Assistant Educator

Job summary

A new opportunity has arisen for an assistant educator to work alongside our clinical teams to support the provision of high quality, safe and compassionate care.

You will also be supporting and delivering palliative care education in a variety of care settings as part of Hospice Education (three adult hospice education collaborative across the Suffolk and North East Essex ICB).

You will have experience of working within palliative or end of life care as a senior care assistant ideally in the community and / or care setting. We are seeking someone who can develop creative approaches to the delivery of learning and support the practice educator develop a learning culture.

Main duties of the job

To support, facilitate and direct on palliative care education in a variety of care settings as part of the Hospice Education collaborative across the Suffolk and North East Essex (SNEE) Integrated Care System (ICS).

Provide education and training for those who work in the hospice and those external to the hospice as required.

Coach and support the palliative care health and social care workforce within the Hospice and community setting, inclusive of care homes, domiciliary care agencies and the volunteer / charity sector.

Support, facilitate and direct ongoing education to the public and our patients and families, through a public health approach (using the compassionate community's model) ensuring all communities are considered.

Actively support and model the SNHC Values: Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Equity.

About us

St Nicholas Hospice Care is a local charity providing help, advice and support to people in West Suffolk and Thetford who are living with long-term and life-threatening illnesses. Our services are not just for patients, but for their family and friends too. They include everything from specialist medical care to bereavement support and practical help. St Nicholas Hospice is dedicated to its vision that everyone in our communities has support, dignity and choice when facing dying, death and grief.

As an employee of St Nicholas Hospice Care you would receive the following benefits:

• 25 days holiday increasing to 29 with length of service (pro-rata if part-time)
• Enhanced Occupational sick pay scheme
• Company pension scheme or continuation of current NHS pension plan (subject to criteria)
• Life assurance
• Access to Blue Light Card scheme with a range of discounts
• Free onsite parking space guaranteed
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Health Cash Plan & Wellbeing programme (dentistry, optical, emotional wellbeing support)
• Opportunities to attend staff social events arranged by our social committee