Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Children’s Community Health Care Support Worker
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Job Summary
The Children's Continuing Care Team at GWH provides direct clinical care and support to named children and young people with complex medical needs in the community.
Being part of the team may involve meeting a child's health needs in their own home at night to enable families to rest, or accompanying and caring for a child at school to enable education. The ideal candidate must be able to work professionally as a lone worker in a community setting following a period of competency based training to meet the child's health needs, and will be keen, enthusiastic, flexible and reliable and have good communication skills.
If you would like to be part of our friendly and motivated team who are keen to make a difference in the community, we would love to hear from you. We are willing to negotiate full time, part time or term time hours for the right applicant.
Please note: Part time or Term time hours would not meet the required salary threshold for sponsorship, and therefore would not be available.
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Main duties of the job
- To provide skilled high-quality care to children and young people with complex medical needs, in the home or community setting.
- To carry out personal care and delegated clinical tasks, providing support for children with complex health needs and those dependent on technology such as ventilators, feeding tubes and oxygen.
- To follow individualised care plans developed by the nursing team, having gained competency through an intensive and on-going training programme and with support and guidance from registered nurses.
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We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group - a formal partnership between Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17,600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people. We are creating a health and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.
Job Description
Job responsibilities
This job description is not intended to be exhaustive, and it is likely that duties may be altered from time to time in the light of changing circumstances, in discussion with the post holder. This role profile is intended to provide a broad outline of the main responsibilities only. The post holder will need to be flexible in developing the role with initial and on-going discussions with the designated manager.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Qualifications Essential
- One of the following: NVQ 3 in Health and Social Care, Childcare or equivalent.
- NNEB
- Experience equivalent to the above qualifications
- Level 2 Functional Skills in English and Math's or equivalent
- Completion of Level 3 Diploma in Healthcare Support (that maps to the Apprenticeship Standard for Senior Health Care Support Worker), or
- Equivalent experience together with Level 2 qualification in childcare, Health and Social Care or equivalent and working towards Level 3
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Experience Essential
- Demonstrate the ability to work without direct supervision once trained and deemed competent to provide delegated clinical skills.
Desirable
- Experience of working with children and young people with special needs
- Experience of team working
- Experience of working variable shift patterns to include nightshifts
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
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