Job summary
We are recruiting for a Children's Community Clinical Support Worker who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

The Children's Continuing Care Team provides specialised, child specific respite service to children and their families with complex health needs/profound disabilities in the child's own home throughout East & North Hertfordshire.

Clinical Support Workers will be responsible for independently delivering specialist nursing care within the family home without direct supervision.

All necessary training will be given with ongoing facilitation from qualified nurses.

Undertaking such skills as enteral feeding, c/o tracheostomies, c/o children who are long term ventilated, seizure management, oxygen administration.

In addition, you may receive a High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of your basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £1,136 and a maximum payment of £1,915 per annum pro rata.

Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!

Main duties of the job
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to participate in a virtual information and guidance session. We look forward to engaging with as many candidates as possible. The session will provide comprehensive details regarding the role, offer interview advice, outline the assessment day, and explain the overall recruitment process.

The assessment date is Friday 23rd October 2026. The assessment day is in person only.

To find out further details about the role please visit our Trust Clinical Support worker page - https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/careers/roles-professions/clinical-support-workers/

About us
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen

Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Qualifications & Training
Essential

• Level 2 studies in Paediatric Support or Health and Social Care or equivalent

Desirable

• Level 3 in Health Care studies

Previous Experience
Essential

• Previous experience with children and/or in a health care setting

Desirable

• Previous experience within Continuing Care

Skills
Essential

• Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with patients of varying levels of understanding
• Ability to work within guidelines, follow a care plan and follow instructions without the presence of a registered nurse
• Passionate about working with children with complex needs showing care and compassion
• Able to act on own initiative
• Basic IT skills or willingness to develop

Desirable

• Competencies in clinical nursing skills

Knowledge
Essential

• An understanding of safeguarding issues
• Knowledge of information governance
• An understanding of lone working and conflict resolution

Desirable

• An understanding of issues surrounding children with complex needs

Other Requirements
Essential

• Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
• Role model our Trust values every day
• This role involves regular travel between multiple locations across a wide geographical area. The successful candidate must be able to travel independently and reliably between sites within working hours to meet the operational requirements of the service.
• Available to work unsocial hours and a variety of shift patterns

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.

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion.