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Job overview

The Child and Adolescent Unit has a rare vacancy for a Paediatric Health Care Assistant. We have a large team of staff who provide nursing care to children and young people age 0-16 years with medical, surgical and mental health problems.

We have a large unit that comprises of an assessment unit, inpatient area, day case surgery and medical tests.

We are looking for an enthusiastic  individual to join our team. General overview of the role include but are not exhaustive to :-

Assisting in the care of children and young people age 0-16 years with medical, surgical and mental health problems.

Escorting children to theatre who are having operations.

Supervising children and young people with mental health conditions.

General housekeeping duties.

Serving meals to children and assisting with feeding.

Supporting family centred care.

Main duties of the job

These duties are carried out after training (which we will provide), under the direction of a professionally qualified practitioner and can include the following tasks:

• Helping children  to wash or shower and dress
• Serving food and, if necessary, helping patients to eat, supervising children with eating disorders, feeding babies.
• Making and changing beds, general housekeeping duties.
• Talking with children and parents to help them feel less lonely or anxious
• Distracting children during procedures such as blood collection
• Performing observations and early warning scores and escalating when necessary.
• Documentation of patient care such as fluid balance , observations
• Keeping the bed statement up to date

It’s really important to consider that some aspects of working with children and young people can be distressing and challenging, staff need resilience and a non-judgemental attitude.

Working for our organisation

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond. The Trust, which manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, was established as an NHS Trust in April 1991 and became a Foundation Trust in April 2008.

We employ almost 5,000 members of staff, provide around 540 hospital beds, with a range of services including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies, and children's health.

The Trust is also part of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), a unique local health partnership that provides a range of community services for people across South Cheshire and Vale Royal.

During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its ‘Be Safe Be EquiPPEd’ campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE.

The results in the 2020 national NHS Staff Survey showed improvements in all elements of the safety culture theme, with 92% of respondents feeling their role made a difference to our patients.  We were also recognised nationally for our workforce health and wellbeing initiatives.

At Mid Cheshire, we value our staff and appreciate that in order to give our patients the best quality, compassionate care, we also need to look after our colleagues.