Respite/Complex Care Support Worker

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

This job is now closed

Job summary

You will be part of a team providing home based short breaks and school based care to children and young people with complex nursing needs in a Specialist School setting. You will also be required to carry out phlebotomy skills under both direct and indirect supervision of the Community Children's Nursing (CCN) Team, in a community clinic setting.

You will be required to carry out clinical and nursing care under both direct and indirect supervision of both the Community Children's Nursing(CCN) and Special School Nursing (SCN) Teams within Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust. You will be required to demonstrate skills learned using a competency based framework, following a child specific training and assessment programme.

Main duties of the job

Working alongside the Special School and Community Children's Nursing Teams you will provide respite care for children and young people with complex health needs both in their own homes and in while they are attending Special school.

You will also work alongside the Nurse led Paediatric Phlebotomy Team supporting them in the running of the clinic as well as supporting the Community Children's Nursing Team .

About us

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

Date posted

03 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 to £24,336 a year per annum / pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Job share

Reference number

825-4817OPS-B

Job locations

Coral House

11 Longbow Close, Harlescott Lane

Shrewsbury

SY1 3GZ

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the job description and person specification attached for further information on the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the job description and person specification attached for further information on the role.

Person Specification

Training and Qualification

Essential

NNEB/BTEC Equivalent to NVQ3 in Child Care or Health and Social Care

Experience

Essential

Demonstrable experience of working with children and families
Experience of working with children with additional care needs

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Good Verbal and written communication skills
Basic IT an admin skills
The ability to establish good working relationships with families
Willingness and ability to develop knowledge and skills in complex nursing procedures to support the care of a technology dependent child at school and home and be competent in the following skills within a three month period: Tracheostomy Skills Ventilation Skills Suctioning skills Rescucitation skills
Hold or willingness to undertake a recognised phlebotomy training module /course.

Person Specification

Training and Qualification

Essential

NNEB/BTEC Equivalent to NVQ3 in Child Care or Health and Social Care

Experience

Essential

Demonstrable experience of working with children and families
Experience of working with children with additional care needs

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Good Verbal and written communication skills
Basic IT an admin skills
The ability to establish good working relationships with families
Willingness and ability to develop knowledge and skills in complex nursing procedures to support the care of a technology dependent child at school and home and be competent in the following skills within a three month period: Tracheostomy Skills Ventilation Skills Suctioning skills Rescucitation skills
Hold or willingness to undertake a recognised phlebotomy training module /course.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information