Paediatric Senior Health Care Assistant

Job summary

This exciting post is for band a 3 Health Care Assistant, who is qualified in Level 3 NVQ within Paediatrics or is currently undertaking their training in Level 3 NVQ or City & Guilds Level 3 Diploma in Health Care support. (Or relevant experience).

The role will require working across the Paediatric teams in the Roxburgh Children's Outpatient's department and the Children's Community Nursing team to support the efficient and effective organisation of the departments and the delivery of the service across paediatrics providing a service for West Norfolk and surrounding area.

If required you maybe asked to support paediatric services across the trust.

You will work predominantly Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, but maybe required to work Saturdays.

You must be able liaise with the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) and external service providers, in providing care to service users; providing good communication with the families who access the service in a helpful and polite manner.

You will be undertaking clinical interventions once signed off as competent, dependant on clinical area and acting as a chaperone when required. This includes being venepuncture trained.

Main duties of the job

Able to undertake clinical interventions such as weight, height and headcircumference measurement, recording basic observations including pulse, respiratory rate, temperature and blood pressure. Be able to take blood, urine, sputum and wound specimens under the direction of senior team members.To support the care of children and young people with a variety of conditions, both short term and lifelong conditions in partnership with the patient and their families and MDT including non-QEH providers.Maintain accurate patient documentation considering legal aspects, confidentiality,and management information requirements. Raising any concerns with the registered nursing team and the medical team as required.To communicate effectively with patient, parent/carers and the wider MDT to ensure continuity of care.Demonstrate an awareness of safeguarding issues, be able to assess risk and refer to professional teams as appropriate.Participate in team meetings, sharing knowledge and ideas to improve the service provided with the department.

About us

There's never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We're working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital to open in 2030 and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we've ever undertaken.

Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.

At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.

We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as 'Good', and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.

We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome.

We love working here and think you will too.

Employer details

Employer name

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHSFT

Address

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Gayton Road

Kings Lynn

PE30 4ET

Employer's website

https://www.qehkl.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHSFT

Address

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Gayton Road

Kings Lynn

PE30 4ET

Employer's website

https://www.qehkl.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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