Senior Clinical Support Worker

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see above job overview, main responsibilities, job description and person specification. Circulating duties within theatre.

You will support the registered staff within the department, and undertake the following;

• Participate in WHO safety checklist
• Peri-operative swab needle and instrument counts
• Prepare instrumentation and consumable items for the daily workload, ensuring stock rotation is completed
• Ensure theatres are stocked and ready for the operating lists
• Taking Clinical Observations and Recording
• Glucose Monitoring
• Urine Analysis (Strip)
• Support and Assist New Staff- Buddy System/Care Certificate Supervisor
• Pregnancy Testing
• Report risks as appropriate

This list is not exhaustive.

We currently work Monday to Saturday and will be working from 8am to 8pm on each of those days. You will be expected to work within those shift times.

This role requires the following qualifications and documents to be provided as part of the recruitment and selection process for this role, if you are offered a role and unable to provide these documents, we are afraid the offer will be withdrawn:

• GCSE's or equivalent Certificate for Maths and English, equivalent to current Level 4/ C or level 2 functional skills Maths/English.
• If you have completed your qualifications overseas you must apply or provide a ECCTIS compatibility statement
• Completed Care Certificate

Although it may seem frustrating if you have completed a degree in the UK or other professional qualifications our policy states we must have GCSE's or equivalent as part of the requirements for this role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Numeracy/Literacy skills to Level 1 (GCSE Grade 2-3, D-F or equivalent) IELTS or OETS (Overall score of C1) accepted for overseas applicants (Level 7 in Listening/speaking/reading & Level 6.5 in Writing)
• Care Certificate or must complete within 12 weeks of commencing employment
• NVQ/QCF Level 3 in Care/Equivalent qualification or willing/required to complete if successful (If applicant has 3 years or more care experience this is voluntary).

Experience

Essential criteria

• Minimum of 12 months care experience

Desirable criteria

• NHS experience
• Theatre Experience
• Treatment Suite / Ambulatory Unit Experience

Important information about your application

1. All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
2. References - please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.
3. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
4. Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies
5. New recruits are required to pay for their Disclosure and Barring Service check (and admin fee) prior to starting if the role requires a DBS check.
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