Clinical Assistant- AMU | Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	07 Mai 2026
Cyflog:	Heb ei nodi
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£25,760 - £27,476 pa
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	06 Mehefin 2026
Lleoliad:	Blackpool, FY3 8NR
Cwmni:	Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	7941588/382-MEC07-26

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Job Over view:

Band 3 Clinical Assistant (Subject to Agenda for Change) - out of hours service to predominantly cover nightshifts and the weekend days
• To work as a Clinical Assistant with the Acute Medical Unit covering adult services @ BVH site.
• To prioritise workload using Nerve Centre and bleep system, delivering care as needed using clinical skills such as venepunture, cannulation, catheterisation, ECG recording, Blood glucose monitoring and recording of observations.
• To assist Acute Medical Unit Practitioners in managing acutely unwell patients by undertaking tasks as trained and directed.
• To respond to crash bleep alongside crash team and assist in Cardiac Arrest and Medical Emergency calls, performing BLS, venepuncture and cannulation.
• When work load allows support ward staff to provide care as needed.
• Assist in checking and restocking of equipment.
• To undertake ad-hoc duties, as they arise, as directed by senior team members.
• To attend mandatory and further training to ensure competence, best practice and safe patient care is achieved.
• To undertake further training to support ward staff in mandatory training compliance by deliver teaching and training out of hours. (E.g BLS, Moving and Handling)

Main duties:

The clinical Assistant on AMU is expected toassistin delivering all aspects of care, ensuring the patient is safe and their personal hygiene, dignity, privacy ismaintainedto a high standard.
1. Venepuncture and cannulation
2. Blood Cultures
3. Male and female catheterisation
4. Urine culture sampling from urinary catheter
5. Blood glucose sampling
6. ECG recording
7. Use of Blood gas analyser
8. Recording of vital signs
9. Taking samples to pathology labs.
10. Stocking and checking of emergency equipment in the team

Working for trust :

Working for Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will provide you with lots of opportunity to develop your skills and further your career. The Trust provides services to the 440,000 residents of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre and North Lancashire.

As a Trust we are committed to:
• Developing new roles and ways of working to ensure a flexible and innovative approach to staff.
• Real equality of opportunity.
• Continual development and learning for staff.
• Achieving a work life balance.

We are committed to the effective recruitment, retention and development for our employees, which is why we offer a great working environment, an attractive range of benefits and excellent opportunities for training and development.
The Trust is accredited as a disability Confident employer. That means we recognise our obligations to ensure people with disabilities are afforded equal opportunity to enter employment and progress if and where possible.





• To prioritise workload delivering care as needed using clinical skills such as venepunture, cannulation, catheterisation, ECG recording, Blood glucose monitoring and recording of observations.
• To assist in managing acutely unwell patients by undertaking tasks as trained and directed.
• Performing BLS, venepuncture and cannulation.
• When work load allows support ward staff to provide care as needed.
• Assist in checking and restocking of equipment.
• To undertake ad-hoc duties, as they arise, as directed by senior team
members.
• To attend mandatory and further training to ensure competence, best practice and safe patient care is achieved.
• To undertake further training to support ward staff in mandatory
training compliance by deliver teaching and training out of hours. (E.g BLS, Moving and Handling)



Please ensure you have read the attached Job Description & Person Specification.


This advert closes on Thursday 21 May 2026

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