Continuing Care Support Worker

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Division: Planned Care

Care Group: Women’s & Children’s Service

Band: 3

Salary: £22,816 - £24,336 per annum/pro rata

Interview date: Tuesday 12th September 2023

We are recruiting for a Continuing Care Support Worker who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

The successful post holder will be expected to support families in the community who have a child with complex medical needs.

As a Continuing Care Support Worker you will ensure that a high standard of care is provided by following the child’s individual care plan.

In addition, you will be given specific training for the role.

Our values areBold,Every Person Counts,Sharing and Open andTogether. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved. Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment.

The NHS are striving towards “we work flexibly” as a workforce, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and importantly for you. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

All of our substantive & fixed term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery and a cycle to work scheme.

We are taking positive action to ensure that we can attract, recruit and retain the best talent and would welcome more applicants from under – represented groups to support the Trusts commitment to a diverse, inclusive and an employer of choice workforce.

All staff at Medway comply the Trust’s and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board’s policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Undertake assigned tasks and procedures linked to the Continuing Care Team competencies, Directorate and Trust objectives which are specific to the immediate care environment.

Tracheostomy care and tracheal suction

Changing a tracheostomy tube and tapes/ties

Using respiratory support equipment

Oxygen saturation monitoring

Tube and pump feeding

Administration of specific medicines