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Job overview
Band 3
Children's Health Care Support Worker
An opportunity has arisen for a band 3 Healthcare Support Worker to join the team on Sophie's Place caring for children and young people in both our outpatients department and acute assessment ward. If you looking for a new challenge we are interested in hearing from you! This is an opportunity to work with children with a range of medical and surgical needs and to learn new clinical skills.
Main duties of the job
Sophie's Place is a children's day assessment ward and outpatients service at Hampshire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Winchester site) seeing children and young people of all ages.
Within this varied role, you will work along the registered nursing staff to ensure that high quality care is delivered to the children and their families. Excellent communication skills with children and young people are key to successfully engaging with them to assess their care needs.
The role will be varied, with opportunities to learn many additional skills such as performing blood tests and lung function testing on children.
We will provide you with the opportunities and support to develop further skills that will enable you to extend and enhance the role.
Working for our organisation
Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
Person specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria NVQ level 2 or equivalent or above in Health or Health and Social Care or working towards or NVQ child care/NEEB/City & Guilds
Desirable criteria Basic understanding of normal child development
Experience & Knowledge
Essential criteria One years' experience working with children and general public. Previous experience in a Health/Health Social Care role
Desirable criteria Previous NHS experience
Skills & Ability
Essential criteria Able to work without direct supervision. IT literate
Our commitment to you:
We are committed to equality and diversity in both the provision of our services and how we recruit and manage our staff. Applications are encouraged from everyone with the necessary attributes for the job, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity.
Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.
The paperwork: HHFT is committed to putting the safety and care of our patients first - as well as helping us to protect you and your colleagues. Therefore, we would recommend that you are vaccinated against COVID-19 and that you understand that we are treating COVID-19 positive patients within our services. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted at least 5 working days before the scheduled interview date. Applications will be submitted directly into our preferred third party recruitment system (Trac). All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs via email - please ensure to check your junk/spam folders. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post. In compliance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, all applicants must be able to communicate fluently in English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed as part of the selection process. This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. If you intend to apply you are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.
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Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
JD/PS (PDF, 1.1MB) HHFT Employee Rewards & Benefits (PDF, 723.8KB) Tackling Climate Change at Hampshire Hospitals (PDF, 4.9MB)