Job summary
Butterwick Hospice Care is the largest independent Hospice serving the areas
of the Tees Valley, County Durham, North Yorkshire, and Wearside. We are a registered Charity which exists to
freely provide in-patient and day services to adults and children suffering
from life limiting illnesses. We also
provide supportive services to patients’ families and loved ones. We rely on the donations and fundraising of
people and businesses across the communities we serve to fund our services.
We are currently restructuring our Children’s services and an
opportunity has arisen for a number of full and part time roles to join the
team providing excellent care within our Children’s hospice, which is a
6-bedded in-patient unit providing planned respite, emergency, and end-of-life
care.
Main duties of the job
You will be part of a highly capable, motivated and talented team of Nurses
and HCT’s to deliver a broad range of nursing and care services.
You will be someone with the ability to maintain professional standards
and excellent clinical care alongside the nursing staff. You will understand
and appreciate children’s, young adults, carers’ and family needs. You will be enthusiastic and extremely
committed to the Hospice service.
Good communication skills, a high level of self-discipline and
self-motivation is a must. Flexibility
is required to allow for a full range of shift cover – days, nights, and
weekends. It is essential that you are able to deal with sensitive information
and maintain confidentiality.
You will have energy and enthusiasm, commitment, good communication
skills, and the ability to successfully deal with the daily challenges of complex
and palliative care. In addition, you will need to:
·
Have at least 6 months experience working in care,
preferably with children.
·
Be able to provide individual care to a child/young
person, such as personal care or specified tasks.
·
Be able to contribute to the high clinical
standards and quality of care within a team framework, promoting good health
practices, and continuity of care wherever possible.
About us
For almost four decades, Butterwick Hospice Care has supported local people and communities across our region. We deliver our primary objective of holistic palliative and supportive care to those suffering with progressive life limiting conditions, their families and loved ones. We provide an Adult Inpatient Unit, a Children and Young Adults Unit, Day Care Services, Home Care Services, Complementary Therapy plus Bereavement and Counselling Services.
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB PURPOSE
The purpose of this post is to: assist with the
organisation and delivery of care for children/young people who have life
limiting or life-threatening illnesses; collaboration with the
multidisciplinary team; to provide support for carers and families; and to
contribute to providing a “home from home” environment within the unit.
A healthcare technician’s role is to support and assist registered nurses
to provide holistic and individualised care to meet the needs of patients.
Healthcare technicians will be developed to complete clinical tasks for patients
who attend the unit. This will enable them to provide care to patients with or
without the direct supervision of a registered nurse.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
§ To work both on your own and
with your colleagues to deliver a high standard of care.
§ Recognising and acknowledging
your limitations and seeking appropriate support and guidance.
§ To provide individual care to
a child/young person, such as personal care or specified tasks e.g., medication
administration, gastrostomy feeds, as directed in the child’s individual care
plan. Full training will be given, and tasks delivered when confident and
competent.
§ To undertake training in
moving and handling and use of hoists and other manual handling equipment to
enable appropriate measures to be used to ensure the child/young person’s
comfort and safety.
§ To contribute positively to creating
and sustaining a caring environment, friendly and welcoming in an informal
nature and mitigating institutional practices.
§ To contribute to the high clinical
standards and quality of care within a team framework, promoting good health
practices and continuity of care wherever possible.
§ To effectively communicate with others
about a specific child/young person’s condition, including both verbal and
written reports and documentation.
§ To follow current guidelines
on safeguarding and understand the procedure to follow to report concerns to
ensure the safety of the child is paramount.
§ To understand infection
control principles and adapt practice accordingly under the guidance of the
supervising health care professional.
§ To ensure that guidelines and
policies are followed, e.g., health and safety, equality and diversity.
§ To be aware of the need for
patient confidentiality – and to ensure that it is maintained.
§ To undertake training
necessary for the role, meet the competencies required, and update skills
appropriately.
§ To pro-actively participate in
personal and team development.
§ Contribute,
where possible, to the development and delivery of high quality, family-centred
care to provide a holistic service.
§ To assist
with recreational activities and play programmes according to the developmental
needs and under the direction of the Play/Activity Team, an RSCN or family
member.
§ To actively
participate in outings and play work with the children/young people.
§ To
undertake any necessary housekeeping to maintain the home from home
environment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB PURPOSE
The purpose of this post is to: assist with the
organisation and delivery of care for children/young people who have life
limiting or life-threatening illnesses; collaboration with the
multidisciplinary team; to provide support for carers and families; and to
contribute to providing a “home from home” environment within the unit.
A healthcare technician’s role is to support and assist registered nurses
to provide holistic and individualised care to meet the needs of patients.
Healthcare technicians will be developed to complete clinical tasks for patients
who attend the unit. This will enable them to provide care to patients with or
without the direct supervision of a registered nurse.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
§ To work both on your own and
with your colleagues to deliver a high standard of care.
§ Recognising and acknowledging
your limitations and seeking appropriate support and guidance.
§ To provide individual care to
a child/young person, such as personal care or specified tasks e.g., medication
administration, gastrostomy feeds, as directed in the child’s individual care
plan. Full training will be given, and tasks delivered when confident and
competent.
§ To undertake training in
moving and handling and use of hoists and other manual handling equipment to
enable appropriate measures to be used to ensure the child/young person’s
comfort and safety.
§ To contribute positively to creating
and sustaining a caring environment, friendly and welcoming in an informal
nature and mitigating institutional practices.
§ To contribute to the high clinical
standards and quality of care within a team framework, promoting good health
practices and continuity of care wherever possible.
§ To effectively communicate with others
about a specific child/young person’s condition, including both verbal and
written reports and documentation.
§ To follow current guidelines
on safeguarding and understand the procedure to follow to report concerns to
ensure the safety of the child is paramount.
§ To understand infection
control principles and adapt practice accordingly under the guidance of the
supervising health care professional.
§ To ensure that guidelines and
policies are followed, e.g., health and safety, equality and diversity.
§ To be aware of the need for
patient confidentiality – and to ensure that it is maintained.
§ To undertake training
necessary for the role, meet the competencies required, and update skills
appropriately.
§ To pro-actively participate in
personal and team development.
§ Contribute,
where possible, to the development and delivery of high quality, family-centred
care to provide a holistic service.
§ To assist
with recreational activities and play programmes according to the developmental
needs and under the direction of the Play/Activity Team, an RSCN or family
member.
§ To actively
participate in outings and play work with the children/young people.
§ To
undertake any necessary housekeeping to maintain the home from home
environment.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Minimum qualification of an NVQ Level 2 (or equivalent) in care of children.
- Appropriate and continued personal/professional development.
Desirable
- Palliative Care qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a similar role/environment.
- Experience of providing timely and appropriate help, information and advice to children, young people and their carers.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Minimum qualification of an NVQ Level 2 (or equivalent) in care of children.
- Appropriate and continued personal/professional development.
Desirable
- Palliative Care qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a similar role/environment.
- Experience of providing timely and appropriate help, information and advice to children, young people and their carers.
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.