Overview
Bank Senior Community Carer – Surrey: Are you an experienced and compassionate carer looking to take the next step in your career? Join HCRG Care Group to deliver high-quality care and support to children with complex medical needs in homes and in the community. In this leadership role, you will work closely with families and multidisciplinary teams to ensure that care is safe, effective, and tailored to each child’s needs. You will provide mentorship and guidance to colleagues, contribute to service improvements, and help create a safe and stimulating environment where children can thrive. If you are dedicated to making a meaningful impact and are ready to embrace this rewarding opportunity, we would love to hear from you. Base: You will be based at one of our Surrey-wide office hubs and visiting patients in the community, with the flexibility of hybrid working. At HCRG Care Group, we are proud to be a flexible-first employer with an agile working approach that supports professional and personal needs.
Main duties of the job
* Deliver consistent, high-quality care to children/young people with complex health and well-being needs, following care plans and safeguarding procedures.
* Communicate effectively with children, families, and the multidisciplinary team, addressing barriers to understanding.
* Maintain professional boundaries and report concerns or changes in a child’s condition to the Clinical Case Manager.
* Ensure clinical equipment is available and operate medical devices such as ventilators, feeding pumps, and oxygen monitors with precision.
* Develop and maintain competencies in tracheostomy, ventilator, gastrostomy, and other advanced care tasks.
* Administer medication as trained and deemed competent, ensuring accurate documentation of all care provided.
* Manage and prioritise workload independently as a lone worker, seeking guidance from the Clinical Case Manager when needed.
Schedule
* 24/7 service with night shifts across the year, including weekends.
About us
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UK’s leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children’s community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year – guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular and we may close earlier than the shown date. If you’re keen to join our team, please apply as soon as you can.
To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2
The ideal candidate
Essential
* NVQ 3 in health or social care or recognised nursery nurse qualification
* Understanding the impact of providing/receiving care in the home for children with complex medical needs and their families
* Experience of working with children with additional needs
* Excellent oral and written communication skills
* Ability to relate and create rapport with children
Desirable
* Ability to learn theoretical/practical skills
* British Sign Language level 1
* Makaton
* Experience of relevant clinical procedures and technology dependency
* Minimum of 1 year experience working with children with complex health needs
* Minimum of 1 year working with children in other settings (e.g., nursery, respite service)
Other requirements: the successful applicant will need to be a car driver
Personal/Disclosure
Please see attached Job Description for full Personal Specification.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and, as such, a submission for Disclosure will be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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