Children's Continuing Care Assistant

Job overview

Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.

The Community Children’s Nursing team is part of an integrated network of services for children in Greenwich providing high quality, specialist child centred care.

The team of specialist & generic children’s community nurses provide highly skilled, nursing care to children & families with nursing needs in their own homes or community settings.

The Continuing Care Assistant would work with all members of the team where a child required an individualised package of care to provide direct clinical care to named individual babies, children & young people aged 0-19 years with complex health needs including severe learning disabilities and life limiting, life threatening conditions in their home & in various community settings.

This service is provided by the children’s community nursing team to deliver 24 hours holistic care on a rota basis using individualised single care plans that have been written by the Lead Continuing Care nurse for a named child. Work will be supervised by an Assistant Practitioner & competency based training will be provided by the Clinical Skills Nurse. Nursing duties will be delegated by the Assistant practitioner & the nurses within the Team. The Continuing Care Assistants report any changes in the child’s condition as stated in the care plan to the lead Continuing Care Nurse or a nurse in the Team.

Main duties of the job

Key Task and Responsibilities

• To work as a member of the children’s community nursing team providing packages of care for named individual children with complex health care needs in their home.
• To ensure that children receive the planned play and stimulation related to their emotional developmental needs in the home and community setting.
• To encourage and maintain high standards of personal care, including hygiene for all babies, children and young people.
• To carry out duties, within good practice guidelines, involving the Assistant Practitioner and Lead Continuing Care nurse when required.
• To work as part of a team offering support and advice to families within own scope of practice.
• To be competent in working with equipment in the home. For example feeding pumps, administration of emergency medication and use of hoists.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical

• To carry out care plans developed by the Lead Continuing Care nurse and supervised by the Assistant Practitioner.
• To undertake skilled clinic tasks following competency based training for named children for whom they provide care; for example tracheostomy care, enteral feeding (naso-gastric/Gastrostomy/jejunostomy), suctioning, changing oxygen probes and basic life support.
• To be familiar with all equipment required to support the child and to report any deficiency immediately.
• To carry out and record defined safety checks of technical equipment during each shift reporting any issues to the family and Assistant Practitioner.
• To identify concerns and report to the continuing care nurse.
• To implement agreed individual programmes of care and act as key worker if required.
• To carry out duties, within good practice guidelines and involving senior clinicians where required.
• To check and maintain a safe environment and equipment when working.

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.