About this role
Job summary
We are recruiting for a Children's Community Clinical Support Worker 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.
In addition, you may receive a High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of your basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £1,136 and a maximum payment of £1,915 per annum pro rata.
Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. 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:
The Lister Hospital, Stevenage New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City Hertford County, Hertford 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.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training Essential
NVQ 2 Care or equivalent Able to appropriately progress through and complete QCF Level 3
Desirable
NVQ 3 or equivalent
Previous Experience Essential
Previous experience with children or in a health care setting
Desirable
Working with disabled children
Skills Essential
Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with patients of varying levels of understanding Ability to work within guidelines, follow a care plan and follow instructions without the presence of a registered nurse Ability to prioritise care Organised Understanding of quality and change in the clinical setting Flexibility and team participation Basic IT skills or willingness to develop
Desirable
Interest in developing a career as part of the Children's Community service
Knowledge Essential
Understanding of the requirements of the role Infection Control and universal precautions Basic understanding of NHS issues
Desirable
Knowledge of clinical observation and complex health needs
Other Requirements Essential
Able to travel to service users in rural locations within a strict timeframe. Able to work night shifts if requested
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.
Employer details Employer name East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Address QEII Hospital
Howlands
Welwyn Garden City
AL7 4HQ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)