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Job summary

Main area
Cancer Support
Grade
Band 2
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Fully Rotational to opening hours of the unit)
Job ref
275-2412CSW-GDU
Employer
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Medway Maritime Hospital
Town
Gillingham
Salary
£23,615 per annum/pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
06/01/2025 23:59

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Clinical Support Worker - Galton Day Unit

Band 2

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust, we are able to give our employees flexibility on where, when and the hours they work.

Our culture and values are what drives Medway NHS Foundation Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when you are completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

Job overview

Clinical Support Worker - Galton Day Unit

Division: Cancer and Core Clinical Services

Care Group: Cancer Services

Band: 2

We are recruiting for a Clinical Support Worker who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job

To assist the nursing team to ensure the day to day running of the Chemotherapy unit is maintained to the highest standard. 

The post holder will be responsible for supporting the nurses and senior support workers with clinical duties including observations, height and weight, blood glucose, urinalysis and general day to day running of the unit.

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

Working for our organisation

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.

As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy – Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.

Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:

B – Bold

E – Every person counts

S – Sharing and open

T - Together

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The employee will work closely with the nursing team and nurse in charge to know what tasks are required on a daily basis.

The employee will be responsible for using the relevant IT systems to identify patients who require treatment. They will be competent in taking and acting on observations. 

The employee will be responsible for maintaining mandatory training, and adhering to trust policies.  

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • NVQ Level 2 in a relevant subject or the equivalent level of working experience

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Basic understanding of the NHS Some knowledge of data protection and patient confidentiality
  • Some knowledge of infection control

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Working within multi-professional team

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to communicate with the general public
  • Ability to project a professional manner and approach

Values Based Question

Essential criteria
  • Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a ‘can do’ attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome

Employer certification / accreditation badges

No smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - BronzeDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - SilverDisability confident employerNHS Rainbow badgeStep into health

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sonjia Holmes
Job title
Senior Sister
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01634 976844
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