Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Support Worker

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust View all jobs


North East England
Permanent
Support Staff
GBP 25,760 - 27,476 per year

Posted 2 hour(s) ago

Reference: 2413165


Job summary

Are you a compassionate, motivated and dedicated individual looking to make a meaningful difference in patient care?

We are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and committed Clinical Support Worker to join our dynamic Short Stay Unit at Sherwood Forest Hospitals.

As a Clinical Support Worker, you will play an essential role in delivering high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. Working as part of a dedicated multidisciplinary team, you will contribute to providing safe, effective and person-centred care to our local community, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Our 52-bed Short Stay Unit is a busy and fast-paced clinical environment, caring primarily for patients with a length of stay of up to 72 hours. The unit provides comprehensive care for acutely unwell medical patients presenting with a wide range of conditions, offering an excellent opportunity to develop your clinical skills and experience.

We are looking for individuals who are passionate about delivering excellent patient care, work well as part of a team and are able to remain calm and compassionate in a challenging environment. If you are enthusiastic about healthcare and thrive in a rewarding, fast-paced environment, we would love to hear from you.

Join us at Sherwood Forest Hospitals and become part of a team committed to delivering exceptional care to our patients and community.

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

About us

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

Not all of our roles are eligible for sponsorship to find out which roles are eligible for sponsorship please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK

Home Office guidance has changed as of the 9th April, anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

Details
Date posted

08 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£25,760 to £27,476 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

214-UEC-8235734

Job locations

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-in-Ashfield

NG17 4JL

United Kingdom


Job description
Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Job description
Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential
  • Must understand basic requirements for personalised and individualised care
  • Recognition of a person's right for privacy and dignity.
Desirable
  • Awareness of Safeguarding issues
Qualifications
Essential
  • GCSE Maths and English or equivalent
  • Care Certificate
  • Apprenticeship Level 3 in Care or equivalent vocational experience
Further Training
Essential
  • Ability to attend 3 day clinical induction
  • Committed to attending further training and development as identified
Experience
Essential
  • Able to demonstrate clear and robust verbal and written English communication skills
  • Experience of working as a team
  • Previous care work experience
  • Previous face-to-face customer care experience
Desirable
  • Previous experience in a hospital setting
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential
  • Must understand basic requirements for personalised and individualised care
  • Recognition of a person's right for privacy and dignity.
Desirable
  • Awareness of Safeguarding issues
Qualifications
Essential
  • GCSE Maths and English or equivalent
  • Care Certificate
  • Apprenticeship Level 3 in Care or equivalent vocational experience
Further Training
Essential
  • Ability to attend 3 day clinical induction
  • Committed to attending further training and development as identified
Experience
Essential
  • Able to demonstrate clear and robust verbal and written English communication skills
  • Experience of working as a team
  • Previous care work experience
  • Previous face-to-face customer care experience
Desirable
  • Previous experience in a hospital setting
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details
Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-in-Ashfield

NG17 4JL

United Kingdom


Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details
Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-in-Ashfield

NG17 4JL

United Kingdom


Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)