Paediatric Family Care Assistant

To support qualified staff in delivering safe, compassionate, and high-quality care to children and their families, ensuring that children and their parents or carers receive the highest possible standard of care while on the unit, under the supervision and guidance of trained professionals.

The Job Description and Person Specification are attached to this job, please review for the full details and responsibilities

Following a period of training, you will carry out basic observations and admission assessments of babies, children and young people (BCYP) under the supervision of a qualified nurse/nurse associate.

Following a period of training, you will carry out basic phlebotomy skills on babies, children and young people (BCYP) under the supervision of a qualified nurse/nurse associate.

You will use EPR to record observations under the supervision of a qualified nurse/nurse associate.

You will support BCYP, in collaboration with their parents and carers in providing basic hygiene needs.

You will support BCYP in collaboration with their parents and carers in providing food, fluids and other basic nutritional requirements (including patients with eating disorders).

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.

Qualifications

Essential: - GSCE level qualifications or equivalent; - Care certificate

Experience

Essential: - Working with children and young people; - Working in a Health Care Setting

Knowledge

Essential: - Be able to undertake Mandatory Training; - Computer literate

Desirable: - NVQ level 3

Personal Skills

Other

Essential: - Ability to work within a team