Job Title: Female Paediatric Band 3 HCA – Nursing & Care Homes (Band 3/SC)
Location: Norwich, Norfolk
Salary: £16 – £18 per hour
Contract Type: Full Time & Part time Agency/Bank
Contact: Norfolk Team on 03333 22 11 22
About the Role:
We are seeking a compassionate and dedicated Female Tracheostomy Healthcare Assistant to join our team. The successful candidate will play a vital role in providing high-quality, complex care to a child in their home and school environment. This position requires a strong commitment to supporting daily activities while ensuring comfort, dignity, and clinical safety.
The child is gastrostomy fed (nil by mouth) and receives a blended diet via gastrostomy.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assisting with personal care tasks, including bathing, dressing, and grooming
- Supporting with mobility and transfers
- Administering medication (where trained)
- Providing emotional support and companionship
- Promoting independence and wellbeing
About You:
• Kind, patient, and respectful in your approach
• Strong communication and observational skills
• Confident in delivering complex clinical care
- Reliable and able to work flexibly to meet service user needs
Hours:
- Term Time: 36 hours per week (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday)
- Non-Term Time: 8 hours per day (Monday – Friday)
Night Shifts:
- 7 nights per week
- 10-hour shifts (both term time and non-term time)
Location:
- Home: South Norwich, Norfolk (NR14)
- School: South Norwich, Norfolk (NR14) – approximately 10km from home
What We Offer:
- Weekly & daily pay available.
- Our app – Accept assignments, update your availability, receive shift
- Easy, fast and hassle-free registration process.
- Dedicated consultant, providing a true 24 hours service.
- Training available to enhance and upgrade your skills to senior positions.
- Flexible working patterns
- Competitive pay
- Referral scheme, introduce your friends and we'll pay you!
Onecall24 – Requirements
- 6 months experience in the last 2 years
- Must be a driver with a car
- Eligibility to work in the UK
Clinical Interventions Required:
- Routine tracheostomy and stoma care, including monitoring for granulation
- Oral suctioning and secretion management
- Overnight oxygen therapy with oxygen saturation monitoring
- Administration of nebulisers and inhalers
- Chest physiotherapy during respiratory illness
- Recognition and response to early signs of respiratory or clinical deterioration
- Medication administration via gastrostomy, inhaled and topical routes
Due to the personal care needs of the service users and in accordance with Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010, this role is open to female applicants only
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