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Healthcare Assistants Tracheostomy Complex carer Healthcare As
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Luton, Bedfordshire, EX14, England, UK
Listed on 2026-02-19
Listing for:
coylehomecare
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-02-19
Job specializations:
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Healthcare
Healthcare Nursing
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Job Description:
Complex Paediatric Carer
The individual is a child with complex medical needs following a traumatic high cervical spinal cord injury and hypoxic brain injury. She is ventilator dependent 24/7 via tracheostomy and requires a nurse-led, 2:1 care package on discharge home.
Care Requirements- Continuous ventilatory support via tracheostomy
, including full tracheostomy care and emergency airway management - Continuous monitoring of respiratory and cardiovascular status with immediate escalation
- Cough assist, nebulisation, positioning and secretion management
- PEG feeding for nutrition, fluids and medications, with limited oral intake as tolerated
- Full assistance with mobility, transfers and repositioning using hoists
- Skin integrity monitoring and pressure relief
- Skilled urinary catheter care and infection prevention
- Strict aseptic technique and monitoring for infection
- Trauma-informed, child-centred care with consistent caregivers
- Medication administration as prescribed
- Traumatic high cervical spinal cord injury (C1) and hypoxic brain injury
- Tracheostomy with full ventilator dependence
- Occipito-cervical fixation surgery; history of cardiac arrest
- Secondary osteoporosis related to immobility
- 12-hour day and night shifts
- 2:1 nurse-led care at all times
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