Children’s Community Carer Guildford
Job description
By joining us you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts across any of our client Trusts in England, as well as the ability to develop professionally and gain experience in several wards or areas.Job Title: Children’s Community CarerTrust Location: The Jarvis CentrePay Rates: Days £13.07Saturdays and nights £17.42Sundays and Bank Holidays £ 21.66About the Trust – Central Surrey Health LimitedWe provide a wide range of adult community health services in north west Surrey, and children's NHS community services across the whole of Surrey. The children's service - Children and Family Health Surrey- is delivered through a partnership service comprising CSH, Surrey's mental health provider Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, and another community provider First Community Health and Care.As a member, you’ll have fantastic benefits:Competitive pay rates – work this week, get paid next weekManage your shifts and timesheets on the go – access your “My Bank” shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphoneEssential support when you need it – 24/7 365 days – Call us anytimeMulti-locational - work across neighbouring TrustsFirst choice of shifts or placements at your Trust – access before they are made available to agencyVaried working options to suit your lifestyle – access to the Bank gives you options of ad hoc shifts or fixed term placementsTraining and development opportunitiesBuild holiday allowance for every shift you workStakeholder pension scheme availableWhat you’ll be responsible for:Responsible for providing consistent high quality care to children/young people who are dependent on others for meeting some or all of their health and wellbeing needs.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 and maintains professional working boundaries with the families and colleagues at all timeRaises any issues/concerns with the Clinical Case Manager relating to the child’s clinical care, workload and responsibilities.Responsible for identifying changes in patient’s conditions and taking appropriate action, documenting and reporting to Clinical Case Manager.Effectively identifies all clinical equipment and disposables are in place to ensure safe delivery of patient careAbility to complete competency workbooks including tracheostomy, ventilator and gastrostomy careRequired 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 monitoring, enteral/nasogastric/nasojejunal feeding pumps etc.The role will involve, but not be limited to you performing the above.You’ll have the following qualification/experience:Good general education and literate in English and numerateLevel 2 NVQ or equivalent in health related subjectNNEBNVQ level 3 in Childcare, Care or equivalent working with childrenExperience 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.At least 1 year’s Good understanding of child developmentGood understanding of how chronic illness affects the family.Team working experienceExperience of working within the NHS*Depending on the Trust, you may require variable additional certification and skills.Who are NHS Professionals?We specialise in putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated candidates and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, access to more shifts and a healthier work-life balance, giving more choice and control to our members.As an equal opportunities' organisation, NHSP is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective Bank members and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership. We believe there is a strong case for the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion agenda and we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a range of backgrounds to apply.DisclaimerPlease note, you will be contacted by email throughout the recruitment process, so please check your emails, including your junk/spam regularly. We regret we cannot contact everyone who is not selected for an interview, therefore if you do not hear from us within 21 days after submitting your application, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.Job Types: Part-time, Full-timeSalary: £13.07-£21.66 per hourBenefits:Company pensionSchedule:10 hour shift12 hour shift8 hour shiftDay shiftMonday to FridayNight shiftWeekend availabilityAbility to commute/relocate:Surrey, GU1 1LJ: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)Experience:Spinal Injury: 1 year (preferred)Support Worker: 1 year (preferred)Licence/Certification:Driving Licence (preferred)Work Location: In personReference ID: 623
