We are really excited to be expanding our team so that we can support more children and their families at home. By providing support to Children and young people in their own homes, it enables parents/carers to get a good night’s sleep.
The role does involve being trained in a variety of clinical skills but you will be given training to achieve all the clinical skills. We offer a individualised induction programme to ensure that all new starters are supported to be confident and competent with each skill. If you do not currently have the clinical experience but have transferrable skills do get in touch to find out more.
Team members provide clinical care into children’s homes to allow parents to take a break from their caring responsibilities.
A Driving License is required as this is a role involving county-wide travel.
Main duties of the job
The skills that you can potentially learn include the following
- Medication administration
- Feeding via a gastrostomy tube/button
- Using a nebuliser
- Supporting a child on a ventilator
- Hoisting
- Oral suction
- Observations
About us
We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.
The annual NHS Staff Surveygives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:
- 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users;
- 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work;
- 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;
- 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative
Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide care directly to children requiring specific interventions to maintain their qualityof life
- Carry out a range of nursing care tasks for the child according to the childs care planensuring the childs physical/emotional and educational/play needs are met
- Help with personal care and use of appropriate equipment to hoist, move and handlechild safely.
- Assist with assessing and reviewing needs of child/young people and help implementation of care programmes, this will entail attending patient assessments with Team Leader for Complex care team and liaising with other clinical support workers inthe team to ensure effective delivery of care.
We provide a Multi-professional preceptorship programme that is aligned to the National Preceptorship Framework for Nursing and have been awarded the Interim quality mark from NHS England. Our programme is provided to all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners. In addition to the programme we also offer all preceptees the opportunity of enrolling and completing the level 7 (Masters) 15 credit validated module Preceptorship for Healthcare (AP7026).
Newly qualified Social Workers are offered the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment programme (ASYE) which is similar to a preceptorship programme.
Person Specification
Essential
- Care Certificate or Willingness to Undertake
- Lone working in a community setting
- A valid Driving License is required
Desirable
- Experience of working with Children
- Experience of clinical skills
- Communicating with children who have limited verbal communication skills
Desirable
Essential
- Working with children in a community setting or within a healthcare environment
Desirable
- Experience of working with Children
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.
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).
Closing Date: 14 June 2024
