Healthcare Assistant - Special Schools Nursing Team
A Vacancy at Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust.
We are looking for highly motivated and enthusiastic people with good communication skills to join our friendly, dynamic and supportive team.
You will have an NVQ3 in care or equivalent experience and be prepared to undertake further training. You will be able to relate to children, have good organisational skills and be able to work independently accessing supervision as required.
You will work within a nursing discipline working with children with complex and additional needs in the school setting and you will be an effective member of the Children’s Complex Needs Nursing Service.
The post holder will have significant experience with working with children; particularly those with special needs would be advantageous.
The post holder will work under the direction of qualified nurses within the Children’s Complex Needs Nursing Service. The post holder will carry out programmes of care devised by the school nurses independently or with other members of the integrated team.The post holder will work with an agreed range of children within the special school setting under the direction of the special needs school nursing team.
The post holder will be required to support delivery of training to educational staff by the nursing team.
You will benefit from excellent management and peer support, competency based training, and a personal and professional development plan.
You will be a car driver/owner with access to a vehicle for work purposes or be able to travel between base and schools in a timely manner.
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks.We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
For further information about the role, please see the attached recruitment pack which includes a detailed job description and person specification, or visit our website via Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS FT.
This advert closes on Sunday 12 Jan 2025