Health Care Assistant Band 3

NHS; Sittingbourne; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider as a Health Care Assistant to make a significant impact in caring for children with life-limiting conditions. This role offers the chance to advance your clinical skills while providing compassionate, high-quality care in diverse environments, including hospices and family homes. You'll work with a dedicated team to deliver exceptional support and will have access to various professional development opportunities.

Benefits

36 days holiday, including bank holidays

Paid travel time and mileage allowance

Flexible working patterns

NHS pension or contributory pension scheme

Training and career development

Qualifications

• Willingness to complete NVQ/QCF or Care Certificate.
• Experience with children and young people with complex medical needs.
• Driving licence and access to a vehicle for business use.

Responsibilities

• Provide care and support for children and young people with life-threatening conditions.
• Work collaboratively with families and multidisciplinary teams.
• Safeguard children and young people accessing services.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Flexibility

Education

NNEB, BTEC or NVQ Level 3 in a care related subject

Care Certificate

Job description

Looking for a new challenge? Join our multidisciplinary team as a Health Care Assistant and make a meaningful difference in the lives of children and their families. In this rewarding role, youll have the opportunity to develop and expand your clinical skills while caring for children with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions.

Main duties of the job

As a valued member of our team, youll work both in the hospice and out in the community, including in family homes, helping to deliver compassionate, high-quality care.

About us

Benefits of working with Demelza include:36 days holiday which includes an allowance for bank holidays and increases with long servicePaid travel time and mileage allowanceFlexible working patternsKeep your NHS pension or join our contributory pension schemeTraining and career development You will have a Level 2 qualification in a care related subject, or a willingness to complete, and experience of working with children and young people with complex medical needs.You will need to have excellent communication skills with the capability to interact with teams and families at all levels with the ability to work in collaboration with other professionals.This role requires a flexible approach to working and will be led by the needs of the case load. There will also be potential opportunities to work in the community as the Demelza Care at Home service expands. Shifts will include rotation onto days, nights, weekends and public holidays, for which additional enhancement payments will be made.

Job responsibilities

To provide care and support for children and young people with life threatening and/orlife limiting conditions and their families and carers. This will involve workingcollaboratively with the family, internal and external multi-disciplinary teams andcolleagues.To use skills, knowledge and expertise in a variety of situations which will include workingwithin the hospice as well as out in the community, including the family home of childrenbeing care for. To work in the community the HCA must be competent, experienced andable to work as a lone worker. The post holder must adhere to policies and procedures atall times, underpinned by competency in clinical skills, and will be supervised by aRegistered Nurse. Shift pattern will include weekend, bank holidays, early morning/eveningand nights which are an integral part of service delivery.To safeguard all children and young people accessing services, by responding to concernsraised in a timely and appropriate manner and effectively escalating these in accordancewith policies and procedures

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Demonstrate close alignment to all Demelza values
• Previous experience of working with children and/or young people
• Previous experience of working in a care setting
• Evidence of a formal qualification (NVQ/QCF or Care Certificate, or willingness to
• complete)
• Able to adopt a can do approach in a team environment
• Able to prioritise and innovate to meet the children and familys needs
• Ability to work all aspects of a rotating shift pattern including early and late shifts, long
• days, nights, weekends and public holidays
• Positive approach to all aspects of continuing professional development
• Ability to openly share information and experience with team members
• Ability to work as a lone worker in the home and community
• Full driving licence and access to own vehicle for business use or access to reliable
• transport arrangements
• Evidence of working with children and young people with complex medical needs
• NNEB, BTEC or NVQ Level 3 in a care related subject, or equivalent

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.