Job summary
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an enthusiastic, compassionate, and highly motivatedClinical Support Workerto join our dedicated team across Ward 14 and the Early Pregnancy Unit (EPU).
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and committed individual to play a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care within a dynamic and specialised clinical environment. You will work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to support the delivery of safe, effective, and compassionate care to our patients.
This role provides an excellent opportunity to further develop your clinical skills and experience within a supportive, progressive, and patient-focused environment. You will have the opportunity to contribute meaningfully to the delivery of high standards of care while developing professionally as part of a dedicated team.
If you are passionate about providing compassionate, high-quality patient care, demonstrate a strong commitment to teamwork, and are keen to make a positive difference to patients and their families, we would be delighted to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Details
- Date posted: 27 October 2026
- Closing date: 10 November 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 3
- Salary: Depending on experience per annum pro rata
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Part-time
- Reference number: 214-W&C-8272890-A
- Job locations: King's Mill Hospital, Mansfield Road, Sutton-In-Ashfield, NG17 4JL, United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential
- Demonstrate good communication skills and understanding of basic requirements for individual patient care
- Recognise people's right to privacy and dignity, treating every person with respect
Desirable
- Awareness of Safeguarding issues
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ 3 in care or equivalent or willingness to work towards
- Educated to a good standard of general education equivalent to GCSE Maths & English level C or above
- Care Certificate or commitment to achieving within 2 weeks of commencement
Desirable
- "Care Certificate" qualification
Further Training
Essential
- Able to attend a 5-day Clinical Induction
- Committed to attending further training and development as identified
Experience
Essential
- Able to demonstrate clear and robust verbal and written English communication skills
- Experience of working as part of a team
- Previous care work experience
- Previous face-to-face customer care experience
Desirable
- Previous experience in a hospital setting
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Flexible approach
- Able to work flexibly on a varied shift pattern according to the roster including nights and weekends
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.
About us
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.
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Employer details
- Employer name: Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Address: King's Mill Hospital, Mansfield Road, Sutton-In-Ashfield, NG17 4JL, United Kingdom
- Employer's website: https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/