Clinical Support Worker - Higher Level - Egerton Ward

at  East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for full or part-time Clinical Support Workers to join our nursing team based at the Conquest Hospital.
The positions will be based in our 62 bedded Trauma & Orthopaedic Unit providing 24 hour care. We strive to care within a multi-professional supportive team. We are looking for people who have excellent interpersonal skills and are willing to learn, to join our friendly team. Previous experience working within a care setting is required and additional training will be given as needed.
Successful applicants will have the opportunity to enhance their basic skills and would be expected to work within a multidisciplinary team. Successful applicants will be expected to work flexibly on both day and night shifts.
Clinical Support Workers are an important part of the ward team, providing direct patient care alongside a team of Registered Nurses, Doctors and other members of the Multidisciplinary team.
Duties include providing assistance as required with personal care, feeding, toileting, observations and pressure area care. Also, maintaining a clean environment, following infection control requirements and completing accurate documentation of care given. The ability to work within a team is essential.
Clinical Support Workers work as part of a team to provide high quality, compassionate care in a hospital setting.
Training and support will be given relevant to the role and depending on previous experience.
We are proud to provide ‘Outstanding’ care and be a great place to work
We provide safe, compassionate and high quality care to half a million people living or visiting East Sussex. We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex, the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex. Our extensive services are provided by 7000 + members of staff working from acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites and in people’s own homes.
In 2020 the Care Quality Commission rated us as ‘Good’ overall, and ‘Outstanding’ for being caring and effective. The Conquest Hospital and our Community Services are rated ‘Outstanding’. Eastbourne DGH rated ‘Good’.
In 2020, the Trust launched its ambitious ‘Building for our Future’ programme. This once in a lifetime programme aims to repair, redevelop and expand our hospitals, transforming the environment in which we provide care for generations to come.
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