Healthcare Support Worker at Cambridge University Hospitals (Sponsorship Available)

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is looking for a dedicated Healthcare Support Worker to join their team. Strong candidates are encouraged to apply, and sponsorship is available for eligible applicants.

About the Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, one of the largest teaching trusts in the UK, is renowned for its commitment to excellence. The Trust includes: 

– Addenbrooke’s Hospital, a leading teaching hospital providing exceptional care. 

– The Rosie Hospital, specializing in maternity and neonatal services. 

The Trust serves the local Cambridge community while offering specialist regional and national services. It’s a vibrant and inclusive place to work, with a friendly community atmosphere on campus and outstanding facilities that support career development and skill-building. 

Our Values

The Trust’s core values — Together: Safe, Kind, Excellent — guide everything we do, ensuring the delivery of outstanding care to our patients. 

Why Join Us? 

– Work in a cutting-edge environment with a fully electronic patient record system, improving healthcare quality and patient safety. 

– Benefit from career pathways and development opportunities. 

– Be part of a team transforming healthcare services to enhance clinical outcomes. 

Take your healthcare career to the next level with Cambridge University Hospitals. Apply today and become part of a Trust committed to making a difference!    

Position: Healthcare Support Worker

Salary: £24,071 to £25,674 a year

Job Type: Full Time

Location: Cambridge

About the Role

Our Cancer Directorate is inviting applications from healthcare support workers who are interested to join the existing Clinical Nurse Specialists in benign Urology. This job is a full time post to support our nurse led Trial with out Catheter clinics (TWOC) and other urology clinical work load such Urodynamic and Video Urodynamics clinic.

You will be working in a multi-disciplinary team that provides surgical treatment to people with urological conditions. You will be influencing the care that they receive; attending clinics, supporting clinic staff as they implement services. You will also be supporting some of the urology patient on the ward, who is on Enhanced recovery programme. You will be working closely with consultant team and specialist nurses in urology

You will provide support specialist nursing team to provide the highest levels of safe and effective care and a positive patient experience.

We are committed to career progression and the well being of our staff. You will be offered mentorship.

Main Duties

  • To support nurses in the specialist nursing team in nurse lead clinics.
  • To assist specialist nurses and consultant team in urology procedure clinic.
  • Support specialist nursing team to manage patient messages on telephone and My chart.
  • Liaising with other hospital to obtain results and reports for patients where needed to avoid delays

Qualifications

  • NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in health related subject
  • 4 GCSE’s or equivalent

Desirable

  • Working towards foundation degree or equivalent

Experience (Essential)

  • To have worked within an acute hospital setting
  • Assisting with surgical procedures
  • Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team

Desirable

  • Experience in working in outpatients settings or urology out patients
  • Competency in Bladder scanning/Willingness to undertake training
  • Experience in supporting patients with indwelling catheters

Knowledge (Essential)

  • Demonstrate awareness of the needs of patients with Catheters
  • Understanding of the anxiety, distress and confusion of some patients and relatives
  • Recognise the extent and limitations of own and others competence

Desirable

  • Awareness of National priorities and initiatives

Skills (Essential)

  • Well developed verbal and written communication skills
  • Well developed interpersonal skills – able to liaise effectively with a wide range of people including medical staff, patients and relatives
  • Good organisational skills with the ability to prioritise a demanding workload
  • Able to work autonomously with support Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
  • Evidence of clinical competencies. Able to think laterally to find solutions to problems

Desirable

  • Computer Literate
  • Familiar with EPIC system

Additional Requirements (Essential)

  • The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Safe, Kind, Excellent

Benefits

Certificate of Sponsorship

  • Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications
  • At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries.
  • Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
  • On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces.
  • Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only cafe, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

Required Documents

  1. CV/Resume
  2. Cover Letter

Application Process

Interested and qualified candidates should kindly CLICK HERE to learn more and apply

Application Deadline

November 28, 2024