Child Health Care Support Worker

The Methodist Church in Britain; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

The Worcestershire Royal Hospital in Worcestershire is seeking a Child Health Care Support Worker to assist in paediatrics, supporting registered nurses and caring for patients across a fast-paced ward.

Role involves hygiene, meals, mobility, and end-of-life care support, with opportunities to gain NVQ qualifications. Flexible working options and standing by for shifts available within the ward.

Qualifications

• Basic education required
• Willingness to achieve an NVQ
• Previous experience as a health care assistant in an acute hospital, outpatient or day case setting

Responsibilities

• Support registered staff to deliver compassionate care in line with assessed needs and care plans
• Undertake delegated clinical care tasks, with supervision on hand
• Supervise junior staff and students day to day
• Help with washing, bathing, mouth care and other hygiene tasks
• Help with meals and feeding, recording food intake and escalating nutrition concerns
• Support elimination needs, recording outputs and collecting and testing urine and stool samples
• Move and reposition patients, and help with mobilisation safely
• Make beds, manage linen and stock, and clean examination rooms
• Admit and introduce patients to the ward, record and safekeep their property, and work across ward areas as required
• Assist with occupational, physiotherapy and recreational activities, and care for patients in isolation
• Chaperone staff, accompany patients to other departments, and support relatives and visitors
• Care for dying patients and prepare deceased patients for the mortuary

Skills

Numeracy

Communication

Handwriting

Confidentiality

IT skills

Education

Basic education

NVQ (Willingness to achieve)

Job description

Riverbank Ward, the children's ward in paediatrics at Worcestershire Royal Hospital, has a permanent Child Health Care Support Worker vacancy with Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. The post supports registered nurses in delivering delegated clinical and non-clinical care, from hygiene and feeding to mobilisation, isolation and end-of-life care. It is offered full or part time in a fast-paced ward with high patient turnover, and sponsorship is not available. Applicants need prior health care assistant experience in an acute, outpatient or day case setting.

What the job involves

• Support registered staff to deliver compassionate care in line with assessed needs and care plans
• Undertake delegated clinical care tasks, with supervision on hand
• Supervise junior staff and students day to day
• Help with washing, bathing, mouth care and other hygiene tasks
• Help with meals and feeding, recording food intake and escalating nutrition concerns
• Support elimination needs, recording outputs and collecting and testing urine and stool samples
• Move and reposition patients, and help with mobilisation safely
• Make beds, manage linen and stock, and clean examination rooms
• Admit and introduce patients to the ward, record and safekeep their property, and work across ward areas as required
• Assist with occupational, physiotherapy and recreational activities, and care for patients in isolation
• Chaperone staff, accompany patients to other departments, and support relatives and visitors
• Care for dying patients and prepare deceased patients for the mortuary

What’s required

Qualifications

• Basic education
• Willingness to achieve an NVQ

Experience

• Previous experience as a health care assistant in an acute hospital, outpatient or day case setting

Skills & knowledge

• Basic numeracy
• Good verbal and written communication
• Legible handwriting
• Maintaining high standards of patient care with a confidential manner
• Basic IT skills, including email and recording information on a computer

Other

• Occasional working across sites, including KTC
• Flexible attitude to routine and non-routine work
• Good interpersonal skills, with understanding of diversity and compassion
• Ability to work in a busy patient-facing environment

Nice to have

• Experience of working with children in a health care setting
• NVQ 2 or NVQ 3
• Recognised qualification in English
• Care Certificate
• Extended IT skills
• Knowledge of PAS, Bluespier and ICE requesting systems
• Venepuncture and cannulation competencies, or willingness to undertake them
• Ability to identify personal development needs and respond well to change

What’s offered

• Flexible working, under Timewise accreditation as a flex positive employer