Family Support Worker | University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Children’s Continuing Care Team - Family Support Worker Band 3/4 (dependent on experience).
We are looking for motivated, enthusiastic Family Support Workers to join our team as a Band 3 / Band 4 (dependent on qualification and experience). The band 4 position requires experience working with those receiving long term ventilation and complex health needs.
The Children’s Continuing Care Team provides specialist care to children and young people with complex health needs in the community setting 24/7 across North and South Derbyshire, therefore the ability to drive is highly desirable. These complex health needs range from epilepsy, enteral feeding, tracheostomy care to full home ventilation and includes some children with life limiting conditions.
We welcome applications from those with relevant qualifications and/or experience.
The shifts and times you will be working will be dependent on the children you are allocated to work with.
You will be required to work a variety of clinical shifts including nights, weekends, bank holidays and twilight shifts, we also have a number of day shifts and some long days. These shifts will be worked in the Children's Homes, Nursery/Schools, Respite Centres or occasionally at Royal Derby Hospital either as a lone worker or working alongside members of the team when 2 staff are required.
You will be required to move and handle patients up to 70kg with 2 people staff/parent and wear PPE including FFP masks when the child is positive to coronavirus and when required during throughout the Aerosol generating procedures.
Closing date of applications: 7 November 2024Interview date: 21 November 2024
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:- Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
- On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
- Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
- We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
- We are the 4thbusiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
- An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
- Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
- Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
- We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
- We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
- UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
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This advert closes on Thursday 7 Nov 2024