Job summary
Disney Ward cares for Children and Young People aged 0-16 years. We are a team of Paediatric and Adult Registered Nurses and AHCAs caring for Children and Young Peoplewith acute and chronic medical illness and needing emergency or elective surgery.
We work in collaboration with the paediatric doctors and other specialties providing care 24/7 to Children and Young People in North Lincolnshire and surrounding areas.
Our team of AHCAs expected to support the registered nurses and medical/surgical teams on the ward to provide care to asmall group of Children and Young People, escalating any concerns and undertaking any delegated duties.
Duties include: contributing to maintaining the safety of children on ward, monitoring and recording observations, assisting with feeding and hygiene needs for Children and Young People, simplediagnostic procedures and ward cleanliness and safety.
Main duties of the job
To, under supervision,
- support the ward coordinator by providing high quality individual care to a small number of Children and Young People, maintain privacy and dignity at all times.
- Escalating any concerns you have.
- To participate in care planning for Children and Young People using the partnership model of Family Centred Care.
- To assist Children and Young People and their parents/carers to meet personal care and hygiene needs on the ward, ensuring privacy and dignity is maintained.
- To assist Children and Young People and their parents/carers with their nutritional needs, including feeding, supporting new mothers with breastfeeding; giving bottle feeds and administering other bolus enteral feeds.
- Assist in the assessment of breastfeeding, providing advice and education to breastfeeding mothers to ensure their wishes for feeding are listened to and respected. Always acting in thebest interests of the infant.
- To assist a registered nurse with completion of strict input/output on the fluid balance chart for Children and Young People, as appropriate.
- To participate in pressure area risk assessments for Children and Young People. Take appropriate action as indicated.
- To encourage safe mobilisation of Children and Young People, promoting independence.
- To utilise safe moving and handling, to reduce the risk of injury to themselves and the Children and Young People
About us
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.
As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.
Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.
We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.
Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.
We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.
We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of peoples age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://join.humberhealthpartnership.nhs.uk/
In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Recruitment & Workforce team will use and hold your personal data for the intended purpose and in line with the Recruitment & Workforce Privacy Statement.
We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers.
Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.
As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.
Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.
We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.
Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.
We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.
We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of peoples age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://join.humberhealthpartnership.nhs.uk/
In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Recruitment & Workforce team will use and hold your personal data for the intended purpose and in line with the Recruitment & Workforce Privacy Statement.
We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers.
Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.
Person Specification
education and qualifications
Essential
- NVQ/QCF Level 2 Diploma in Maternity and Paediatric Health Care or equivalent
- Math and English qualification ('C' or above) or be prepared to undertake Maths and English competencies to achieve FS level 2 if not already held.
experience and abilities
Essential
- Demonstrate relevant experience working with children and families in a care setting
Desirable
- An understanding of the importance of play, working with children and young people in hospital.
Person Specification
education and qualifications
Essential
- NVQ/QCF Level 2 Diploma in Maternity and Paediatric Health Care or equivalent
- Math and English qualification ('C' or above) or be prepared to undertake Maths and English competencies to achieve FS level 2 if not already held.
experience and abilities
Essential
- Demonstrate relevant experience working with children and families in a care setting
Desirable
- An understanding of the importance of play, working with children and young people in hospital.
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.
