Senior Clinical Support Worker - Research

Your primary responsibilities will be:

Establish and maintain effective communication with patients, their families, and carers

Working with the co-ordinator to prepare outpatient clinics, which includes booking clinic appointments, assisting the nurses in clinic and any follow up requirements.

Phlebotomy

Assisting the nurses with office duties, such as communicating with patients via phone or email, registering patients documents with our homecare companies.

Liaising with the home care companies

Assisting the nurses with clinical duties, such as patient training whilst setting up for home parenteral nutrition, CVAD dressing changes, phlebotomy., We work within a networked model of centres ensuring that hospitals in each region work together so that patients are managed in the right setting to ensure optimal outcomes for patients.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a caring, enthusiastic Band 3 Senior Clinical Support Worker to join the Nutrition Team on a permanent basis. (0.7WTE)

We provide a service Mon-Fri 08:00-16:00.

You should be a clinical support worker with proven experience and although clinical experience within the speciality is desirable it is not essential as support will be given to allow you to develop new skills and knowledge.

The post will be both clinical and non-clinical.

You will need to enjoy working as part of a team, able to use your own initiative and have excellent interpersonal skills as you will play an integral part in the delivery of high quality care to patients requiring artificial nutrition support.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is one of the biggest NHS Trusts in the country, offering a range of both general and specialist hospital services, with excellent clinical outcomes for patients. We have an international reputation for excellence in specialist care, research, and academic training

The Intestinal Failure (IF)/Nutrition Team has a warm working culture. Your contribution will be important to help us deliver the Leeds Way values.

We believe in fairness, compassion, and delivering patient centred, and a high quality of care

Leeds is a Severe IF Centre, we manage patients who need complex surgery and medical treatment and provide a clinical service to patients discharged on Home Parenteral Nutrition