Clinical Support Worker - Higher Level-Renal

Job summary

We are recruiting a Clinical Support Worker Higher Level who will share our vision and to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our Renal Home Haemodialysis patients.

This is an excellent opportunity within the Renal Department at ENHT. You will be joining our caring small Home Haemodialysis team in our busy Home Therapy unit, which is the part of Renal Department.

East and North Herts NHS Trust provides home haemodialysis training for patients across a network.

The clinical service delivery model is therefore changing from traditional dependency towards patient training, empowerment, and support to deliver care which is customised to patient choice, clinical need and ability.

Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!

Main duties of the job

Assist with learning and development activities.

Prepare for, undertake, and record haemodialysis treatment as delegated.

Perform routine blood tests and tasks related to investigations as delegated.

Contribute to the patients' training to the independent level.

Prepare each individuals environment, equipment and materials appropriately for the procedure prior to starting the procedure.

Move patients, machinery, and goods in accordance with East & North Herts NHS Trust policies and procedures, whilst identifying and minimising the risks involved.

Contribute to the assessment of health and well-being needs of people requiring haemodialysis whose needs are relatively stable and consistent with others in the caseload.

Perform home visits to home Haemodialysis patients to maintain their safety in independent dialysis.

Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.