Overview
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Community Clinical Support Worker
The closing date is 19 February 2026
A rare opportunity has arisen within the Dalton & Ulverston District nursing team for an advanced Clinical Support Worker. The post is for 30 hours per week over 5 working days and requires flexibility to cover days, weekends, evenings and nights as rostered.
Main duties
To provide basic nursing care to patients in the community setting working as part of the district nursing team. Carrying out an extended role of clinical tasks and skills working unaccompanied. This will include but is not limited to taking bloods, administering medications via injection, wound care, catheter care, advice and management of skin conditions. Training will be provided in these areas. To assist the Clinical Team with Data entry and administrative duties. Liaising with the wider multidisciplinary teams including adult social care, GP's and hospital staff as well as patients and their relatives and carers. As a loan worker, you will manage your workload, ensuring patients are seen in a timely manner and all tasks are completed each shift.
About us
We operate from three main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.
FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.
WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.
All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, daycase and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.
Job responsibilities
To participate in the provision of a high standard of evidenced based nursing care to a wide variety of patients in their own homes or a care home setting. To provide clinical care as directed by a qualified nurse but not under direct supervision, e.g. certain dressings, catheter care, bowel care. To record patient observations, collect specimens, and perform some diagnostic procedures. To actively seek to promote health, both individually and to patients and carers. To participate in achieving measurable standards of care and to participate in clinical audit. To prioritise own allocated workload and deal with daily changes using own initiative. To deal with incoming messages for team and ensure these are dealt with appropriately and providing admin support as required. To order stock and equipment and participate in additional clerical duties. To communicate daily with patients / carers / relatives, members of the primary health care team and outside agencies.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Level 3 in Health and Social Care qualification or equivalent experience/ training.
Experience
* Evidence of work in a personal care setting
* Evidence of recent personal/professional development
* Community based experience
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 name
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust
Address
Ulverston & Dalton District Nursing Team
Salary: £24,937 to £26,598 a year per annum pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
331-7741157-UHMB
Job locations
Ulverston & Dalton District Nursing Team
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