Job summary
We
have a great opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated healthcare support
worker with an interest in paediatrics to join our forward thinking and
friendly Childrens Allergy department. This post will be based at St Marys
Hospital, to support the clinical delivery of the Food Allergy service.
You
will have the opportunity to work as part of the Childrens Allergy team.
You
will be required to have excellent communication, administrative,
organisational and interpersonal skills to support the departments paediatric
allergy service.
The
role of the healthcare support worker will work as part of the Childrens Allergy
team providing care to children and families and carers with allergic
conditions. This will include clinical duties, administrative support and
preparation of foods as part of our oral food challenge service. The duties
will be supervised by a qualified member of the team.
Main duties of the job
- Skin prick testing
- Application of topical skin treatments
- Patient education for the use of Adrenaline
Auto Injectors, Inhaler devices, intranasal steroids, topical skin treatments
- Oral food challenge, supervised feed and
low risk drug challenges assess patients fit for procedure, monitoring during
and following procedure including providing discharge information
- Weigh, measure and prepare doses of foods
for oral food challenge and skin prick tests
- Venepuncture and phlebotomy
About us
In 2018, Chelsea & Westminster NHS
Foundation Trust, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Imperial College
London stated their intent to collaborate on the development of an integrated
care system for paediatric services spanning West London.
West London Childrens Healthcare will unite
paediatric services from across West London together into hubs that link
closely together to support clinical care provision, research, education and
training. The hubs will be networked with referral hospitals and primary care
networks to optimise local care wherever possible for children whatever complex
healthcare needs they have and to facilitate a population health approach.
Over 1500 staff across 4 hospital sites with a
bed base of 296 will come together to deliver £100m+ paediatric services
providing over 115,000 outpatient attendances and 16,000 elective procedures
annually, with the aim of improving the health and well-being of the almost
half a million children and young people who live in west London.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We
have a great opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated healthcare support
worker with an interest in paediatrics to join our forward thinking and
friendly Childrens Allergy department. This post will be based at St Marys
Hospital, to support the clinical delivery of the Food Allergy service.
You
will have the opportunity to work as part of the Childrens Allergy team.
You
will be required to have excellent communication, administrative,
organisational and interpersonal skills to support the departments paediatric
allergy service.
The
role of the healthcare support worker will work as part of the Childrens Allergy
team providing care to children and families and carers with allergic
conditions. This will include clinical duties, administrative support and
preparation of foods as part of our oral food challenge service. The duties
will be supervised by a qualified member of the team.
To
join us in providing our patients with the best possible experience and care,
you must have good written and verbal communication skills and be able to work
as part of a team. You will be given all the support and training you need to
develop the skills needed to look after our patients.
Person Specification
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Skills & Abilities
- The ability to be kind and compassionate, including when working under pressure
- Good interpersonal skills
- Good team working
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Ability to adapt to changing environment
- Experience working with computers including key board and data entry skills
- Approachable, caring, kind and honest
- Calm under pressure
- PunctualClinical skills e.g. phlebotomy
- Interview/Assessment
Desirable
- Clinical skills e.g. phlebotomy
Qualifications
Essential
- Literacy and numeracy in spoken and written English to an appropriate standard to fulfil the job requirements (Adult Basic Skills Literacy L2, Numeracy L1)
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
Desirable
- NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care
Experience
Essential
- Customer care and customer service experience
- Experience of working within the boundaries of Health & Safety Policies.
- Ability to demonstrate clear insight into the role of a health care support worker
- Interest in food and nutrition
Desirable
- Previous experience in health or social care setting
- Previous experience of food preparation and/or oral food challenges
- Food hygiene certificate
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Address
The Bays
S Wharf Road
London
W2 1NY