Healthcare Support Worker

We are looking for a motivated and forward thinking clinical support worker to join the Dermatology team based at CHH.

The successful candidate should have a keen interest in the holistic care for patients living with a skin disease. They should possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Experience in dermatology would be desirable but not essential as 'in house' training will be given. A willingness to undertake further training is required.

We are not a traditional out patient's clinic. It is a busy department with consultants, speciality doctors and clinical nurse specialist working together to deliver direct patient care. We hold combined clinics with the plastic surgeons to improve and enhance the patient experience performing minor surgery for diagnostic and skin cancer purposes. We also run a nurse led phototherapy unit, photodynamic therapy, patch testing, day case clinic, phlebotomy clinic and leg ulcer clinics. Skin assessments, topical treatments and leg dressings are a major part of our workload and the successful applicant will have a supportive role in all these clinical areas.

The duties are varied and involve direct clinical patient contact requiring you to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills with an ability to function well within a team environment.

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Education/ Qualifications

Essential: - NVQ level 3 in care NVQ level 2 with equivalent experience

Desirable: - Care Certificate

Knowledge, Training & Experience

Essential: - Previous experience in a care setting, a ward or department

Communication and Interpersonal Skills

Desirable: - Evidence of personal / professional development; - Clinical skills

Special Attributes and other

Other Requirements

Essential: - Should demonstrate a caring manner; - Able to care for both the physical and emotional needs of others