Details

Date posted

22 July 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£13.56 an hour plus rate enhancement for evening and weekend working

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Flexible working

Reference number

U0061-26-0091

Job locations

Royal Preston Hospital

Sharoe Green Lane

Fulwood

Preston

PR29HT

United Kingdom

Chorley & South Ribble Hospital

Preston Road

Chorley

Lancashire

PR71PP

United Kingdom

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Clinical

• Work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure patients and carers are supported as appropriate.
• Undertake a range of patient interventions (e.g. venepuncture, ECG, urinalysis, blood glucose, weight and basic clinical observations) within the scope of Health and Social Care level 3 skills and competencies for patients as delegated by qualified professional clinical staff.
• Undertake other designated clinical procedures and interventions following appropriate training and updates as per your scope of competence.
• Prepare and maintain clinical environments and equipment before, during and after patient care interventions by ensuring clinical cleanliness and ordering, receiving and maintaining stock.
• Act as a patient/clinician chaperone as required and undertake mandatory training.
• Apply simple dressings as appropriate and in line with the dressings formulary and assist in aseptic procedures in line with scope of competence.
• Work within existing clinical guidelines, policies and infection control procedures.
• Offer advice and support to patients and families in a wide range of situations.
• Be responsible for ensuring that patients are cared for in a safe environment and that privacy and dignity are maintained at all times.
• Undertake daily checks of rooms and equipment in line with departmental requirements.
• Document care delivered within hand-written or electronic patient records.
• Ensure safe moving and handling techniques in the delivery of patient care, this can include the safe use of equipment.

Operational

• Plan and organise own work schedule in liaison with senior staff working as part of the team.
• Be responsible for checking, monitoring and ordering medical stock and equipment from an agreed list in liaison with meds management and colleagues.
• To perform and record routine checks on vaccine fridge temperatures and quality control checks on point of care equipment.
• Participate in all statutory and mandatory training and maintain competencies.

Communication

• Communicate in order to enable the delivery of factual and sensitive information within confidentiality guidelines to patients, ensuring all information is appropriately documented and reported as appropriate.
• Communicate in order to enable the reporting of information to the multi- disciplinary team and other agencies as appropriate.
• Demonstrate own role to new starters, colleagues and students.
• Provide advice and information to patients, carers and their families where appropriate and in line with current evidence/information.
• Communicate effectively and work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team to ensure delivery of a coordinated service.
• Ensure appropriate telephone or face-to-face communication with all staff and patients.

Education/personal development

• Contribute to the development and maintenance of an excellent learning environment.
• Undertake all mandatory and service relevant training within allocated time scale.
• Contribute to own personal development and participate in appraisal as required.
• Undertake appropriate supervisor and assessor training, such as Greater Manchester Training Hub (GMTH) Standards for Supervision and Assessment (SSSA) or NHS Enabling Effective Learning Environments in order to act as a qualified assessor and supervisor for internal and external learners and trainees.

Other Duties

Any other duties, as agreed with the line manager to meet the needs of the organisation. This may include travel to other sites within the organisation.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Working in a busy clinical environment.
• Working with computer office programmes.
• Dealing with the public.
• Working as part of a team.

Desirable

• Using a Clinical software system e.g. Adastra.
• Working in an NHS service.

Qualifications

Essential

• NVQ level 3 or equivalent work-based experience.

Skills and Attributes

Essential

• Management of wound care and ANTT
• Venepuncture
• Good organisational skills.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Able to keep contemporaneous clinical records either written or on electronic system.
• Polite, pleasant & professional interpersonal manner, both on the telephone and in person.
• Able to respond sensitively as required in clinical situations.
• Able to work effectively as part of a team.
• Able to use own initiative when appropriate.
• An understanding, acceptance & adherence to the need for strict confidentiality.
• Able to work under pressure.
• Good standard of computer skills.
• Able to maintain an accurate and thorough approach to work.
• Able to work to set standards, policies & procedures.
• Interest & aptitude for learning new skills.
• Willingness to actively engage in appraisal, personal development and training.
• Willingness to take responsibility for updating skills and knowledge.
• Awareness of diversity issues & able to work in a non-discriminatory manner.
• Understanding of the principles of the Data protection Act 2003.
• Understanding of Health and safety at work.
• Flexible approach to undertaking a wide variety of tasks.
• Undertake appropriate supervisor and assessor training.

Desirable

• Competent in the plaster casting of minor injuries.
• Able to prioritise workload once delegated/planned.
• Able to work without direct supervision.
• Flexible approach to working hours and a willingness to work anti-social hours, shifts as required to cover service needs.

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

Gtd Healthcare

Address

Royal Preston Hospital

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