Healthcare Clinical Support Worker

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust


Date: 19 hours ago
City: Bath, England
Contract type: Full time
Job Overview

You will be a core member of the team delivering personal care, both clinical and non-clinical, to patients. You’ll also be key in supporting patients with their own self-care and independence.

You will be supporting registered practitioners to deliver high quality,

compassionate health care to people in accordance with assessed needs and a care plan.

This is a busy role so you will be working together with your team to balance different tasks that often change.

Main duties of the job

Your Daily Duties Will Be Varied To Include

  • early mobilisation post surgery
  • blood pressure monitoring
  • oxygen saturation levels
  • body temperature
  • pulse rate and respiration rate
  • glucose monitoring,
  • collection and testing of urine, faecal and sputum samples
  • wound swabs
  • removal of catheters
  • venepuncture
  • recording your actions accurately in patient notes

Working as part of a team and on your own, you will draw from your

Knowledge, Skills And Experience

Working for our organisation

At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are proud to be in the top 20 best hospitals to work for in the country.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about the role.

Person specification

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Essential criteria

  • care experience

Desirable criteria

  • 6 months experience

Care experience

Essential criteria

  • good communication skills

Desirable criteria

  • 6 months experience

Applicant requirements

This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if we receive a high number of applications. We strongly encourage you to complete and submit your application in good time to ensure it can be considered.

Documents to download

  • Clinical Healthcare Support Worker (PDF, 834.3KB)
  • Join the RUH (PDF, 1.1MB)

Further details / informal visits contact

Name Nicola Martin Job title Senior sister Email address [email protected] Telephone number 01225821185
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