Care Assistant

Deliver high quality person-centred care including a range of care tasks for babies, children and young people with life threatening conditions and support their families, as directed by senior clinical colleagues and in line with childrens palliative care principles. Participate in the delivery of planned family events and activities. You will be required to provide care at the hospice and support families in their homes and occasionally in other settings. Responsibilities Deliver person-centred planned care to designated babies, children and young people with predictable care needs and assessed as stable, using a range of allocated care tasks including admission and discharge to and from the hospice; medicines management and care requiring the use of technology or specific techniques, in accordance with care plans. Administer medicines as an authorised practitioner. Observe any changes in the babys, childs/ young persons condition and promptly seek advice and report back to a Registered Nurse or appropriate professional. Ensure care plans are kept up to date, delivery of care is accurately recorded, and records are maintained in accordance with EACH policies and procedures. Participate in planning and delivering family wellbeing groups and events, and hydrotherapy. Participate as a team member in other activities which complete the care cycle, i.e. laundry, meals, collecting equipment and medicines, ad hoc light domestic duties and outings. Provide support and assistance to other team members when carrying out nursing procedures or wellbeing activities and events. Effectively use assistive technology and mobility equipment. Maintain clinical records using the SystmOne electronic records system in accordance with best practice guidance. Act as an EACH Family Co-ordinator maintaining regular contact with designated families. Actively participate at Care Co-ordination Team meetings and site Multi-Professional meetings ensuring any significant changes identified for designated families are discussed and followed up with any action required. When delegated by Team Leader, attend external multidisciplinary meetings when required, representing EACH to maintain positive and effective communication with other agencies involved with families receiving EACH services. Actively participate in health and safety processes contributing to risk assessments, highlighting any concerns and reporting all incidents, accidents and near misses promptly. Participate in management of clinical and pharmacy stock levels and report any concerns. Report any equipment and maintenance issues ensuring that all EACH property is well looked after and maintained. Share knowledge and skills with colleagues, demonstrating leadership and providing support to less experienced staff in line with EACH policies and SOP. Maintain effective communication and collaborative working with all EACH staff and other external services and agencies. Work within the relevant legal, ethical and professional frameworks applicable to childrens palliative care practice. Maintain awareness of the diversity and multi-cultural nature of the community. Participate in quality assurance and practice development activities for example audits and evaluations to ensure that the highest standards of care are maintained. Set and maintain effective and appropriate professional boundaries when working with service users at all times. Undertake any other duties as are within the scope, spirit and purpose of the job role, as requested by your line manager or senior leadership team.