Childrens Care Assistant

Advantage Healthcare Limited; Crawley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider seeks a Children’s Complex Care Assistant to support a young girl with complex needs. Role includes overnight monitoring and assistance with PEG feeding and medication administration. Comprehensive training and support will be provided.

Benefits

Maternity/Paternity leave

Paid annual leave

Refer a friend scheme

Enhanced DBS check

Qualifications

• Experience in childcare involving PEG feeding, suctioning, medication administration, and handling equipment is essential.

Responsibilities

• Monitor the client’s condition overnight and care for her needs during this time.
• Provide care for complex needs including tracheotomy, ventilation, and seizure management.

Skills

Childcare experience

PEG feeding

Suctioning

Medication administration

Handling equipment

Job description

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Shifts Available: Waking Nights 10 pm - 7 am (2 Nights - 18 Hours)

Access to vehicle required due to geographical location of role.

What we offer

Advantage Healthcare is part of City & County Healthcare Group. You’ll have access to all the resources, career pathways, benefits, investments, opportunities, and security that being part of City & County Healthcare Group brings. It’s the best of both worlds.

What you’ll get

• Maternity/Paternity leave
• Paid annual leave
• Refer a friend scheme
• Enhanced DBS check

Job Description

What you’ll do

This is an excellent opportunity to enhance your current skill base and join us as a Children’s Complex Care Assistant. You will receive full training and clinical support to develop skills in complex care areas such as tracheotomy, ventilation, seizure management, and stoma care. We support individuals of all ages in the community and their homes, including those with Spinal Cord injury, Muscular dystrophy, acquired brain injuries, and other complex needs. Each day presents new challenges, and your work will make a meaningful difference in clients’ lives while developing your skills.

The client is a lovely young girl living with her mother and pet dog. She has Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy since birth, requiring gastronomy care, medication via PEG feed, seizure management, dystonia care, and oxygen administration.

You will be responsible for monitoring her condition overnight and caring for her needs during this time.

Qualifications

What you’ll need

Experience in childcare involving PEG feeding, suctioning, medication administration, and handling equipment is essential.