Clinical Support Worker

For Further Information About This Role, Please Contact

Jane Hopkins (Senior Sister) via email: ***email_hidden*** or telephone: 01924 541216

Sarah Turton (Senior Sister) via email: [email protected] or telephone: 01924 541216

About The Role

This is an exciting opportunity to join a friendly team of Nurses working within MY Eye Day Care and Theatre facility.

You will provide assistance to Registered Nurses and Doctors by effective, prompt, and competent undertaking of delegated tasks, whilst caring for ophthalmic patients undergoing surgery.

You will be an effective communicator, resourceful, and have the ability to work well in a team, with a caring and sensitive attitude and are able to empathise with partially sighted people and their families.

Previous experience would be beneficial, but not essential, as training will be provided. In exchange we will offer a supportive working environment and opportunity for development.

Please note: Prior to being invited to interview, all shortlisted candidates will be contacted by the Recruitment Team to provide evidence of all essential qualifications listed in the person specification for the role.

Evidence of these qualifications must be submitted by the deadline provided and will be reviewed to confirm that they meet the essential criteria. Candidates who do not provide the required evidence by the deadline or do not have the correct qualifications, will not be progressed to interview.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details.

Main duties

To provide nursing care for patients undergoing surgery under local anaesthetic.

To provide nursing care pre & post operatively, and preparing patients for discharge home.

To provide support for Registered Practitioners and Clinicians in a theatre environment, whilst maintaining the safety the patient undergoing surgery.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details.

Qualifications

Essential person specification requirements

Must Have

• Level 2 in numeracy and literacy (or equivalent)
• Completed Care Certificate accredited by e-learning for healthcare evidence of both theory and all practical elements of the skills for health 15 standards (training completed via e-learning only will not be accepted)

Plus Must Have One Of The Following

• Vocational Level 3 qualification in a Health related subject regulated by OFQUAL
• For existing Mid Yorkshire staff evidence of Band 2 competency booklet completed
• Any new employees who can evidence competency of core clinical skills, as outlined above in the CSW Band 3 JD

Experience

• Experience of working in a Health and Social Care setting in a Band 2 role or equivalent

Knowledge and Awareness

• Evidence of using one’s own initiative
• Awareness of risks, identifying them and alerting appropriate personnel
• Knowledge of basic IT systems
• Ability to learn new skills and adapt existing knowledge
• Understanding of responsibility, accountability and confidentiality, relevant to the healthcare role
• To have a basic understanding of the NHS and the roles of nurses, therapists, and social care professionals within a healthcare setting
• Knowledge of care and related procedures and relevant legislation
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge of data protection and health and safety issues

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details.

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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