Job summary

Come and join our dedicated team of Clinical Support Workers, where your compassion and commitment will help shape the experience of patients and their families.

As a CSW, you'll play a vital role in supporting our nursing teams to deliver high quality, person-centred care. You'll assist with day-to day tasks including:

Supporting patients with personal care and mobility.

Monitoring and recording observations (eg. temperature, pulse, respiration)

Providing emotional support and companionship.

Maintaining a clean and safe environment.

We are seeking individuals who are:

Caring, empathetic and reliable.

Able to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.

Excellent communicators and team players.

Willing to learn and develop new skills.

You will work at all times under the supervision of the Registered Nurse in charge of the shift and will work to the level of your experience, assessed competence and skilled acquired within the post.

You will be supported to achieve your Care Certificate within the first 3 months of employment, which will give you the skills and knowledge needed to practice safe and compassionate care.

Local induction to learn procedures in your department.

Main duties of the job

Under the direction of a registered nurse/nursing associate, you will be working as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide a high standard of care to patients. We are committed to providing a safe, clean and caring environment for all of our patients.

Clinical duties include tasks such as monitoring and recording observations, blood glucose checks, recording fluid intake and output, skin checks and venepuncture.

Maintaining a clean, tidy and safe environment for both staff and patients, adhering to infection control guidelines.

Supporting relatives and carers and escalating to a registered nurse as required.

Disposing of waste.

About us

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology.

Our Values

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.