Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 15 hours per week (2 set days per week, 7.5 hours per day (ideally Thursday and Friday). Shift pattern can be flexible and discussed/agreed at interview/recruitment.)
- Job ref
- 412-MED-7795464
- Employer
- Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Leighton Hospital
- Town
- Crewe
- Salary
- £24,937 - £26,598 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 31/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Support Worker - Cardiology
NHS AfC: Band 3
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the established Heart Failure Specialist Team to assist with the running of the Heart Failure service.
This will include supporting the Heart Failure clinics to assist with face to face care for patients living with heart failure.
The role will also encompass supporting with the coordination of the Heart Failure service.
Main duties of the job
To work under the supervision of the Specialist Heart Failure practitioners as a knowledgeable and experienced member of the team, to actively participate in the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care by working collaboratively with the Cardiology nursing team and other Healthcare Professionals to meet the needs of patients and their families. The role includes the utilisation ,and updating of, the Trust’s Digital Clinical System (DCS) to include clinic appointment outcomes, supporting the management of patient appointments and managing patients visit to our Outpatients Department. An understanding of ICE is required, and the post holder must be comfortable with answering patients queries both face to face and when maintaining/monitoring the answerphone service. The role with comprise of mornings being spent supporting the heart failure team to deliver nurse led clinics, and the afternoon managing appointments, referrals and patients queries.
Working for our organisation
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community services for East Cheshire (population 399K) and West Cheshire and Chester (population 357K). Our services include planned and unplanned/emergency care, cardiac and critical care, child health, maternity, and intermediate care across Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford.
Through our community arm, Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership, we deliver extensive services in 26 medical centres and schools in collaboration with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT and the South Cheshire and Vale Royal GP Alliance. With 500 beds and around 5,500 staff, we are one of the area’s largest employers.
Since the formation of Integrated Care Systems in July 2022, the Trust has become a key partner in Cheshire East & Cheshire West and Chester and in two provider collaboratives, aligning our strategic goals with the Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care System.
As part of the national New Hospital Programme, we’re reimagining Leighton Hospital to create a new health and care neighbourhood, transforming healthcare delivery for a Healthier Future. Learn more on our Healthier Futures website.
At Mid Cheshire, our mission is to inspire hope and provide unparalleled care for the people and communities of Cheshire, helping them to enjoy life to the fullest.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Taking and recording of observations of patient’s physiological state.
2. Monitoring and recording of blood glucose levels.
3. Monitoring and recording of ECG.
4. Carry out venepuncture.
5. Collecting blood products from the Hospital blood bank.
6. Involve patients, relatives/carers in the delivery of care, providing reassurance and support to assist their understanding and co-operation.
7. Contribute to the effective and efficient use of resources by ensuring that supplies are available, alerting senior staff when supplies are short, and by making suggestions to reduce waste and improve processes.
8. Prepare the clinical area for safe practice by ensuring that cleanliness is maintained, materials and equipment are available and ready for use, including clearing away afterwards.
9. Maintaining a healthy, safe and secure working environment.
10. Maintaining accurate documentation and reporting any concerns.
11. Contribute to the recording and storing of information, ensuring it is securely held, accurate, complete, and legible and can be retrieved promptly when required.
12. Provide escort and transfer for patients as directed by the Cardiology nursing team.
13. Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.
14. Contribute to the development of services from the patient’s perspective, making suggestions for change and improvements, including taking part in patient and public involvement activities.
15. Ensure compliance with Trust policies, procedures and guidelines for self and others, by taking action/alerting senior management team if practice appears to contravene policy, or if concerned about any aspect of patient care.
16. Take responsibility for own learning and development by recognising and taking advantage of all opportunities to learn, including full participation in KSF/appraisal, supervision, action learning and by maintaining a professional/personal portfolio of learning.
17. Comply with Infection Prevention and Control (IP&C) policies and procedures as appropriate to their role and responsibilities in their individual work setting. Staff are required to be personally accountable for their actions and be responsible for their own compliance in relation to IP&C polices, protocols or advice.
Always work in accordance with the values and behaviours of the trust.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Strong IT skills
Desirable criteria
- Able to undertake clinical skills - Venepuncture
- Able to undertake clinical skills - ECGs
Experience
Essential criteria
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Experience
Essential criteria
- Adaptable to changing situations due to workload and colleagues needs
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Patrick Benbow
- Job title
- Matron DMEC
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01270 612035
- Additional information
Heart Failure Team - 01270 273021 [email protected]
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