Health Care Support Worker - Special School Nursing inAldershot inAldershot PUBLISHED
WED 20 NOV 2024
Candidates should possess recent experience working with children with learning disabilities and demonstrate strong communication and interpersonal skills. The role promotes teamwork and autonomy, and further information about the position and flexible working options can be discussed during the interview process. The Trust emphasises inclusivity in its recruitment practices and encourages communication regarding any potential barriers to employment for interested candidates.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and highly motivated HCSW to join our friendly and experienced Special School Nursing (SSN) Team. We provide Specialist SN to nine SS across the Southampton, Hampshire, IOW and Portsmouth and we are looking to recruit a HCSW to work primarily in Henry Tyndale School, Farnborough.
These schools provide education to children and young people who have SEN and complex health conditions. SSN team works collaboratively with children, families, school staff and the wider MDT within the education setting to ensure a supportive and caring learning environment. The nursing team are responsible for ensuring the health needs of the children are met using a family cantered approach to assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the health needs of the children within a specialist education provision. The role will include teaching and training of school staff, supervision of delegated skills including children and young people with a range of complex care, epilepsy and seizure management, enteral feeding, and tracheostomy.
The candidate must have recent experience of working with children and people with learning disabilities.
If our HCSW role appeals to you and you have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, the ability to work as a team player, as well autonomously, we would like to hear from you. We welcome you to contact us prior to interview to discuss this post further.
To assist qualified staff in the provision of nursing care (including health promotion) as detailed in individual care plans.
Participate in the performing of appropriate tasks necessary to meet the needs of the ward/unit.
Assist service users outside the unit/ward/community environment to establish and maintain social contacts (unsupervised for periods of up to 1 hour in the local vicinity)
To undertake tasks that facilitate the smooth running of the unit/ward/community setting as directed by qualified staff Accurately record patient information.
About us
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
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