Band 3 Care Team Member / Nursery Nurse

Helen & Douglas House

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Job summary

Are you a creative Nursery Nurse or an experienced Care Worker? If so, we invite you to join our friendly team where you will provide a safe, supportive, and nurturing environment for the children and families we support! Helen House provides a 24/7 service and while previous experience working with children with special needs or in a hospice setting is not essential it would be an advantage.

Full-time and part-time hours considered. Flexibility to work evenings, weekends and during school holidays is required, as care is provided at the familys request. Rotas are issued six weeks in advance so you will be given appropriate notice of your working hours/pattern.

Main duties of the job

Working as part of the Helen House Care Team, alongside Registered Nurses within a multi-disciplinary team, your role will focus on delivering excellent care. By encouraging and building children's concentration, creativity, and sense of discovery, you will make a difference to their and their familys lives. In this palliative and respite care setting, we are able to offer our children one to one care and create wonderful memories.

We are looking for candidates who possess an NVQ Level 3/Diploma in Health and Social Care/Nursery Nurse or equivalent qualification alongside consolidated experience in a related care setting. You will be a skilled communicator, able to adapt communications to a wide range of people and situations. As part of your role, you will be expected to implement activities for special needs children and sick children while using your own initiative and also working as part of the team.

Please note that everyone working for Helen & Douglas House are required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. Helen & Douglas House is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are an equal opportunities employer and value the benefits of a diverse workforce. We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community.

About us

Helen & Douglas House is a registered hospice charity based in Oxford, providing palliative, respite, end-of-life and bereavement care to life-limited children and their families. Hospice care is often profoundly misunderstood: the work we do is uplifting, positive and the impact we have is life changing! Our hospice is a bright, dynamic, and joyful place to work, providing a lovely outdoor garden space for our patients and staff to both enjoy. We foster a climate where team members feel able to openly question, debate and appropriately challenge their own and the practice of others to achieve clinical excellence.

For any queries, please contact recruitment@helenanddouglas.org.uk

Helen and Douglas House offer the following benefits:

- 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, rising to 28 days after 3 years, and 29 days after 5 years of service.

- Reimbursement of NMC professional registration fees.

- We are a direction agency for the NHS Pension Scheme.

- Eye care voucher scheme.

- Cycle to work scheme.

- Occupational sick pay and maternity pay.

- Enhanced maternity leave and shared paternity leave.

- A flexible working environment.

- Subsidised staff dining facilities.

- Investment in your CPD.

- Employee Assistance Programme.

- Recommend a friend scheme.

Date posted

28 February 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,400 to £26,900 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

B0269-24-0012

Job locations

14a Magdalen Road

Oxford

Oxfordshire

OX4 1RW


Job description

Job responsibilities

You will work as part of the care team, caring for children with complex needs or sick children, and their families, alongside experienced and nursing staff members and as part of the wider multi-disciplinary team. You will participate in the day-to-day care of patients and to offer support to the families, and participate in personal training and development, attending all relevant training courses as required/identified by the Clinical Lead. You will be expected to always maintain confidentiality (working with the Data Protection Act), ensure the house is prepared for admissions, sharing responsibility for cleanliness and other domestic tasks, and share responsibility for the smooth running of the House in providing a suitable and safe environment for the physical and psychological well-being of patients, families, visitors, and staff.

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will work as part of the care team, caring for children with complex needs or sick children, and their families, alongside experienced and nursing staff members and as part of the wider multi-disciplinary team. You will participate in the day-to-day care of patients and to offer support to the families, and participate in personal training and development, attending all relevant training courses as required/identified by the Clinical Lead. You will be expected to always maintain confidentiality (working with the Data Protection Act), ensure the house is prepared for admissions, sharing responsibility for cleanliness and other domestic tasks, and share responsibility for the smooth running of the House in providing a suitable and safe environment for the physical and psychological well-being of patients, families, visitors, and staff.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ level 3/Diploma in Health and Social Care/Nursery Nurse/equivalent qualification Or: Two years experience working in a comparable setting e.g., Childrens Hospice, Childrens ward.

Skills and other

Essential

  • Good communication and organisational skills.
  • Good knowledge of computers or Microsoft office.
  • Ability to implement activities for children with a variety of different health care needs.
  • Understanding of the need for confidentiality, and ability to manage time effectively.
  • Able to work the full range of shifts to provide a 24 hour a day, 7 day a week service.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with children with complex health needs, and knowledge of the principles of safeguarding.
  • Evidence of competencies in delegated health tasks.
  • Good team worker but also able to work alone, self-motivated with an ability to motivate others.
  • Ability to supervise less experienced staff, and an awareness and acceptance of children's rights and best interests would be desirable.

Desirable

  • Experience of working with older children/adolescents, or in a hospice setting.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ level 3/Diploma in Health and Social Care/Nursery Nurse/equivalent qualification Or: Two years experience working in a comparable setting e.g., Childrens Hospice, Childrens ward.

Skills and other

Essential

  • Good communication and organisational skills.
  • Good knowledge of computers or Microsoft office.
  • Ability to implement activities for children with a variety of different health care needs.
  • Understanding of the need for confidentiality, and ability to manage time effectively.
  • Able to work the full range of shifts to provide a 24 hour a day, 7 day a week service.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with children with complex health needs, and knowledge of the principles of safeguarding.
  • Evidence of competencies in delegated health tasks.
  • Good team worker but also able to work alone, self-motivated with an ability to motivate others.
  • Ability to supervise less experienced staff, and an awareness and acceptance of children's rights and best interests would be desirable.

Desirable

  • Experience of working with older children/adolescents, or in a hospice setting.

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

Helen & Douglas House

Address

14a Magdalen Road

Oxford

Oxfordshire

OX4 1RW


Employer's website

https://www.helenanddouglas.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Helen & Douglas House

Address

14a Magdalen Road

Oxford

Oxfordshire

OX4 1RW


Employer's website

https://www.helenanddouglas.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Date posted

28 February 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,400 to £26,900 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

B0269-24-0012

Job locations

14a Magdalen Road

Oxford

Oxfordshire

OX4 1RW


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