Job overview

The Symptomatic Breast Clinic team are recruiting a Senior Outpatient Health Care Support Worker, to join a friendly, dynamic and progressive team based within the Breast Care Unit on the Castle Hill Hospital site.

The Symptomatic Breast Clinic is a busy outpatient service delivering a variety of specialist Breast clinics; including triple assessment clinic for urgent suspected cancer referrals from GP’s and the Humberside Breast Screening service. The Senior Outpatient Health Care Support Worker will assist the Registered Practitioner in the delivery of safe, high quality clinical care to patients at all times.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join us on a permanent part-time basis. You will be a pivotal member of the team, assisting and supporting the registered nurses and surgeons in the running of clinics, act as patient advocate to ensure the patients received a high quality consultation.

The role involves chaperoning patients during clinical examinations and procedures, assisting with breast biopsies, applying basic dressings, performing venepuncture, obtaining / recording vital signs and general housekeeping.

You must be flexible in your approach to work, with previous evidence of effective team working. Be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills, both verbally and written. Be adaptable and able to lead and embrace change, whilst ensuring patient safety is always maintained.

Working for our organisation

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.