Family Care Assistant

Job summary

To assist the trained staff in the delivery of care to babies and their families, ensuring the highest possible standards of care is received by infants and their families / carers while on the neonatal unit, under the supervision of registered staff.

Main duties of the job

Observations and assessment of patients

Following a period of training, you will carry out basic observations and personal care under the supervision of a registered nurse/nurse associate.

support infants, in collaboration with their parents and carers in providing basic hygiene needs.

support babies in collaboration with their parents and carers in providing nutrition promote breast feeding and the use of human milk, after completing training and NGT competency undertake regular NGT feeding of infants

promote Family integrated care, along-side any developmental care requirements infants may have.

provide care and support of babies with stable special care needs, to promote and support successful breast feeding/expressing and able to document within infants notes, you will supervise parents/carers where safeguarding concerns have been identified, and documented observations of family interactions are required.

Responsibility

• Ensures that medical and emergency equipment is kept in a safe condition and is ready for use when required
• Be responsible for the ordering of supplies and ensuring the department is well stocked.
• Maintaining stock levels on the ward completing requisitions on line, working in collaboration with the stores department to ensure an appropriate level of stock is held
• Participates in monitoring the ward environment
• Monitors faulty equipment and reports to the appropriate department.

About us

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology.

Our Values

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.

Employer details

Employer name

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bedford Hospital

Kempston Road

Bedford

MK42 9DJ

Employer's website

https://www.bedfordshirehospitals.nhs.uk/working-here/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bedford Hospital

Kempston Road

Bedford

MK42 9DJ

Employer's website

https://www.bedfordshirehospitals.nhs.uk/working-here/ (Opens in a new tab)

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