Health Care Support Worker

**The closing date is 1st Dec 2024**

**Job summary**:
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and highly motivated HCSW to join our friendly and experienced Special School Nursing (SSN) Team. We provide Specialist SN to nine SS across the Southampton, Hampshire, IOW and Portsmouth and we are looking to recruit a HCSW to work primarily in Henry Tyndale School, Farnborough.

These schools provide education to children and young people who have SEN and complex health conditions. SSN team works collaboratively with children, families, school staff and the wider MDT within the education setting to ensure a supportive and caring learning environment. The nursing team are responsible for ensuring the health needs of the children are met using a family cantered approach to assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the health needs of the children within a specialist education provision. The role will include teaching and training of school staff, supervision of delegated skills including children and young people with a range of complex care, epilepsy and seizure management, enteral feeding, and tracheostomy.

If our HCSW role appeals to you and you have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, the ability to work as a team player, as well autonomously, we would like to hear from you. We welcome you to contact us prior to interview to discuss this post further.

**Main duties, tasks & skills required**:
To assist qualified staff in the provision of nursing care (including health promotion) as detailed in individual care plans.

Participate in the performing of appropriate tasks necessary to meet the needs of the ward/unit.

Assist service users outside the unit/ward/community environment to establish and maintain social contacts (unsupervised for periods of up to 1 hour in the local vicinity)

To undertake tasks that facilitate the smooth running of the unit/ward/community setting as directed by qualified staff Accurately record patient information.

**About us**:
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.

Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.

**Job description**:
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

**Person specification**:
**Qualifications**:
**Essential**:

- Healthcare qualification Level 3 or working towards gaining equivalent level.
- Good basic education or GSCE in English and maths.

**Experience**:
**Essential**:

- Working within a multidisciplinary team.
- Experience in either a hospital or community setting.

**Additional Criteria**:
**Essential**:

- Excellent communication skills (written and oral); requirement to receive routine information with patients/clients which may need some tact, reassurance, persuasion where there may be barriers to understanding. Good verbal and written skills e.g. pleasant manner when speaking to others; clear and concise messages delivered; legible handwriting.
- Ability to manage own time; plan and prioritise work efficiently and effectively.
- Ability to shown empathy and deal empathically and tactfully when communicating with patients, carers, and clients.
- Ability to act on own initiative e.g. responding to an emergency.
- Able to work independently when on visits, demonstrating sound thought process for basic problem solving.
- Confident in dealing with difficult situations e.g. when faced with aggressive behaviour.
- Knowledge of care and related procedures inclu