Healthcare Support Worker Special School NursingNHS
Job summary
Join our award-winning Special School Nursing Team and help make a positive difference to children and young people with complex health needs.
We are seeking an enthusiastic Health Care Support Worker to support pupils across our nine special schools in Hampshire Portsmouth Southampton and the Isle of Wight. Working as part of a dedicated healthcare team you will support school staff to deliver safe, effective care and enable children and young people to access their education.
This varied role includes working alongside education colleagues contributing to care planning and attending multidisciplinary meetings. We are looking for someone who is adaptable organised and able to work independently.
We offer a comprehensive induction programme including experience across our schools alongside a blended learning package of face-to-face and online training. You will have opportunities to develop specialist skills undertake funded qualifications and progress your career within a supportive team.
Location: Currently based within IOW Special School Nursing Team.
If you are looking for a rewarding role within an innovative and supportive team we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
The Special School Nursing Health Care Support Worker HCSW will work as part of the Special School Nursing Team within a multi-agency and multidisciplinary environment.
You will have knowledge and experience of a range of clinical skills including epilepsy and seizure management enteral feeding medication administration clinical observations suction and oxygen administration.
Key responsibilities include growth monitoring medication management support health promotion clinical observations and PEWS monitoring equipment troubleshooting stock control cleaning of clinical equipment record keeping and caseload management.
You will support Special School Nurses with delegated clinical and administrative tasks including clinics referrals transitions into and out of school and adult services training school staff and attendance at safeguarding and multidisciplinary meetings.
The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining their own proficiency continuing professional development CPD and mandatory training requirements.
Job description
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. 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.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.
Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.
We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.
Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence