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Job summary

Main area
Nursing
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 28 hours per week (Unsocial & on call)
Job ref
214-SRG-7301779
Employer
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Kings Mill Hospital
Town
Sutton in Ashfield
Salary
£24,937 - £26,598 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
07/08/2025 23:59

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Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Clinical Support Worker

NHS AfC: Band 3

Thank you for your interest in this role, we would be delighted to welcome you to Sherwood Forest Hospitals.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and know that happy colleagues deliver better care.

Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

We would love you to join us.

Job overview

Are you passionate about delivering high-quality patient care and making a real difference every day? We’re looking for a dedicated Clinical Support Worker to join our team and support the delivery of exceptional care under the supervision of Registered Nurses.

As a Clinical Support Worker, you will play a vital role in delivering compassionate, high-quality care to patients across our wards and departments. Working under the supervision of Registered Nurses, you will assist with a wide range of clinical and personal care duties that directly support patient wellbeing and the smooth running of the ward.

You will be responsible for maintaining a clean, safe, and organised environment, ensuring that equipment is prepared and ready for use, and that supplies are adequately stocked. Your role will also include recording patient observations and care activities accurately, contributing to the continuity and quality of care.

This is a hands-on role that requires empathy, attention to detail, and a proactive approach. You will be expected to handle patients’ personal belongings with care, participate in audits or research activities where required, and uphold the Trust’s values in every interaction.

Whether you're supporting patients with their daily needs, preparing the ward for clinical activity, or contributing to service improvements, your work will make a meaningful difference every day.

Main duties of the job

To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.

Working for our organisation

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. 

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation. 

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands. 

Not all of our roles are eligible for sponsorship to find out which roles are eligible for sponsorship please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK

Home Office guidance has changed as of the 9th April, anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.

Person specification

Knowledge Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Must understand basic requirements for personalised and individualised care
  • Recognition of a person’s right for privacy and dignity.
Desirable criteria
  • Awareness of Safeguarding issues

Qualifications/Academic/Craft/Professional

Essential criteria
  • GCSE Maths and English or equivalent
  • Care Certificate
  • Apprenticeship Level 3 in Care or equivalent vocational experience

Further Training

Essential criteria
  • Ability to attend 3 day clinical induction
  • Committed to attending further training and development as identified

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Able to demonstrate clear and robust verbal and written English communication skills
  • Experience of working as a team
  • Previous care work experience
  • Previous face-to-face customer care experience
Desirable criteria
  • Previous experience in a hospital setting

Contractual Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Flexible approach
  • Able to work flexibly on a varied shift pattern according to the roster including nights and weekends.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Hannah West
Job title
Ward Sister
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01623 622515