Paediatric Complex Care Support Worker - Waking Nights

Nursing Direct; Walton-on-Thames; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Flexible working patterns

Weekly pay

Ongoing training and professional dev

Job summary

Nursing Direct Limited is recruiting an experienced Band 4 Paediatric Complex Care Support Worker to provide high-quality overnight support to a child with complex healthcare needs in the Walton-on-Thames area.

The role involves working waking night shifts within a family home, supporting a child with complex care needs while promoting comfort, safety, wellbeing and quality of life through person-centred care.

Qualifications

• Experience caring for children with complex healthcare needs.
• Ability to work overnight and in a family home.
• Training in safeguarding and clinical protocols is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide continuous overnight support and monitoring.
• Assist with personal care and repositioning.
• Support feeding and hydration requirements.
• Assist with medication administration in line with care plans.
• Maintain accurate care records.
• Follow safeguarding procedures and clinical protocols.

Skills

Paediatric care

Night shifts

Medication administration

Job description

Nursing Direct is recruiting experienced and compassionate Band 4 Paediatric Complex Care Support Workers to provide high-quality support to children and young people with complex healthcare needs in the Walton-on-Thames area. This role involves working waking night shifts within a family home, supporting a child with complex care needs while promoting comfort, safety, wellbeing and quality of life through person-centred care. Responsibilities include providing continuous overnight support and monitoring, assisting with personal care and repositioning, supporting feeding and hydration requirements, monitoring changes in health and wellbeing, assisting with medication administration in line with training and care plans, supporting clinical care tasks appropriate to training and experience, maintaining accurate care records and following safeguarding procedures and clinical protocols. Applicants should have previous paediatric, infant or children's care experience, experience supporting children or young people with complex healthcare needs, and availability to undertake regular waking night shifts. Experience with PEG feeding, tracheostomy care, suctioning and oxygen therapy is advantageous.

• competitive pay
• flexible working patterns
• weekly pay
• ongoing training and professional development

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. Nursing Direct does not offer visa sponsorship.