Job overview

Working Full Time: 37.5 hours per week

You will contribute and commit to promoting a positive team based attitude, striving for the highest standards of care and achieving excellence, through continued development and compassion. You will be working as a part of our bespoke team, under the direction/supervision of nursing/medical staff and alongside family members, to provide agreed clinical interventions and planned, individualised care for children and young people with complex health needs within the home, school/day centre or hospital environment.

The service provides care 24 hours a day, 7 days a week; in a combination of evening shifts, night shifts and day shifts and covers weekends and Bank Holidays creating an environment which allows our team to maximise their ability and ensuring that the care delivered is appropriate for the needs of the children, young people and the families we support.

Main duties of the job

• Hard-working, caring, dedicated and enthusiastic person with an interest in a career with children and young people within a developing community team.
• An individual with the ability to work flexibly within an internal rotational shift pattern including early, late, long-day and night shifts as well as weekends and Bank Holidays.
• Those who wish to join a community team that provides bespoke packages of care; the Children’s and Young People’s Complex Care Package (CYPCCP) service provides care and support for children and young people with complex health needs from birth to 19 years of age or 25 years of age where a specific need is identified.
• Those with an interest in acquiring clinical skills and knowledge specific to our area, working with children and young people who have profound multiple learning disabilities and complex health needs, and supporting them through important transitions to ensure they have the opportunity to fulfil their potential.
• An individual who will work closely with our Team Leaders, the child and family, and multi-professional colleagues to develop relevant skills in order to deliver the necessary specialised care required.

Working for our organisation

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:

• The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
• Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
• Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.                                                                

 The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.

The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.