Senior Clinical Support Worker - Emergency Department (Band 3)

The Senior Health Care Support Worker (SHCSW) will function at a higher competency level than that of other Health Care Support Workers (HCSW) with responsibility for actively participating as part of the Multi-Disciplinary Team within the Emergency Department, to provide a seamless service to patients and relatives. The SHCSW will work under proximal supervision from a Registered Practitioner and carry out assigned clinical tasks involving direct patient care and associated administrative duties, The delivery of clinical and therapeutic care, within the clinical setting within set protocols and within the scope of the SHCSW, under the guidance and supervision of the Registered Practitioner.
Organise and prioritise time and work activities effectively.
Contributes to the delivery of nursing care ensuring the highest possible standard under supervision of Registered Practitioners. Undertakes a range of delegated clinical care duties, records patients observations and collects specimens and samples as instructed
Under supervision and appropriate delegation from the Registered Practitioner assess patients conditions through basic test results and clinical observations.
Ensure care is documented accurately and in a timely manner as per Trust policy and contributes to updating patients records.
Ensure that patients and relatives are treated with courtesy at all times and the individual needs of patients are respected, promoting and valuing the rights, responsibilities and diversity of people. Patients must be treated with privacy and dignity.
Maintain a safe working environment, reporting incidents, accidents and complaints. Understand the need to maintain and respect patient confidentiality
promotes and participates in Health Education.
Maintain confidentiality of all patients and work related issues.
Actively participates in Departmental Team Development and Nursing Team Development, Participates in the welcoming and reception of patients in the clinical area, supporting the assessment process and liaising with the Emergency Department Registered Practitioner.
Participates in the delivery of care in conjunction with the Emergency Department Registered Practitioner. Ensuring assistance is provided with patients activities of daily living.
Assists in creating an environment which meets the needs of patients, relatives and carers.
Escort/support relatives within the department and to the Mortuary.
Has the skills, knowledge and competency to perform the following clinical skills:
+ Vital signs and early warning score
+ Urinalysis
+ Pregnancy Testing
+ Capillary Blood Glucose Monitoring
+ ECG Acquisition
+ Venepuncture
+ Peripheral IV access
+ Urinary Catheterisation
+ Basic Limb Casting
+ Pressure Area Risk Assessment
+ Wound Closure
Ensure adequate skills to maintain/update patients computer records.
Evaluate, analyse and act upon those findings that directly relate to the provision of Emergency Care.
Ensure the Registered Practitioner is aware of any conditional changes that may affect patient acuity.
Recognise the work load of colleagues and provide support as necessary.
Acts as a mentor, preceptor and /or QCF assessor to junior staff.
We are happy to discuss flexible working opportunities.
NOTE: This vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient suitable applications are received.
If you are offered a position which requires you to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £41.90, Standard £21.90 or Basic £21.90) from your first full months salary. This is a condition of your employment.
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You are encouraged to participate in the DBS Update Service and pay the £13 cost per year.
We encourage applicants to receive the Covid-19 vaccination but this will not be a condition of deployment with the organisation. We will be asking applicants to share their vaccination status as part of our normal pre employment screening but this will not affect their employment status with the Trust.

At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people's age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you'll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future - a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust., We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes. Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford University, Craven College and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future.
We want to attract staff who embrace our Right Care behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients we want to make these part of our DNA.