Job summary
X 2 posts, Band 3 CSW Pain Clinic, Calderdale Royal Hospital and Band 3 CSW in Pre Assessment Unit .
Pain Clinic
We are currently seeking a motivated, polite, and well-organised individual to join our friendly and busy Pain Clinic team at Calderdale Royal Hospital.
As a Band 3 Healthcare Support Worker in pain clinic, you will play a key role in supporting patients throughout their pain management journey.
You'll work closely with our nursing and administrative teams, providing both clinical and clerical support to ensure the smooth running of the clinic.
Pre Assessment Unit
Main duties include -
- Completing investigations for patients undergoing elective surgery including Venepuncture, ECG recording and MRSA swabs
- Liasing with patients post assessment to ensure guidance is followed for surgery such as medication and lifestyle advice
- Completing update telephone assessments with patients and ensuring all required investigations are completed
- Supporting and working collaboratively with the MDT to ensure patients fitness for surgery
- Providing and supporting optimisation of patients undergoing elective surgery
Main duties of the job
- Retrieval of MRSA results from PAS WEB
- Take observations, bloods and ECG's and MRSA screening
- Telephone assessment of patients awaiting elective surgery and providing patients with their pre-operative instructions.
- Telephone assessments of patients prior to their surgery date to ensure safety and fitness for surgery
- Maintain accurate patient electronic records
- Liaise with multidisciplinary team
- Check and prepare documentation for clinic attenders
- Maintain confidentiality at all times within the Trust's Policy
About us
CHFT is an integrated Trust of 6,500+ colleagues providing hospital and community services to patients and communities across Calderdale and Kirklees. We are rated as 'Good' by the Care Quality Commission, are a top performing Trust for Elective Recovery, Emergency and Cancer Care and widely acknowledged as a national digital lead when it comes to caring for people across our local and regional systems.
Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for and support each other in order to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients. That is why we are looking for an inclusive collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Duties
- Take patients observations, height and weight
- Telephone assessment of patients awaiting surgery providing them with pre-operative instructions.
- Telephone assessments of patients prior to their surgery date to ensure safety and fitness for surgery.
- Take MRSA swabs and retrieve results ensuring compliancy of MRSA Trust Policy
- Take patients bloods and perform ECGs when required
- Obtain samples as required for testing.
- Liaise with multi-disciplinary team
Professional Duties
- To undertake competence based training where required
Managerial Duties
- There are no managerial duties required in this post.
Financial Duties
- There are no financial duties required in this post.
Managing Self
- Participate in regular supervision.
- Attend all mandatory training.
- Participate annually identifying, developing and agreeing your own development plan with your Line Manager using the Trust Appraisal.
- Comply with all Trust policies, procedures and protocols.
- Carry out duties with due regard to the Trusts Equal Opportunity Policy.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Duties
- Take patients observations, height and weight
- Telephone assessment of patients awaiting surgery providing them with pre-operative instructions.
- Telephone assessments of patients prior to their surgery date to ensure safety and fitness for surgery.
- Take MRSA swabs and retrieve results ensuring compliancy of MRSA Trust Policy
- Take patients bloods and perform ECGs when required
- Obtain samples as required for testing.
- Liaise with multi-disciplinary team
Professional Duties
- To undertake competence based training where required
Managerial Duties
- There are no managerial duties required in this post.
Financial Duties
- There are no financial duties required in this post.
Managing Self
- Participate in regular supervision.
- Attend all mandatory training.
- Participate annually identifying, developing and agreeing your own development plan with your Line Manager using the Trust Appraisal.
- Comply with all Trust policies, procedures and protocols.
- Carry out duties with due regard to the Trusts Equal Opportunity Policy.
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING
Essential
- English and Math GCSE grade 9-2 (A*-E) or equivalent or high level of literacy and numeracy skills demonstrated within application
- Competence based level 3 Qualification e.g. NVQ or Diploma in Care or Care Certificate Standard - demonstrating the 15/16 standard have been meet and signed by an employer
- Willingness to undertake any training or development relevant to the role
- Competent in cannulation /venepuncture/plaster training and specialist dressings
- Moving and Handling
- Infection Control
- Customer Care
- Competent / able to evidence the completion of Health Care Assistant core competencies
- ECG training and competency
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE
Essential
- Previous employment with a healthcare setting (18 months)
- Insight into the roles of responsibilities of the post
- Demonstrate a commitment to a caring profession
- Understand the importance of record keeping
- Literacy Skills
- IT Skills
Desirable
- Experience of record keeping
- Experience in undertaking point of care testing
- Experience in application of basic dressing techniques
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES
Essential
- Ability to work as a team member
- Ability to work in a busy environment
- Able to use own initiative
- Aware of own limitations/ level of competence
- Good communication Skills
Desirable
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING
Essential
- English and Math GCSE grade 9-2 (A*-E) or equivalent or high level of literacy and numeracy skills demonstrated within application
- Competence based level 3 Qualification e.g. NVQ or Diploma in Care or Care Certificate Standard - demonstrating the 15/16 standard have been meet and signed by an employer
- Willingness to undertake any training or development relevant to the role
- Competent in cannulation /venepuncture/plaster training and specialist dressings
- Moving and Handling
- Infection Control
- Customer Care
- Competent / able to evidence the completion of Health Care Assistant core competencies
- ECG training and competency
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE
Essential
- Previous employment with a healthcare setting (18 months)
- Insight into the roles of responsibilities of the post
- Demonstrate a commitment to a caring profession
- Understand the importance of record keeping
- Literacy Skills
- IT Skills
Desirable
- Experience of record keeping
- Experience in undertaking point of care testing
- Experience in application of basic dressing techniques
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES
Essential
- Ability to work as a team member
- Ability to work in a busy environment
- Able to use own initiative
- Aware of own limitations/ level of competence
- Good communication Skills
Desirable
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.
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.
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
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Huddersfield Royal Infirmary
Acre Street, Lindley
Huddersfield
HD3 3EA
Employer's website
https://www.cht.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
