25 Medical Care jobs in the United Kingdom

Medical Care Support

Bradford,

90-110 daily rate (Experience dependant)

We are seeking a compassionate and dedicated Medical Care Support Worker to join our team at a leading Special Educational Needs (SEN) school in Bradford. The role involves working with primary-aged children who require specialised medical and personal care.

If you have a passion for working with children with special educational needs and making a positive difference in their lives, this could be the perfect role for you!

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide medical care and support to primary-aged children with special educational needs, including administering medication and attending to their health needs.
• Assist with daily activities, ensuring the safety and well-being of all children.
• Support the children with personal care needs, including feeding, toileting, and mobility assistance.
• Work closely with teachers, healthcare professionals, and parents to ensure the best possible care and support for the children.
• Monitor and document the children's health and development, communicating any concerns to the appropriate staff.
• Create a positive, nurturing environment that fosters the children's physical, emotional, and social development.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Previous experience in a healthcare, medical support, or care role is essential.
• Experience working with children, especially in an educational or SEN setting, is highly desirable.
• Relevant qualifications in healthcare, childcare, or a related field (e.g., NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care).
• A compassionate, patient, and empathetic approach to working with children.

If you are enthusiastic about supporting students with special educational needs and have the experience required, we would love to hear from you!

Apply Now: Please send an up-to-date CV highlighting relevant experience for this position to (url removed)

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR VERITAS EDUCATION

• All applications are subject to an Enhanced DBS Disclosure, professional reference checks, Overseas Police Clearances (if applicable) in line with our stringent safeguarding policy
• Your CV must cover the last 10 years of employment history where possible and all employment breaks must be explained
• You must have legal right to work in the UK
• You must be willing to attend a registration interview

Veritas Education work with a variety of schools covering a wide geographical area. We deal with teaching placements at Primary, Secondary and college level as well as support staff positions also within these.

Disclaimer

'Nothing within the above advert was in any way designed or intended to discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation. Veritas Education is an Equal opportunities employer and is proud in the knowledge that all placements are made on merit and suitability. We accept applications from all sections of the community.'

As Clinical Care Manager use your extensive clinical knowledge and experience to deliver Residential and Nursing care for all residents within our luxury care and nursing home in Kingston upon Thames. A Registered Nurse with a valid NMC Pin you will act as an advocate for all residents wellbeing including Safeguarding, Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty.

• Up to £60,000 p.

As Clinical Care Manager use your extensive clinical knowledge and experience to deliver Residential and Nursing care for all residents within our luxury care and nursing home in Farnham Common. A Registered Nurse with a valid NMC Pin you will act as an advocate for all residents wellbeing including Safeguarding, Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty.

• Up to £55,000 per ann.

About the role

As a Clinical Lead, you will work closely with our nurses and carers to maintain the highest standards of clinical care and governance in our homes. Supported by our management team, you will ensure our residents receive the best care, meet their needs through excellent nursing and clinical care, and actively contribute to all clinical delivery.

Reports to: Home Manager

• Strong clinical skillset and confidence to lead the nursing team.
• Prior management experience, or experience of leading a small team.
• Ability to make clinical decisions and remain calm under pressure.
• A passion for promoting best nursing practice and able to train, support and mentor others.
• A desire to encourage positive working relationships within the team.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• A good working knowledge of audits, safeguarding, DOLS, CQC and compliance.

Education and qualification

• NMC registered nurse with relevant post-registration experience.

You will have the satisfaction of working with and being supported by an enthusiastic and caring team that puts people at the heart of the business. We know the happiness of our staff improves the service we give our residents. You will have plenty of opportunities to learn and develop your skills, and we have the procedures and processes in place to help you at every step.

About the role

As a Clinical Lead, you will work closely with our nurses and carers to maintain the highest standards of clinical care and governance in our homes. Supported by our management team, you will ensure our residents receive the best care, meet their needs through excellent nursing and clinical care, and actively contribute to all clinical delivery.

Reports to: Home Manager

• Strong clinical skillset and confidence to lead the nursing team.
• Prior management experience, or experience of leading a small team.
• Ability to make clinical decisions and remain calm under pressure.
• A passion for promoting best nursing practice and able to train, support and mentor others.
• A desire to encourage positive working relationships within the team.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• A good working knowledge of audits, safeguarding, DOLS, CQC and compliance.

Education and qualification

• NMC registered nurse with relevant post-registration experience.

You will have the satisfaction of working with and being supported by an enthusiastic and caring team that puts people at the heart of the business. We know the happiness of our staff improves the service we give our residents. You will have plenty of opportunities to learn and develop your skills, and we have the procedures and processes in place to help you at every step.

Apricus Resourcing are currently looking for an enthusiastic, dynamic and adaptable:

Substance Misuse Healthcare Assistant (HCA) for a leading Social Healthcare Service based in HR1 post code area of Hereford, who is really passionate about providing a compassionate care style.

The successful applicant will be an experienced, compassionate individual who will be able to offer service users a first-class recovery in an industry leading working environment.

This role is working full time with hours Monday-Friday 9:00am-5:00pm.

Any mileage / travel expenses incurred from needing to go away from workplace will be compensated.

Working under the delegated authority of a Registered Nurse, the post holder will compliment and form a key part of the multi-disciplinary healthcare services, providing high standards of individualised, non-judgemental care for patients and supporting the operational requirements of delivering Social Healthcare across complex Mental Health and Substance misuse services to support the delivery of holistic care packages within our integrated services. 

This includes reception screening, providing agreed care packages, undertaking appropriate physical health observations, appropriate clinical duties, undertaking clinics such as Phlebotomy clinics, ECG Clinics and NHS health checks, sexual health and health promotion to improve mental, physical and social needs. The post holder will have the skills to support patients showing low level mental ill health and withdrawal from illicit substances by providing support in accordance with agreed care plans.

Please not you must be competent in phlebotomy and performing ECG's. And also must be comfortable seeing clients autonomously in a 1:1 setting, and able to recognise which health conditions need onward referral prior to starting.

A NVQ LEVEL 2 IN CARE OR EQUIVALENT IS REQUIRED. 

In return for your commitment, we are able to offer a very competitive rate of pay for weekdays of between £15.91-£6.29 per hour dependent on experience determined by interview.

Benefits else can you expect from Apricus?

– Free of charge new DBS disclosure certificate

– Dedicated Consultant permanently assigned to you with all the sector expertise required.

– Excellent efficient weekly Payroll and professional Compliance Department System, ensuring that you are accurately paid on time, every time.

– The most competitive Rates the sector can offer, allowing you to achieve earnings unlike anywhere else.

– Leading £300 Referra Bonus, for every successful referral to Apricus.

Apricus Resourcing are currently looking for an enthusiastic, dynamic and adaptable:

Substance Misuse Healthcare Assistant (HCA) for a leading Social Healthcare Service based in HR1 post code area of Hereford, who is really passionate about providing a compassionate care style.

The successful applicant will be an experienced, compassionate individual who will be able to offer service users a first-class recovery in an industry leading working environment.

This role is working full time with hours Monday-Friday 9:00am-5:00pm.

Any mileage / travel expenses incurred from needing to go away from workplace will be compensated.

Working under the delegated authority of a Registered Nurse, the post holder will compliment and form a key part of the multi-disciplinary healthcare services, providing high standards of individualised, non-judgemental care for patients and supporting the operational requirements of delivering Social Healthcare across complex Mental Health and Substance misuse services to support the delivery of holistic care packages within our integrated services. 

This includes reception screening, providing agreed care packages, undertaking appropriate physical health observations, appropriate clinical duties, undertaking clinics such as Phlebotomy clinics, ECG Clinics and NHS health checks, sexual health and health promotion to improve mental, physical and social needs. The post holder will have the skills to support patients showing low level mental ill health and withdrawal from illicit substances by providing support in accordance with agreed care plans.

Please not you must be competent in phlebotomy and performing ECG's. And also must be comfortable seeing clients autonomously in a 1:1 setting, and able to recognise which health conditions need onward referral prior to starting.

A NVQ LEVEL 2 IN CARE OR EQUIVALENT IS REQUIRED. 

In return for your commitment, we are able to offer a very competitive rate of pay for weekdays of between £15.91-£6.29 per hour dependent on experience determined by interview.

Benefits else can you expect from Apricus?

– Free of charge new DBS disclosure certificate

– Dedicated Consultant permanently assigned to you with all the sector expertise required.

– Excellent efficient weekly Payroll and professional Compliance Department System, ensuring that you are accurately paid on time, every time.

– The most competitive Rates the sector can offer, allowing you to achieve earnings unlike anywhere else.

– Leading £300 Referra Bonus, for every successful referral to Apricus.

ROLE PURPOSE

The role will be working within the Clinical Pharmacy team structure as part of the clinical research team. The role will include delivering research clinics, dispensing medication and Clinical Trial Investigational Medicinal Product (CTIMP) and ensuring appropriate disposal.  Additionally, the post holder will actively assist the research team to conduct and design clinical trials.  Direct patient contact will be essential to the role and will include delivery of clinics e.g. research clinics and vaccinations. The post holder will also work on Expressions of Interest, Sponsor Site visits and engage proactively with other teams to ensure delivery of an excellent clinical service.

KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Research

1.    Provide operational clinical input into the design and delivery of clinical trial opportunities previously approved by the organisational Research Committee

2.    Deliver research clinics – including patient facing functions as determined by agreed specifications

3.    Assist assurance of compliance with regulatory or commercial third parties criteria by having clear systems to ensure data integrity, quality control and evidence of protocol compliance

4.    Ensure all documentation is completed and records are retained for the correct duration

5.    Ensure medicines are stored, supplied and disposed of in line with legislative and best practice guidance and recommendations

6.    Work with HCL Clinical Pharmacy Technicians in the oversight of any stored medicines

7.    Work with HCL Clinical Pharmacy team to raise profile of research within the organisation

8.    Liaise proactively with practice teams where appropriate to engage broader clinical research participation

9.    Report any adverse events via national (e.g. MHRA Yellow Card), regional and local systems in a timely fashion

10.   Produce reports in line with the requirements of the various clinical trials

11.   Remain up to date on best practice with regards to delivering Clinical Trials including completing necessary training as recommended by the Head of Pharmacy or Head of Business Intelligence

12.   Assist in the development of Pharmacy policies and procedures to support the delivery of clinical trials involving medication and related substances. Oversee the production, implementation and review of detailed written pharmacy guidance and SOP’s and liaise with pharmacy teams across the HCL/CLH to ensure effective implementation of these SOP’s and initiate change if necessary

13.   Train medical, nursing and pharmacy staff in all aspects of handling drugs in clinical trials

14.   Report any incidents via HCL Incident Reporting systems to ensure organisational oversight. Incidents should also be reported to external agencies as per the Clinical Trial Protocol and other relevant best practice

15.   Work with the Head of Business Intelligence to generate data to evidence impact of trials and role. This may include data gathering and analysis, report writing and presentations.

Support to individual Clinical Trials

a)    Set up the trial specific study file with all necessary essential documentation, in preparation for pharmacy sign off by the Trial Chief Investigator

b)    Arrange for, and receive investigational medicinal product (IMP) in line with Clinical Trial SOP’s and ensure compliance with GMP legislation

c)    Maintain the professional expertise to be able to prescribe – and to employ this during as part of a clinical trial if required and within own scope of competence

d)    Support the multidisciplinary team meetings with investigators to initiate, manage and close down trials hence ensuring pharmacy participation

e)    Adhere to the appropriate disposal procedure of unwanted trial materials

f)    Liaise with the Head of Pharmacy and HCL Research Lead when assessing, approving or initiating new projects, and update all necessary stakeholders

g)    Act as a source of Research expertise to advise on complex issues such as trial design, procurement, randomisation, blinding, and documentation for in-house clinical trials and to defend/justify the opinions or decisions if the advice is challenged

Primary Care Clinical Pharmacy service

1. Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients with multi-morbidity and polypharmacy and implement prescribing changes (as an independent prescriber) and order relevant monitoring tests
2. Manage own case load and run longer term conditions where responsible for prescribing as an independent prescriber for conditions where medicines have a large component whilst remaining within scope of practice and limits of competence
3. Work in partnership with healthcare colleagues and implement improvements to patient’s medications – including de-prescribing
4. Support practice staff and patients to manage medicines queries
5. Identify national and local policy and guidance that affects patient safety through the use of medicines and devices including MHRA alerts, product withdrawals, medicines shortages etc.
6. Ensure medication safety processes are implemented for patients in the practice – this could include routine high risk drug monitoring, clinical audits etc.

Professional Role

a)    To ensure confidentiality is maintained at all times

b)    To be professionally accountable for actions and advice.

c)    To be aware of training and competency assessment of pharmacist trainees, diploma pharmacists and student pharmacy technicians and to participate in their training and competency assessment as required

d)    Participate in Continuous Professional Development

e)    Conduct Clinical Trial medication screening and dispensing checks

f)    To attend Clinical Trial specific training course(s) to maintain and update knowledge including web based learning

g)    Any other reasonable duties as requested by the Head of Pharmacy

Other services

1.    Support the establishment of additional clinical services that may need to be mobilised e.g. Travel clinics

2.    Ensure active engagement with Head of Pharmacy and Head of Business Intelligence to ensure joined up working across the services

3.    From time to time, it may be necessary to support the HCL Pharmacy team with delivery of clinical tasks as relevant to training, experience and competence

4.    Provide clinical and medicines optimisation advice to staff and patients for the service as relevant to role

5.    Signpost any queries to the appropriate teams to support patient care

6.    Support the site preparedness for CQC inspections – and attend inspections to provide clinical and pharmaceutical assurance to the inspecting team

7.    Recognise personal limitations and refer to more appropriate colleagues where necessary

8.    Work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary team on site, HCL colleagues as well as other health and social care professionals across the system

Requirements

GPhC registration

Benefits

NHS Pension

Modern office

Hybrid working

Free tea/coffee etc.

Cycle to work scheme

Life Assurance scheme

EAP

Specsavers scheme