An opportunity has arisen for an Advanced Healthcare Assistant (AHCA) to join the Children's Community Nursing team in Grimsby.
This position will involve participating in planned paediatric community blood clinics each week and providing high quality nursing support to children and their families in their own homes.
We are a hard working friendly and approachable team of paediatric nurses, AHCAs and admin staff working in the community providing nursing care for children at home. We are committed to providing care in children's homes and have vast knowledge and skills to do this.
We will offer support and training required for this role.
Driving licence essential., The paediatric AHCA is a member of a community nursing team who undertakes duties in relation to patient care and nursing team administration, in the community setting.
Duties will be assigned by and carried out under the indirect supervision of a Registered Nurse, according to the individual patient care plan. Duties include discussion and reporting of any changes in the patient's condition to the registered nurse on a daily basis.You will need to undertake paediatric venepuncture on a regular basis working alongside the Hospital Play Specialists. Training and support will be provided.
Where additional skills training is identified as required by the job description, the post holder will not undertake these duties until training has been undertaken (except as part of the supervised learning experience).
NLAG is part of one of the largest acute and community Group 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 Group 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 Group and our community.
Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.