Clinical Support Worker
- NHS
- Part Time
- Sutton-in-Ashfield
- 25760.00 - 27476.00 a year
Job Description
Job summary
Join a compassionate, dedicated team atSherwood Forest Hospitalsand play a vital role in delivering outstanding care to women attending our specialist Colposcopy and Hysteroscopy Outpatient Department.
This is an exciting opportunity for a caring, motivated, and patient-focused individual to support clinicians in providing high-quality diagnostic and treatment services within our Women's and Children's Division. As a Clinical Support Worker, you will be at the heart of the patient journey -- offering reassurance, dignity, and compassionate care to women undergoing sensitive procedures and investigations.
Working closely with nurses, consultants, and the wider multidisciplinary team, you will assist with clinical procedures, patient observations, specimen handling, equipment preparation, and maintaining a safe, clean, and welcoming environment. You will also contribute to the smooth and efficient running of clinics through stock management, patient coordination, and accurate documentation.
This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a team environment, communicates confidently, and is passionate about making a positive difference to patient experience. You will receive ongoing support, training, and development opportunities to help you grow your clinical skills and career within the NHS.
If you are compassionate, adaptable, and committed to delivering exceptional patient-centred care, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:
Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK
Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential
- Must understand basic requirements for personalised and individualised care
- Recognition of a person's right for privacy and dignity
Desirable
- Awareness of Safeguarding issues
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE Maths and English or equivalent
- Care Certificate
- Apprenticeship Level 3 in Care or equivalent vocational experience
Further Training
Essential
- Ability to attend 3 day clinical induction
- Committed to attending further training and development as identified
Experience
Essential
- Able to demonstrate clear and robust verbal and written English communication skills
- Experience of working as a team
- Previous care work experience
- Previous face-to-face customer care experience
Desirable
- Previous experience in a hospital setting
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Flexible approach
- Able to work flexibly on a varied shift pattern according to the roster including nights and weekends
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.
Employer details
Employer name
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
King's Mill Hospital
Sutton Road
Mansfield
NG17 4JL
United Kingdom