Clinical Support Worker - Day Surgery Unit

Job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated & friendly clinical support worker to join our busy day surgery team. We as a department work over 3 levels of Westmorland General Hospital. On level 3 we have 20 beds for pre and post surgery patients undergoing a day surgery procedure including a full range of surgical specialities.

We also run urology / chronic pain clinics / ophthalmology surgeries from units on level 1 and level 2 during where you will be working alongside nurses and clinicians providing diagnostic services such as cystoscopies, precision point biopsies and outpatient one stop clinics.

Main duties of the job

• Participate in the Trust Appraisal and Personal Development
• Plan process by identifying your own development needs and agreeing development plans for these needs with a clinical supervisor/mentor.
• Ensure awareness of when and how to report untoward incident and how to respond appropriately with patients' or relatives complaints.
• Ensure that your clinical practice is safe and appropriate at all times.
• Assist the RN's in the benchmarking of clinical standards.
• Ensure your required mandatory and competency based training is kept up to date.
• Ensures that own actions support equality, diversity, rights and maintain quality.
• Participate in the continued development of healthcare standards and service development.

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 health care 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, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.