Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Support
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Worked over 4 days/week)
- Job ref
- 388-7235983-PC&S
- Employer
- Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Torbay Hospital
- Town
- Torquay
- Salary
- £24,937 - £26,598 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Vascular Access Clinical Support Worker
NHS AfC: Band 3
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a specialist team providing vascular access to the trust. The post holder will be responsible for providing a high quality holistic service for patients who require vascular access trust wide.
You will be required to work a combination of weekday shifts, ensuring a smooth patient pathway from referral, insertion and training of patients (when applicable) to discharge.
Regrettably, we are unable to accommodate sponsored posts at this time.
Main duties of the job
- Prioritising and scheduling of patients from in-patient wards, day case waiting list and outpatient referrals.
- Expert practice in ultrasound guided venepuncture, insertion of cannulas, management of vascular access device associated complications.
- Promoting clinical excellence in vascular access device care and acting as support for other healthcare professionals.
- Staff education and assessment in the care and maintenance of vascular access devices.
- Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification criteria will be shortlisted for this job.
Working for our organisation
Work for a small but expert group of vascular access practitioners to provide expert care and advice to patient s and staff throughout the acute trust and beyond.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· Responsible for the delivery of excellent clinical care within the vascular access team in close collaboration with the non-registered and registered nursing team and medical teams.
· Receive and process referrals, requiring a reasonable depth of knowledge around vascular access and vessel health preservation to safely and effectively prioritise patient bookings into vascular access clinic lists.
· Pre-assess patients vascular access requirements, support patients who attend for PICC insertion and those who may present with treatment related complications.
· Effectively use ultrasound to take bloods and cannulate patients with challenging vascular access.
· Participate in infection control audits of PICCs and weekly surveillance of inpatients with PICCs.
· Participate in the delivery of staff educational programmes to improve knowledge and safety of central venous access devices.
Person specification
Qualifications and knowledge
Essential criteria
- • NVQ3/equivalent or higher
- • Up to date Venepuncture & cannulation
- • Vital signs and observational skills
- • Knowledge of vascular access devices, complications and vessel health preservation.
- • Proficient with IT systems
Desirable criteria
- • Knowledge of the principles of ultrasound related to vascular access in the upper limbs.
- • Practical ultrasound skills for venepuncture and cannulation.
- • Co-ordinator role within a healthcare setting
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Charlotte Davies
- Job title
- Vascular access team manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07769 880038
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