghton Regis

Luton

LU5 5WZ

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

East and North Herts NHS Trust

Address

Chiltern Kidney Centre

Unit 6 Nimbus Park Houghton Regis

Luton

LU5 5WZ

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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