Job summary
Band 3 Childrens Community Carer
Do you have a passion
for supporting children/young people with additional health needs? Have you
previously worked with children in a health, educational or social care
setting?
An exciting
opportunity has arisen to provide clinical care to children/young people with
additional health needs (including tracheostomies and ventilators) at home
- Minimum of 22.5 hours per week
- Flexible working to include night shifts 10pm-7am, weekends and
bank holidays
- You will need access to a car with business insurance to travel to
the family homes within Surrey
- Previous experience is desirable however not essential as full
competency training is provided; there will be an initial induction period
followed by supervised practice
- Opportunities for career progression as you develop your skills
If you are polite,
professional, confident, enthusiastic, and committed then wed like to hear
from you!
Please telephone 01483
362628 for more information.
UK
Visa and Immigration Sponsorship: Please note that we do not offer UKVI
sponsorship for these posts, and so all applicants require a current right to
work in the UK.
Main duties of the job
Please see the attached job description and personal specification for
more details and requirements for the role.
About us
CSH Surrey are part of the NHS and are Surreys largest and longest
established NHS community services provider, so our 1500+ employees get
NHS pay and pensions, and also receive the Fringe High-Cost Allowance of
5%.
Our staff enjoy excellent training and development opportunities, including the
care certificate, apprenticeships, numeracy and literacy courses, access to
the Nursing Associate programme, and a wide variety of management and
leadership courses and programmes.
We CARE about our staff though through our values of Compassion,
Accountability, Respect and Excellence. Our active employee council called
The Voice, elect employee representatives to ensure colleagues' voices are
heard at Board level.
CSH is a diverse organisation, if you are a passionate, person-focused
individual then apply to join CSH Surrey today!
We welcome candidates from
all backgrounds who meet the essential criteria of the job you are applying for
and if you require any reasonable adjustments, please contact the named
individual for this advert, or our recruitment team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Purpose
- To assist in the delivery of care activities
in the child/young persons own home and in the community following an
intensive training programme and competency assessment. Staff will work unsupported following
assessment with the support of Clinical Case Manager. Participates in the induction and
development of new staff, under the direction of the Clinical Case
Manager.
- To be flexible to work unsocial hours,
including night duty over a 24 hour period, 4/5 week rota pattern
including weekends and Bank Holidays
Principal duties to include:
Communication
skills (factor 1)
- Establishes and maintains effective verbal and
written communication with colleagues, children/young people, families and
members of the multidisciplinary team, providing clinical information as
required. There may be barriers to
understanding.
- Acknowledges the boundaries of the role,
- Maintains
Professional working boundaries with the families and colleagues at all time
- Raises any issues/concerns with the Clinical Case
Manager relating to the childs clinical care, workload and responsibilities.
- Uses work mobile telephone and work email
accounts appropriately, maintaining regular contact with the team and
responding in a timely manner.
- Uses the team On Call system appropriately out
of hours.
Analytical and judgemental skills
(f3)
- Responsible for identifying
changes in patients conditions and taking appropriate action, documenting and
reporting to Clinical Case Manager.
Planning
and organisational skills (f4)
- Effectively identifies all
clinical equipment and disposables are in place to ensure safe delivery of
patient care
- Any shortfall or concerns should
be documented and reported to the core team or out of hours where appropriate
Physical Skills (f5)
- Ability to use keyboard and computer
- Ability to complete competency workbooks including tracheostomy,
ventilator and gastrostomy care
- Required to develop skills to change of
tracheostomy breathing tubes, replacement of Percutaneous Endoscopic
Gastrostomy (PEG) feeding tubes etc.
- Required to have developed skills in the use of
various equipment that requires accuracy within a narrow margin for error e.g.
ventilators, oxygen saturation, enteral/nasogastric/nasojejunal feeding pumps
etc.
Patient / client care (f6)
- Responsible for working with children/young
people who are dependent on others for meeting some or all of their health and
wellbeing needs.
- Ensure the care that is delivered to the
children on the caseload is of a consistently high standard
- Responsible for discussing the childs/young
persons support plan with the qualified nursing team, ensuring understanding
of their role in providing care to meet the needs, including an understanding
of the Safeguarding of Children.
- Responsible for delivering care in accordance
with relevant care plans, escalation plans, Standard Operating Procedures and
guidance.
- Required to administer medication following
Medicines Management Training and having been deemed competent by a Clinical
Case Manager.
- Responsible for caring for highly
technologically dependent children/young people.
- Responsible for assessing the child/young
persons condition in relation to the child/young persons support care plan
and escalation plan.
- Ensure any concerns relating to the child/young
persons clinical condition, safety or in relation to safeguarding concerns are
escalated and reported.
- Understands service issues to enable problems to
be identified and solutions recommended.
- Able to prioritise work to meet child/young
persons care needs.
Policy
and service development (f7)
- Complies with company policies and implements these where appropriate
- Contributes to development of local policies and Standard Operating
Procedures
Financial
and physical resources (f8)
- Ensures at the start of each shift adequate supplies are in place and
uses resources appropriately ensuring minimal wastage
Human
resources (f9)
- Works flexibly as a member of the team to support
the service needs and delivery of a County wide service.
- Participates in and supports the induction of new
staff as instructed and required.
- Participates in personal and performance review and
undertakes identified training needs and development.
- Participates in clinical and safeguarding
supervision to ensure annual statutory and mandatory requirements are
fulfilled.
- Attends in-service mandatory and statutory training
as required in order to work.
Information
resources (f10)
- Required to use any
computer system used by the organisation providing appropriate training has
been given.
- Responsible for maintaining accurate and
contemporaneous documentation in the child/young persons paper and electronic
records and providing written reports if requested.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Purpose
- To assist in the delivery of care activities
in the child/young persons own home and in the community following an
intensive training programme and competency assessment. Staff will work unsupported following
assessment with the support of Clinical Case Manager. Participates in the induction and
development of new staff, under the direction of the Clinical Case
Manager.
- To be flexible to work unsocial hours,
including night duty over a 24 hour period, 4/5 week rota pattern
including weekends and Bank Holidays
Principal duties to include:
Communication
skills (factor 1)
- Establishes and maintains effective verbal and
written communication with colleagues, children/young people, families and
members of the multidisciplinary team, providing clinical information as
required. There may be barriers to
understanding.
- Acknowledges the boundaries of the role,
- Maintains
Professional working boundaries with the families and colleagues at all time
- Raises any issues/concerns with the Clinical Case
Manager relating to the childs clinical care, workload and responsibilities.
- Uses work mobile telephone and work email
accounts appropriately, maintaining regular contact with the team and
responding in a timely manner.
- Uses the team On Call system appropriately out
of hours.
Analytical and judgemental skills
(f3)
- Responsible for identifying
changes in patients conditions and taking appropriate action, documenting and
reporting to Clinical Case Manager.
Planning
and organisational skills (f4)
- Effectively identifies all
clinical equipment and disposables are in place to ensure safe delivery of
patient care
- Any shortfall or concerns should
be documented and reported to the core team or out of hours where appropriate
Physical Skills (f5)
- Ability to use keyboard and computer
- Ability to complete competency workbooks including tracheostomy,
ventilator and gastrostomy care
- Required to develop skills to change of
tracheostomy breathing tubes, replacement of Percutaneous Endoscopic
Gastrostomy (PEG) feeding tubes etc.
- Required to have developed skills in the use of
various equipment that requires accuracy within a narrow margin for error e.g.
ventilators, oxygen saturation, enteral/nasogastric/nasojejunal feeding pumps
etc.
Patient / client care (f6)
- Responsible for working with children/young
people who are dependent on others for meeting some or all of their health and
wellbeing needs.
- Ensure the care that is delivered to the
children on the caseload is of a consistently high standard
- Responsible for discussing the childs/young
persons support plan with the qualified nursing team, ensuring understanding
of their role in providing care to meet the needs, including an understanding
of the Safeguarding of Children.
- Responsible for delivering care in accordance
with relevant care plans, escalation plans, Standard Operating Procedures and
guidance.
- Required to administer medication following
Medicines Management Training and having been deemed competent by a Clinical
Case Manager.
- Responsible for caring for highly
technologically dependent children/young people.
- Responsible for assessing the child/young
persons condition in relation to the child/young persons support care plan
and escalation plan.
- Ensure any concerns relating to the child/young
persons clinical condition, safety or in relation to safeguarding concerns are
escalated and reported.
- Understands service issues to enable problems to
be identified and solutions recommended.
- Able to prioritise work to meet child/young
persons care needs.
Policy
and service development (f7)
- Complies with company policies and implements these where appropriate
- Contributes to development of local policies and Standard Operating
Procedures
Financial
and physical resources (f8)
- Ensures at the start of each shift adequate supplies are in place and
uses resources appropriately ensuring minimal wastage
Human
resources (f9)
- Works flexibly as a member of the team to support
the service needs and delivery of a County wide service.
- Participates in and supports the induction of new
staff as instructed and required.
- Participates in personal and performance review and
undertakes identified training needs and development.
- Participates in clinical and safeguarding
supervision to ensure annual statutory and mandatory requirements are
fulfilled.
- Attends in-service mandatory and statutory training
as required in order to work.
Information
resources (f10)
- Required to use any
computer system used by the organisation providing appropriate training has
been given.
- Responsible for maintaining accurate and
contemporaneous documentation in the child/young persons paper and electronic
records and providing written reports if requested.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good general education and literate in English and numerate
- Level 2 NVQ or equivalent in health related subject
Desirable
- NNEB
- NVQ level 3 in Childcare, Care or equivalent working with children
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with children or caring for children in a health, education or social setting.
- Understanding of a range of work procedures and practices, some of which are non-routine, which require a base level of theoretical knowledge.
Desirable
- Good understanding of child development
- Good understanding of how chronic illness affects the family.
- Team working experience
- Experience of working within the NHS
Skills
Essential
- Communicate effectively with parents, carers and professionals
- Standard keyboard skills
- Ability to work as an effective team member as well as lone work
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Able to work flexibly during unsocial hours e.g. night shifts across 7 days, weekends, bank holidays
- Ability to clearly communicate and exchange factual information
- Ability to reflect on practice
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good general education and literate in English and numerate
- Level 2 NVQ or equivalent in health related subject
Desirable
- NNEB
- NVQ level 3 in Childcare, Care or equivalent working with children
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with children or caring for children in a health, education or social setting.
- Understanding of a range of work procedures and practices, some of which are non-routine, which require a base level of theoretical knowledge.
Desirable
- Good understanding of child development
- Good understanding of how chronic illness affects the family.
- Team working experience
- Experience of working within the NHS
Skills
Essential
- Communicate effectively with parents, carers and professionals
- Standard keyboard skills
- Ability to work as an effective team member as well as lone work
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Able to work flexibly during unsocial hours e.g. night shifts across 7 days, weekends, bank holidays
- Ability to clearly communicate and exchange factual information
- Ability to reflect on practice
