Clinical Support Worker - Children's Ward
NHS AfC: Band 3
Main area Children's Ward RLI Grade NHS AfC: Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 24.3 hours per week (No additional pattern, will be a mixture of days and night shift) Job ref 331-L17890625
Site Royal Lancaster Infirmary Town Lancaster Salary £24,625 - £25,674 pro rata per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 15/07/2025 23:59
''Creating a great place to be cared for and a great place to work''
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has a firm commitment to strengthening the diversity of our workforce, and therefore welcome and encourage applications from likeminded people who can support our ambition to become effortlessly inclusive. We are particularly keen to hear from protected groups – including BAME, LGBT+ and people with a disability.
Job overview
Do you want to deliver outstanding care and be part of a forward thinking, inspirational, innovative team who have overcome significant challenges in the last few years, and to join us on our continuing journey towards excellence?
We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to provide a high quality of care to patients on our Children's Ward.
The services we provide:
Children’s Inpatient, Day Care, Assessment and Outpatients
Our Children’s Inpatient services provide compassionate care for Children and Young People from 0 to 16 years of age across two busy sites, Royal Lancaster Infirmary and Furness General Hospital. The units provide care for a mixture of specialties and for a wide range of conditions including High Dependency Care.
We are a University teaching hospital full of hard working and dedicated staff providing community and hospital services across the Morecambe Bay area.
Main duties of the job
Work in support of and under the direction of a Registered Children’s Nurse, providing basic care and assistance within defined parameters specified by the registered nurse.
Maintain cleanliness of the ward environment, in line with infection prevention and control standards.
Be aware of the structure and organisation of the NHS.
Working for our organisation
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.
Quality shines throughout the Trust, and the awards that our Care Groups, corporate teams or individuals have either won, or been shortlisted for, show the achievements are being recognised at a national level.
We are absolutely committed to making the Trust ‘a great place to be cared for; a great place to work’ through the delivery of the highest possible standards of compassionate care, as well as our research and education strategy to provide the very best patient and staff experience.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/
Person specification
Education and qualifications
* Relevant NVQ qualification or commitment to undertake
Experience
* Experience of working in a health related environment
PLEASE NOTE THAT SHORTLISTED APPLICANTS WILL BE CONTACTED BY EMAIL.
The Trust promotes flexible working opportunities where ever possible to enable staff to balance their work and home life. We are committed to Equal Opportunities and aim to be EffortlesslyInclusive .
The trust operates a No Smoking Policy.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our Person Specification will be shortlisted for Interview.
We reserve the right to close a job advert early where sufficient applications have been received.
The Trust does not offer interview expenses to shortlisted candidates unless indicated in the advert
If the post is subject to Disclosure & Barring Service checking, (formally CRB) a charge of £49.50 for Enhanced and £21.50 for Standard clearance and additional to this a £4.90 administration fee will be made to the successful candidate(s). This currently only applies to roles Band 6 and above and Medical & Dental posts.
Anyone newly appointed to the trust under the Agenda For Change contract, will be subject to the completion of a satisfactory 6 month probationary period. This will give the new staff member an opportunity to become familiar with the role and working environment.
We have introduced a new system called Pre-Onboarding, specifically to support you right the way through to your first few months in your new role with us atUHMB. This bespoke site has lots of useful information to help you settle into your new roleincluding: what to expect from the recruitment clearances process, where to get a uniform, when you'll get paid etc. As well as information on a number of our services i.e. Infection Prevention, Anti-fraud, Inclusion and Diversity, Care Certificates and much more. To access click on this linkhttps://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/uhmbt-pre-onboarding .
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Name Jen Mills Job title Ward Manager Email address Jennifer.Mills@mbht.nhs.uk Telephone number 01524 583467 Additional information
Laura Norton, Matron for Babies, Children and Young People
Email: Laura.Norton@mbht.nhs.uk
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