Description
Haven House Children's Hospice is seeking a Senior Health Care Support Worker to join our professional multi-disciplinary team of expert practitioners. As a Senior Health Care Support Worker, you will work as a skilled member of an integrated care team providing holistic care and support for individual children and young people with life limiting conditions and their families in the hospice, home or hospital as required.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to spend quality time with each baby, child or young person enabling them to provide holistic personalised care in partnership with families. You will join a friendly focused team and will be supported to undertake a competency programme during your first three to six months in post.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver high-quality, compassionate care to babies, children and young people with complex, life-limiting and life-threatening conditions.
- Provide care within the Hospice at Home service, primarily during weekend shifts in term time and on any day of the week during school holidays, enabling children and young people to remain at home wherever possible.
- Support the delivery of care within the in-house Day Care service during school holidays, providing continuity of care across both community and hospice settings.
- Deliver person-centred care in accordance with individual care plans, delegated responsibilities and assessed competencies.
- Assist with personal care, moving and handling, nutrition, hydration, continence care and mobility where required.
- Deliver delegated clinical interventions only once assessed as competent to do so, following training, competency assessment and organisational policy.
- Build positive, therapeutic relationships with babies, children, young people and their families.
- Provide emotional support and reassurance to parents, carers and siblings.
- Respect each family's culture, beliefs, wishes and preferences.
- Promote family involvement in care whilst maintaining professional boundaries.
- Act as an advocate for the child or young person, ensuring dignity, privacy and confidentiality are maintained at all times.
- Work collaboratively with Registered Nurses and fellow Healthcare Support Workers to deliver safe, effective and compassionate care.
- Communicate effectively with colleagues to ensure continuity of care through clear verbal and written handovers.
- Provide support, guidance and informal mentoring to Healthcare Support Workers, students and new starters, acting as a role model for best practice.
- Contribute to the induction, orientation and ongoing development of less experienced colleagues.
- Participate in team meetings, supervision and reflective practice.
- Escalate clinical concerns, safeguarding concerns and environmental risks promptly to the Registered Nurse or Nurse in Charge.
- Contribute to a positive, respectful and supportive team culture.
Benefits
- Retention of your NHS pension (subject to criteria)
- Agenda for Change long holiday service entitlement pro rata if eligible
- Unsocial hours payments
- London Allowance
- Free on-site parking
- Employee assistance programme
- Eye care voucher scheme
- Cycle to work scheme