Job summary
We are recruiting for a Children's Community Support Worker - Higher Level who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
The Children's Continuing Care Team provides specialised, child specific respite service to children and their families with complex health needs/profound disabilities in the child's own home throughout East & North Hertfordshire.
Clinical Support Workers will be responsible for independently delivering specialist nursing care within the family home without direct supervision.
All necessary training will be given with ongoing facilitation from qualified nurses.
Please review the attached 'week in the life' document which will give you an insight into the role of a Children's Community Support Worker.
Our Values are I nclude, R espect and I mprove. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
Main duties of the job
You will undertake all necessary training in order to provide nursing care to children with complex health needs within the family home in an unsupervised capacity.
Undertaking such skills as enteral feeding, c/o tracheostomies, c/o children who are long term ventilated, seizure management, oxygen administration.
About us
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
1. The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
2. New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
3. Hertford County, Hertford
4. Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
In addition, you will receive a High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of your basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £1,192 and a maximum payment of £2,011 per annum pro rata.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
5. NVQ 2 Care or equivalent
6. Able to appropriately progress through and complete QCF Level 3
Desirable
7. NVQ 3 or equivalent
Previous Experience
Essential
8. Previous experience with children or in a health care setting
Desirable
9. Working with disabled children
Skills
Essential
10. Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with patients of varying levels of understanding
11. Ability to work within guidelines, follow a care plan and follow instructions without the presence of a registered nurse
12. Ability to prioritise care
13. Self motivated and organised
14. Understanding of quality and change in the clinical setting
15. Flexibility and team participation
16. Basic IT skills or willingness to develop
Desirable
17. Interest in developing a career as part of the Children's Community service
Knowledge
Essential
18. Understanding of the requirements of the role
19. Infection Control and universal precautions
20. Basic understanding of NHS issues
Desirable
21. Knowledge of clinical observation and complex health needs
Other Requirements
Essential
22. Car owner/driver
23. Able to work night shifts if requested