HCSW – Clinical Support Facilitator

Company: The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
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Location: Harlow
Job Description:

Job summary The healthcare support worker (HCSW) – Clinical Support Facilitator plays an important role in providing support, guidance and lived experience to our new HCSWs undertaking their care certification.The aim of our team, is to create an atmosphere and working environment conducive to learning, developing and enhancing clinical skills as learning does not stop once we are in our roles.The post holder will collaborate with the HCSW educator, the wider education team, practice development nurses, ward managers, other specialist roles and many other key staff members to support the provision, training delivery of care certificate.The role will provide clinical support to unregistered practitioners, specifically HCSWs, ensuring that care delivery at PAHT is safe, responsive, effective, well led and compassionate.Main duties of the job Key Responsibilities:

  1. Support HCSW Workforce:
  • Assist new and existing HCSWs in the multi-professional care certificate programme.
  • Ensure completion and assessment of the care certificate within the first 6 months.
  1. Collaboration:
  • Work alongside the practice educator for HCSWs.
  • Coordinate with the clinical non-medical education team.
  1. Role Modelling:
  • Serve as a positive role model for junior staff members.
  1. Care Certificate Delivery:
  • Support the HCSW educator in the certification and coordination of the care certificate during HCSW induction.

Areas of Focus:

  • Safe and effective care delivery
  • Compassionate patient care
  • Achievement of core competencies

About us Our Organisation The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.Our Values The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and effortsEveryday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from bothCreative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to careThe Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.Job description Job responsibilities Please see the attached Job description and person specification. This is available to download at anytime.Job description Job responsibilities Please see the attached Job description and person specification. This is available to download at anytime.Person Specification Knowledge Essential

  • Ability to work well in a team and take on aspects of leadership
  • Ability to relate and communicate with patients and staff from different professions, at all levels

Desirable

  • Extensive Knowledge about care certificate

Experience Essential

  • Extensive experience working in a clinical environment
  • Experience of supervision and pastoral support for healthcare support workers and students in practice settings

Desirable

  • Ability to create a conducive working learning environment
  • Experience in quality improvement or change projects

Person Specification Knowledge Essential

  • Ability to work well in a team and take on aspects of leadership
  • Ability to relate and communicate with patients and staff from different professions, at all levels

Desirable

  • Extensive Knowledge about care certificate

Experience Essential

  • Extensive experience working in a clinical environment
  • Experience of supervision and pastoral support for healthcare support workers and students in practice settings

Desirable

  • Ability to create a conducive working learning environment
  • Experience in quality improvement or change projects

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 details Employer name The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS TrustAddress Princess Alexandra HospitalHamstel RoadHarlowCM20 1QXEmployer’s website

Posted: April 19th, 2025