Kaleidoscope Healthcare Support Worker

Job overview

Female applicants only: This role is open exclusively to female candidates to comply with cultural considerations and patient preferences within our healthcare setting. This approach ensures we provide respectful, sensitive, and appropriate care to patients who require gender-specific support, in line with equality and human rights guidelines.

Make a Difference Every Day – Join Our Kaleidoscope Team Are you passionate about supporting children with complex health needs? Join us as a Paediatric Healthcare Support Worker (Band 3) in the Inner North West Division of London’s largest community healthcare trust. In this role, you’ll provide respite care at home for children with life-limiting conditions, supporting both them and their families. You’ll work under senior staff, ensuring safe, compassionate care. Opportunities to assist in local Special Schools may also be available. Why join?

• Make a meaningful impact on children and families
• Access training, supervision, and skill development
• Gain experience in community and school setting

Details:

• 37.5 hrs/week, flexible shifts including evenings and weekends
• Locations: Kensington & Chelsea, Hammersmith & Fulham, Westminster

If you’re dedicated to Children’s Health and hands-on care, we’d love to hear from you. PREVIOUSLY APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY

Main duties of the job

• To work as a member of the Kaleidoscope Team to provide care to children with complex health needs or palliative care needs.
• To undertake training required, becoming clinically competent at providing holistic care for individual children, in a range of community settings.
• To occasionally work as a member of the Special School Nursing Team, to provide care to children with complex health needs in school, mainly in relation to the safe delivery of enteral feeds.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.