Clinical Nursing Support worker

Full and part-time hours available. Rotate between ITU and HDU, days and nights.

Acute Ward Experience Is Essential

To provide assistance to trained staff within the Critical Care Unit and support them in delivering high standards of patient care.

To work unsupervised using own initiative when recording patient observations.

To be responsible for a wider range of patient duties.

• Assist patients in meeting hygiene, toilet, and protection needs using own initiative under the guidance of a team leader.
• Assist patients to promote independence.
• Use hoist to lift heavy patients to transfer from bed to chair/wheelchair.
• Assist patients onto commode.
• Access patient condition, record basic observations of temperature, pulse, blood pressure, and respiration rate.
• Use judgment to inform senior staff of abnormal findings.
• Assist in the care of dying patients, including providing support to relatives.
• Provide support for relatives.
• Assist with last offices.
• Assist with patient transfer to CT scanner, MRI, and theatre.
• Assist with patient transfer during intra- and inter-hospital discharges.
• Able to prepare equipment in an emergency.
• Maintain effective communication with patients and staff.
• Able to communicate effectively with agitated and confused patients, including those with physical and mental disabilities.
• Be aware of and maintain confidentiality requirements in the clinical setting.
• Prime pressure monitoring sets for arterial and central line insertion.
• Prepare non-invasive and invasive oxygen delivery systems.
• Prepare the bronchoscope for use and clean bronchoscopes as per hospital policy when other service personnel are unavailable (e.g., weekends, annual leave).
• Assemble and dismantle mechanical ventilators and clean as per manufacturer instructions.
• Perform safety ventilator tests prior to use.

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

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is located on The Wirral peninsula, known for its stunning coastline and beautiful countryside, with many activities for residents.

As one of the largest and busiest acute trusts in North West England, we include the Wirral’s only Emergency Department. We provide high-quality acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff serving a population of approximately 400,000 across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales, and beyond.

We have around 855 beds trust-wide, with a financial turnover exceeding £337 million.

The Wirral is easily accessible via motorway, train, bus, or ferry, and is within reach of Liverpool, Chester, Manchester, and North Wales.

For further details or informal visits, contact:

Name: Christine Jones
Job title: Manager
Email: cjones36@nhs.net
Telephone: 0151 552 1801

Please contact Christine Jones for more information or to arrange an informal visit.

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