Clinical Support Worker
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
Date: 15 hours ago
City: Wakefield, England
Contract type: Full time
Sarah Hanson, Team Leader - 01924 542571 - [email protected]
About The Role
Here at the Mid Yorkshire Trust an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Support Worker to become a key role within our CT department here at Radiology. We require someone who has excellent organisational and Interpersonal skills and who can continuously improve themselves and help others to do so within our department.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate good team membership skills have the ability to act diplomatically in sensitive situations involving patients or staff, be punctual and be able to follow instructions accurately.
We are a challenging and fast paced service and require someone who can step into this role with confidence, professionalism and the ability to motivate themselves and others. We are looking for someone who can uphold our trust values & behaviours and play a crucial role in delivering excellent care. Are you caring, ensuring this is in the heart of all you do? Are you willing to contribute to help improve aspects of the care being delivered and to improve yourself? Are you respectful of others and treat people the way they would expect to be treated? Are you able to provide a high standard of work, for both patients and the services we provide? Then you just might be the candidate we are looking for.
MYTT CT cover 3 hospital sites; Pontefract, Pinderfields and Dewsbury as well as a newly installed Community Diagnostic Centre based in Wakefield. The CT teamwork nights, extended days, evenings and weekends (including bank holidays), however the core hours for this position are primarily Monday-Friday 9am-5pm.
The Mid Yorkshire Trust has excellent travel links to Leeds, Sheffield, Doncaster and Bradford. We are close to both the M1 and the M62.
If you would like to attend for an informal chat or a look round, please contact Sarah Hanson on 01924 542571.
Main duties
To work as a member of the team delivering high quality service within Radiology.
To carry out administration duties in a manner that supports departmental targets and ensures compliance with standard operating procedures.
To undertake administrative and patient care duties to enable a patient focussed service. The post holder is required to rotate across administrative and patient care functions.
The post holder is required to keep confidential all information and documentation relating to either a patient, a member of staff or service business, which he/she comes into contact with. All staff are expected to respect the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998, as this incorporates the need for a high standard of data quality, confidentiality and information security.
Key Requirements
Be part of MY team
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.
We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.
If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
Application Guidance
We understand that more applicants are using AI technology to help with their applications. While these tools can be useful, they cannot fully capture your skills, knowledge, and experience. It’s important that you personalise your application. Relying solely on AI is not recommended, as it may reduce your chances of success. Our screening process is thorough, so if you have used AI, please make sure to disclose this on your application form.
Our Benefits
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About The Role
Here at the Mid Yorkshire Trust an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Support Worker to become a key role within our CT department here at Radiology. We require someone who has excellent organisational and Interpersonal skills and who can continuously improve themselves and help others to do so within our department.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate good team membership skills have the ability to act diplomatically in sensitive situations involving patients or staff, be punctual and be able to follow instructions accurately.
We are a challenging and fast paced service and require someone who can step into this role with confidence, professionalism and the ability to motivate themselves and others. We are looking for someone who can uphold our trust values & behaviours and play a crucial role in delivering excellent care. Are you caring, ensuring this is in the heart of all you do? Are you willing to contribute to help improve aspects of the care being delivered and to improve yourself? Are you respectful of others and treat people the way they would expect to be treated? Are you able to provide a high standard of work, for both patients and the services we provide? Then you just might be the candidate we are looking for.
MYTT CT cover 3 hospital sites; Pontefract, Pinderfields and Dewsbury as well as a newly installed Community Diagnostic Centre based in Wakefield. The CT teamwork nights, extended days, evenings and weekends (including bank holidays), however the core hours for this position are primarily Monday-Friday 9am-5pm.
The Mid Yorkshire Trust has excellent travel links to Leeds, Sheffield, Doncaster and Bradford. We are close to both the M1 and the M62.
If you would like to attend for an informal chat or a look round, please contact Sarah Hanson on 01924 542571.
Main duties
To work as a member of the team delivering high quality service within Radiology.
To carry out administration duties in a manner that supports departmental targets and ensures compliance with standard operating procedures.
To undertake administrative and patient care duties to enable a patient focussed service. The post holder is required to rotate across administrative and patient care functions.
The post holder is required to keep confidential all information and documentation relating to either a patient, a member of staff or service business, which he/she comes into contact with. All staff are expected to respect the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998, as this incorporates the need for a high standard of data quality, confidentiality and information security.
Key Requirements
- Maintain a professional appearance in line with the Trust dress code.
- Uphold the Trust’s values and behaviours (available on the Trust web site) and behave in a manner fitting with the responsible position of the role, maintaining the public confidence.
- Maintain professional and courteous working relationships with staff and respect the equality and diversity of each and every person he/she comes into contact within the course of his/her business.
- Uphold the privacy and dignity of the client group and respect equality at all times.
- The post holder will maintain a smart appearance and adhere to the uniform policy particularly in relation to jewellery and footwear.
- The post holder will deal professionally and courteously with colleagues, patients and visitors.
- The post holder will adhere to the Trust’s policy relating to confidentiality.
- The post holder will undertake an annual appraisal.
- To assist the Radiologist, radiographers and other staff in providing a comprehensive efficient service.
- The post holder will adhere to moving and handling policies to ensure that patients come to no harm.
- The post holder will ensure that patients are appropriately dressed for their procedure and assist the patient in dressing and undressing as required.
- The post holder will help position the patient as appropriate to the procedure to be undertaken.
- The post holder will undertake observation of patients recording observations within the patient records and reporting concerns to the radiographers or medical staff as appropriate.
- To assist in patient care, for example to act as a chaperone and to provide care/comfort as required.
- To assist, if required, radiographic and nursing colleagues when undertaking interventional procedures.
- The post holder will help prepare the room for the patient’s examination including filling the automatic injector under supervision.
- The post holder will adhere to control of infection policies in support of patients with known infection.
- The post holder will ensure that the environment and equipment is fit for purpose in order to reduce the incidence of hospital acquired infection.
- The post holder will undergo training for intravenous access and assist in the administration of contrast agents where appropriate.
- Privacy and dignity.
- Patient experience.
- Core working hours will include some evenings and weekend working.
Be part of MY team
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.
We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.
If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
Application Guidance
We understand that more applicants are using AI technology to help with their applications. While these tools can be useful, they cannot fully capture your skills, knowledge, and experience. It’s important that you personalise your application. Relying solely on AI is not recommended, as it may reduce your chances of success. Our screening process is thorough, so if you have used AI, please make sure to disclose this on your application form.
Our Benefits
- Access to the NHS pension plan
- Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service
- Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services
- Extensive benefits and support, including:
- Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Home electronics scheme
- Car lease salary sacrifice scheme
- Working carers support and advice, carers network and carers passport
- Flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies
- Established staff networks, including LGBTQ+ and Race Equality
- Career progression, training and support
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