Clinical Support Worker

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Birmingham is seeking a Clinical Support Worker for their Complex Care Team. This permanent position involves delivering quality care to children requiring complex nursing support at home, including personal care, medication administration, and tracheostomy care. Candidates should be motivated and willing to manage rotational shifts, including nights and weekends. Experience in pediatric care is preferred.

Qualifications

• Ability to deliver personal care to children and young people.
• Experience in providing complex nursing care, including tracheostomy and suctioning.
• Understanding of fluid and nutrition management via gastrostomies.

Responsibilities

• Deliver personal care to children and young people.
• Administer fluid and nutrition, often via gastrostomies.
• Provide medications and tracheostomy care.

Job description

Flexible working arrangements may be considered and discussions with the recruiting manager regarding this are encouraged., Please note, visa sponsorship is only available for certain roles in line with current UKVI regulations. Please ensure the role you are interested in meets the criteria for sponsorship before submitting your application. If you would like more information, please visit: UK Visas and Immigration - GOV.UK

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

We understand that some applicants may choose to use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in preparing their application materials. While this is not discouraged, we kindly remind candidates that all submissions must be truthful and accurately reflect your own experiences and suitability for this role. Personal integrity and authenticity are central to our recruitment process. We value honesty and appreciate applications that are genuine and representative of the individual behind them.

We are looking for a motivated team player who would be able to work in a community environment covering rotational day, night and also weekend, Bank Holiday shifts. We look after children across the Birmingham and surrounding areas including Stourbridge, Dudley and Walsall and you would be expected to be able to travel to these locations and will need to be mobile for travel to meet the requirements of this post. Shifts can start as early as 7am and nights as late as 10pm so please be aware of this when applying as public transport is not always feasible for some of the shifts.

Working for our organisation

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world‑class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world‑leading neonatal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family‑centred care. Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist Paediatric Centre with an international reputation in several areas. Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care. Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0‑25 years old. Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Complex Care Team — Clinical support worker Band 3 — Permanent Post

If you can deliver quality care to children and young people, then this is your chance to help them enjoy fulfilling lives as part of our Complex Care Team. Working as part of our dynamic and developing team, you will meet the needs of children requiring complex nursing care and ventilation within their own home environment. Your role will involve delivering:

• personal care
• fluid and nutrition, often via gastrostomies
• medications
• tracheostomy care
• suctioning
• catheterisation