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Job summary

Main area
Acute
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
408-24-1304
Employer
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Emergency Department, Arrowe Park Hospital
Town
Upton
Salary
£18,053.25 - £25,674 per annum pro rota
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
02/01/2025 23:59

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Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust logo

Apprentice Senior Clinical Support Worker

Band 3

Apprenticeship Eligibility Criteria 

Should this vacancy be recruited as an apprenticeship, the following criteria will apply:

UK nationals or other persons with a right of abode have an eligible residency status if they have been ordinarily resident in the UK or the British Overseas Territories, or the Crown Dependencies (Channel Islands and Isle of Man) for at least the previous 3 years on the first day of the apprenticeship.

To find out why you should apply for a role at Wirral University Teaching Hospital, please view our video and listen to what our staff say working at WUTH is really like: https://youtu.be/Z5oMaNXprn8

 

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for the post of Apprentice Emergency Senior Clinical Support Worker within the Emergency Department at Wirral University Teaching Hospital.

Applications are welcomed from enthusiastic, experienced Healthcare Workers who are keen to deliver high standards of care within the ever changing area of Emergency Care.

Applicants should be willing to work towards NVQ Level 3, including Maths and English.  They would have 18 months to complete and would develop into a Band 3 Senior Clinical Support Worker.

Main duties of the job

Provide high quality basic nursing care as directed by care plans, registered nurse/nursing associates senior staff including:

- Assistance with personal hygiene
- Assistant with toileting
- Assistance with dressing/undressing
- Ensure all patients nutritional status is maintained

Perform a range of clinical tasks or procedures which may include; (examples listed below are not exhaustive)
- ECG acquisition
- Peripheral IV access
- Venepuncture
- Basic & advanced casting
- Pressure area risk assessment
- Urinalysis
- Pregnancy testing
- Capillary blood glucose monitoring
- Formed stoma care
- Wound care management of simple wounds/basic dressings
- Perform observations using an automated device
- Removal of staples

Working for our organisation

All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as “competent and caring staff” by our patients.

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.

We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral’s only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.

We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.

The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for further information about the Apprentice Senior Clinical Support Worker position available at WUTH. 

Staff entering employment with the Trust via an apprenticeship pathway will be paid on the Trust’s local apprenticeship pay scale for the duration of their training programme. For the first 12 months of employment the staff member will be paid 75% of the payband minimum. From the start of month 13 until the end of their apprenticeship programme, the staff member will be paid 95% of the payband minimum or the national living wage (whichever amount is the higher amount).

This vacancy is being advertised as an apprenticeship and as such the salary for the role if reflective of this. Those who currently hold and can evidence the essential qualifications need not apply. Your application will not be shortlisted if you hold the essential qualification(s).

Although English and Maths at level 2 is not required for the role, it is a requirement to complete the apprenticeship and need to be in place by the end of the apprenticeship. If you do not hold or cannot evidence English and Maths at level 2 then support will be provided for the successful applicant(s) as part of the Trust’s apprenticeship offer.

Existing staff moving into an equal or higher banded apprenticeship role cannot be financially disadvantaged in doing so they will remain on their current pay scale or move onto the apprenticeship pay scale (whichever is the higher amount).

Existing staff moving into a lower banded apprenticeship role will move onto apprenticeship pay scale until the completion of the programme.

Whilst this role is being advertised as a permanent position, there is an expectation that the successful applicant must complete all elements of the apprenticeship. Initially, the successful applicant will be placed on a fixed term apprenticeship contract for the duration of the programme. Upon completion of the apprenticeship and providing all additional milestones are met, the successful applicant will be issued a permanent contract. 

Person specification

Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training

Essential criteria
  • NVQ Level 3 in a related subject or Lead Adult Care Apprenticeship
  • Care Certificate
  • Completed clinical competencies for clinical tasks and procedures as appropriate.
  • Experience working in a clinical environment
Desirable criteria
  • Experience working in the NHS

Other Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Awareness of formal audit procedures and requirements

Personal Attributes

Essential criteria
  • Understand when to seek support and advice
  • Aware of personal and professional limitations
  • Ability to perform when under pressure
  • Polite, Friendly, Approachable and Self-motivated

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria
  • Proven problem solving skills
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Tom Fitzharris
Job title
Lead Nurse
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

For further information on the apprenticeship programme please speak to a member of the Vocational Development Team on 0151 482 7981

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