Pediatric Family Care Assistant: Compassionate Support

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Bedford; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Family Care Assistant (Band 3) to support babies, children and young people across our hospital sites. You will work with the multidisciplinary team to deliver safe, compassionate, person‑centred care and help create a welcoming environment for patients and families.

After training, you will carry out basic observations and admission assessments of BCYP, perform basic phlebotomy under supervision, record observations in EPR, and support

Responsibilities

• Following a period of training, you will carry out basic observations and admission assessments of babies, children and young people (BCYP) under the supervision of a qualified nurse/nurse associate.
• Following a period of training, you will carry out basic phlebotomy skills on babies, children and young people (BCYP) under the supervision of a qualified nurse/nurse associate.
• You will use EPR to record observations under the supervision of a qualified nurse/nurse associate.
• You will support BCYP, in collaboration with their parents and carers in providing basic hygiene needs.
• You will support BCYP in collaboration with their parents and carers in providing food, fluids and other basic nutritional requirements (including patients with eating disorders).

Job description

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Family Care Assistant (Band 3) to support babies, children and young people across our hospital sites. You will work with the multidisciplinary team to deliver safe, compassionate, person‑centred care and help create a welcoming environment for patients and families.

After training, you will carry out basic observations and admission assessments of BCYP, perform basic phlebotomy under supervision, record observations in EPR, and support