Paediatric Family Care Assistant

NHS; Bedford; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Bedford is seeking a compassionate Family Care Assistant. In this role, you will support children and their families across care settings, ensuring high standards of care. The position requires GCSE level qualifications and experience working with children. Join a committed team dedicated to making a positive impact on lives.

Benefits

Access to training and development

Supportive working environment

Qualifications

• Working with children and young people.
• Basic phlebotomy skills and observations under supervision.
• Computer literate to use Electronic Patient Record (EPR).

Responsibilities

• Assist trained staff in delivering care to children and families.
• Support with basic hygiene needs and nutritional requirements.
• Record observations under the supervision of qualified staff.

Skills

Working with children and young people

Basic hygiene support

Basic nutritional support

Basic phlebotomy skills

Basic observation skills

Education

GSCE level qualifications

Care certificate

NVQ level 3

Job description

Bedford Hospital is offering an exciting opportunity for a compassionate and dedicated individual to join our team as a Family Care Assistant. This Band 3 role plays a vital part in supporting patients and their families across a variety of care settings within the Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. As a Family Care Assistant, you will contribute to the delivery of safe, effective, and compassionate care. Working closely with the multidisciplinary team, you'll help maintain a supportive environment for patients and their families, ensuring dignity, comfort, and respect are upheld at all times.

If you're looking for a meaningful role where you can make a real difference in people's lives, we encourage you to apply and become part of our caring and committed team.

Main duties of the job: To assist the trained staff in the delivery of care to children and their families, ensuring the highest possible standards of care are received by children and their families / carers while on the unit, under the supervision of qualified staff.

About us: Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Our values: We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.

Note: Vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when a sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering the first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required.

Responsibilities

• Basic observations and admission assessments of babies, children and young people under the supervision of a qualified nurse/nurse associate.
• Basic phlebotomy skills on babies, children and young people under the supervision of a qualified nurse/nurse associate.
• Use of Electronic Patient Record (EPR) to record observations under the supervision of a qualified nurse/nurse associate.
• Support children and young people, in collaboration with their parents and carers, with basic hygiene needs.
• Support children and young people, in collaboration with their parents and carers, with food, fluids and other basic nutritional requirements (including patients with eating disorders).

Qualifications

Essential Qualifications

• GSCE level qualifications

Desirable Qualifications

• Care certificate
• NVQ level 3

Experience

Essential Experience

• Working with children and young people

Desirable Experience

• Working in a Health Care Setting

Knowledge

Essential Knowledge

• Be able to undertake Mandatory Training
• Computer literate

Desirable Knowledge

• NVQ level 3

Additional Information

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer Details

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Bedford Hospital

Kempston Road

Bedford

MK42 9DJ

Website: https://www.bedfordshirehospitals.nhs.uk/working-here/