Health Care Assistant - Paediatric Neurodisability Nursing Service

Tulip- The Paediatric Neurodisability Nursing Service have a Special School Nursing Team based out of St Giles School. The role will support CYP with disabilities and complex health needs to attend school by delivering daily planned healthcare interventions. HCAs support with enteral feeding, catheter and stoma care, assisting the nurses with the delivery of respiratory symptom management plans and the administration of risk assessed medications during the school day. The role comes with training and support offering the completion of the HCA care certificate as part of the initial preceptorship period.

Additional non-clinical tasks include reviewing continence needs and product provision via the Tena, Indigo system, management of stock and equipment including Nutricia Homeward, monitoring and recording of regular heights and weights and support during the delivery of public health clinics held at the school., The Paediatric Neurodisability Nursing Team provides co-ordination and case management of children with highly complex and unstable long-term conditions in partnership with health, education and social care organisations.

The aim of the service is to provide a dedicated specialist children's nurse to promote standards of excellence and manage the clinical risk of complex, unstable and vulnerable children in the community within the context of family centred care thereby reducing the need for secondary care interventions.

The Special School Nursing Pathway facilitates children and young people with healthcare needs, between the ages of 2 and 19 years of age, to access the education curriculum. The Band 3 healthcare assistants support the staff nurses to provide nursing care to children and young people with complex medical needs and learning disabilities carrying out daily clinical care as allocated by the nurse in charge. The post holder will work between the special schools in Croydon and be based at St Giles School.

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.

Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon and our Children's Hospital at Home cares for children with long-term conditions without them having to come to hospital.

Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we're no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training. Croydon University Hospital plays an active role in training the clinicians of the future and works in partnership with major London universities

If you want the opportunity to have a real impact, challenge yourself and be part of an NHS Trust then a career at Croydon Health Services could be just what you're looking for.

Please note this role is Monday- Friday 32.5hrs per week term time only 08.45-15.45 and the salary will therefore be pro rata at 77% of the total AFC Band 3 with HCAs outer London allowance.