Job summary
Are you looking for a work
environment that allows you the time and space to provide compassionate care?
Our approach and ratio ensures our patients and families receive the best of
your skills and your time.
St Nicholas Hospice Care Community Nursing Team comprises
Hospice Specialist Nurses, Senior Registered Nurses and Hospice Care Assistants
all working together to provide excellent palliative care across the West
Suffolk and Thetford area.
Main duties of the job
Our Hospice Care Assistants within the community team support
patients, families, and carers to ensure patients can be looked after in their
own home supporting them by providing education to carers, social and emotional
support. They work closely with West Suffolk Hospitals Early Intervention Team
(EIT) and Marie Curie to try and keep patients from unnecessarily going into
the hospital.
About us
As an employee of St Nics, you will receive a range of fantastic benefits:
- Free onsite parking
- 25 days paid annual leave increasing with service
- Excellent training and development opportunities
- Continuation of your NHS pension or access to a group pension scheme
- Provision of home-made meals available for staff in our onsite bistro
- Life assurance
- Access to Blue Light Card scheme with a range of discounts
- Health Cash Plan & Wellbeing programme (dentistry, optical, emotional wellbeing support)
- Enhanced Occupational Sick Pay
At our heart is the vision we are well-known for in our local community. Everyone in our communities has support, dignity and choice when facing dying, death and grief. We strive for something better in the provision of high-quality care and do this by living our values: Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Equity.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder is responsible for delivering a high
standard of care to all patients and
providing formal and informal education to families and their significant
others on how to support someone with complex palliative care needs. The
STNH HCA is required to work both independently and as part of a team providing
safe individualised holistic palliative care, under the support and guidance of
registered healthcare professionals, guided by the relevant STNH protocols and
procedures.
Please view the attached document which details the full job description of this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder is responsible for delivering a high
standard of care to all patients and
providing formal and informal education to families and their significant
others on how to support someone with complex palliative care needs. The
STNH HCA is required to work both independently and as part of a team providing
safe individualised holistic palliative care, under the support and guidance of
registered healthcare professionals, guided by the relevant STNH protocols and
procedures.
Please view the attached document which details the full job description of this role.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Eager to further develop palliative care specific skills and knowledge.
- Competent in manual handling equipment e.g. hoists. Requirement to carry out manual handling training.
- Effective and sensitive communicator.
- Expectation to be flexible, reliable, respectful and maintain confidentiality.
Desirable
- Knowledge and experience in end of life palliative care.
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ 2/3 qualified or holds a Care Certificate
Other
Essential
- Post holders will be required to work across all the various locations community and inpatient setting.
- The post holder will need to hold a full, valid driving license and be willing to use their own vehicle for business use - community setting.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Eager to further develop palliative care specific skills and knowledge.
- Competent in manual handling equipment e.g. hoists. Requirement to carry out manual handling training.
- Effective and sensitive communicator.
- Expectation to be flexible, reliable, respectful and maintain confidentiality.
Desirable
- Knowledge and experience in end of life palliative care.
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ 2/3 qualified or holds a Care Certificate
Other
Essential
- Post holders will be required to work across all the various locations community and inpatient setting.
- The post holder will need to hold a full, valid driving license and be willing to use their own vehicle for business use - community setting.
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.
