Healthcare Support Worker Special School Nursing

Job summary

Join our award-winning Special School Nursing Team and make a real difference in the lives of Children and Young People with complex health needs.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Health Care Support Worker to support students across nine schools in Hampshire, Portsmouth, Southampton, and the Isle of Wight. You will work closely with a small, dedicated healthcare team, helping school staff feel confident in providing care and ensuring every child can access education safely.

We offer a comprehensive induction, including hands-on experience in all our schools, alongside a blended learning training programme combining face-to-face and online learning. You will have opportunities to develop your skills, take on link responsibilities in areas you are passionate about, and access funded qualifications, including apprenticeships and degree pathways. We have already supported staff on their journey to becoming Registered Nurses!

To apply for this post, it is essential that you hold a level 3 health qualification (or evidence of working towards one), experience with Children and Young People, Learning Disabilities, and a valid driving licence.

If you are ready to take the next step in your career with a supportive and innovative team, apply today.

Current role based in St Georges and Medina House school and is term time only of 30 hours a week.

Main duties of the job

The special school nursing Health Care Support Worker (SSN HCSW) will work as part of the special school nursing team in a multiagency and multidisciplinary environment.

• You should have knowledge and experience of clinical skills including, but not limited to epilepsy and seizure management, enteral feeding, medications administration, clinical observations, suction, oxygen administration.
• Your main duties will include growth monitoring, medications management support, health promotion, trouble-shooting clinical equipment, stock monitoring and cleaning, clinical observations and PEWS, documentation and caseload management.
• You will support the Special school nurses with specific delegated tasks and skills including clinic support, referrals to other services, transition into and out of school or to adult services, support the training of school staff, attendance at safeguarding and multidisciplinary meetings and clinical administration support.
• You will be responsible for maintaining your own training, CPD and competency.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Enterprise House

Monks Brook

Newport

Isle of Wight

PO30 5WB

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Enterprise House

Monks Brook

Newport

Isle of Wight

PO30 5WB

Employer's website

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

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