This role may be perfect for you if you are currently, or have been, a Healthcare Assistant. Here, you'll have the opportunity to build on your experience and be trained to a more specialist level.
As part of the Specialist Care Team, you will be required to facilitate clinical and holistic care to babies, children, and young people in our care. You will be required to work in our Woodlands inpatient unit, our families’ homes, and in the community, delivering the highest quality family-centered palliative care. You will need to be available to work a variety of shifts across a rota including days, evenings, and weekends. There will also be regular travel across our operating region. Specialist Carers provide care for children and young people with life-threatening and/or life-limiting conditions and support for their families and carers. This will involve working collaboratively with the family and internal and external multidisciplinary teams and colleagues. You will use your skills, knowledge, and expertise in a variety of situations within the hospice as well as out in the community and in family homes. You will be trained and competent to work as a lone worker in the community. Shift patterns will include a rotation of weekend, bank holidays, early morning/evening, and night shifts, which are an integral part of the service delivery. You will safeguard all children and young people accessing our services by responding to concerns raised in a timely and appropriate manner and effectively escalating these in accordance with policies and procedures.
ABOUT YOU
You will enjoy creating experiences, activities, and play for those in your care, as well as working with your team to ensure their clinical needs are met. You will understand and adhere to policies and procedures at all times, underpinned by competency in clinical skills, and will be supervised by a Senior Specialist Carer and/or Registered Nurse. A full driving licence and access to your own vehicle for business use is essential to cover our wide geographical operating region.
In addition, an enhanced DBS disclosure with Child Barring will be required for this post. Our recruitment checks, induction, ongoing support, and supervision reflect our commitment to safeguarding the families we support.
Noah's Ark Children's Hospice is a Disability Confident employer.
Part of our commitment is to interview all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for a job vacancy and consider them based on their abilities.
Our Diversity Council is working hard to construct positive changes within our organisation, and we particularly welcome applications from groups who are currently under-represented in our staff.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, we kindly advise you to submit your application as early as possible.
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