Clinical Support Worker – Emergency Department
The closing date is 21 July 2026
Come and Join our amazing team in ED at RLI.
An opportunity has arisen for additional Clinical Support Workers to join the Emergency Department Team at Royal Lancaster Infirmary. We are looking for enthusiastic, caring and motivated individuals ideally with acute care experience but this is not essential as training and support will be provided.
We have developed and grown so much over the last few years we have introduced streaming and rapid assessment at the front door for a better patient experienced and journey which you will be involved it.
A shift system is in operation.
Main duties of the job
Work in support of and under the direction of a Registered Nurse (RN) and the Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANPs) providing nursing care and assistance to patients within defined parameters specified by the Registered Nurse.
Provide basic patient care and document that care in the patient records.
- Clinical observations
- Minor injury treatments and plaster casts
About us
We operate from three main hospitals – Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community health care premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.
FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant‑led services.
WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non‑life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.
All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.
Education and qualifications
- Willingness to undertake NVQ level 2 in care related area
- Basic literacy & numeracy skills
Experience
- Manual handling of patients, using lifting aids
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 name
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust
£25,760 to £27,476 a year pro rata
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