Clinical Support Worker - Critical Care

The role supports registered nurses to deliver complex care. CSW undertake appropriate delegated duties under the supervision of registered practitioners. This allows registered nurses to focus on complex clinical assessment, decision-making, medication management, care planning and interventions while ensuring essential fundamental care continues safely. Maintaining full staffing ensures adherence to national safety standards ( GPICS).The role is also important in supporting workforce sustainability within Critical care.

To promote and deliver patient centred care aligned with the Trust vision and Nursing and Midwifery strategy.

To provide the highest standard of safe, effective and compassionate care through the effective use of evidence based practice.

To support a continuously improving service, in line with the clinical governance framework, Trust objectives, and the NHS performance framework.

To continually develop professionally to ensure the post holder has the appropriate level of skill, knowledge and competence to meet service/specialty requirements.

To help maintain a clean and safe department.

The overall purpose of the post holder will be to provide support to the nursing team

At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.

We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition - a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.

We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

We recruit for values and "Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool"

Qualification

Essential: - NVQ Level 3

Experience

Essential: - Recent relevant experience in health care

Knowledge

Essential: - Ability to assess, plan deliver and evaluate quality care; - Ability to meet basic care needs; - Ability to escalate clinical concerns appropriately