Children's Community Health Care Support Worker

Children's Community Health Care Support Worker

If you are Pioneering, Caring and Inclusive
, there has never been a more exciting time to join our team. Ambitious and proud to provide world-class care, everyone who works at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust team plays an important role in making a difference to the care we provide for the Children and Young People.

Would you like to join the Children's Community Nursing Team? Do you have a passion for delivering high quality patient care?

We are looking to recruit 2 Paediatric Health care Support workers to join our team. For this role it is necessary that you are a caring and courteous individual that can work under pressure in a challenging environment. The post holders are required to work as part of the Children's Community Nurses Team in all community settings, including patient homes, special schools and clinics.

There is commitment to ongoing educational development of staff to meet the changing needs of Children's Nursing. The successful candidates will be offered bespoke competency based training, Phlebotomy skills as well as NHS mandatory training relevant to your role. Support will be provided by registered nurses and experienced Home Care Support Workers so that you gain the knowledge and skills required to care for these children.

The Trust can support Health Care Support Workers to access the Nursing Associate programme.

* Proposed interview date: 8th October 2026*

Children's Specialist Nursing requires enthusiastic, motivated individuals to join the staff within this busy team. Our philosophy is to enhance family centered care, working in partnership with parents and carers and the wider multi-disciplinary team. The posts involve day to day participation in delivering a high quality, caring and efficient service for 0-19 year olds.

The successful candidates will be required to work across the week, both alone and as part of the team. They will be expected to liaise with other healthcare professionals and agencies in a professional manner at all times.

Experience of performing Paediatric phlebotomy by venepuncture is not essential, as training will be provided.

You must hold a full valid driving licence and access to a car to use regularly for business purposes is essential (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

HCT will prioritise recruitment of workers living in England under the new immigration rules for care workers effective from 9 April 2025. Employers must first prove that they have attempted to recruit a worker from within England who needs new sponsorship. This ensures that those who came to the UK to pursue a career in adult social care can do so.

A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust. You'll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff

We put our patients, their families and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities Our staff are proud to be Caring, Pioneering, and Inclusive in their work to help achieve the Trust vision

We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds and ages

We don't want you to miss out so we'd like you to know that if we have a high level of interest in this role, the vacancy may close prior to the advertised closing date, so please make your application as soon as possible.

You've made a great decision to apply to join to HCT - we're looking forward to taking the next steps of the journey with you

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• To obtain venous or capillary blood samples from children and young people.
• To label specimen bottles accurately and place samples in appropriately labelled bottles and packaging for transporting to the relevant laboratory.
• To conduct all procedures with an awareness of the childs individual needs and respecting patient confidentiality.
• To record appropriately in the patients electronic records in accordance to trust policy.
• To approach the child with courtesy and give an age appropriate explanation of the procedure.
• Obtain appropriate consent for the procedure being carried…