Job summary
To apply for this vacancy please visit our website using the information below:
https://www.stch.org.uk/employment/
Main duties of the job
Are you keen to provide people with
personalised care and support? Are you good at offering comforting words? Are
you courageous enough to stand alongside local people and their families as
they face the end of life? If youre answering yes, then St Catherines Hospice
would love to hear from you.
Were seeking enthusiastic, caring and
compassionate individuals to join our hospice team working on our wards in
Crawley.
The successful candidate will demonstrate
excellent communication skills, a professional demeanour and display a
commitment to providing a high standard of care to our patients. An NVQ 3 in Health/Social care or relevant
experience in Care work is an advantage but not essential as full training will
be given. Candidates should have a sound understanding of health and safety
procedures and infection prevention & control.
About us
When applying for this vacancy, please
submit a covering letter or add a note to your application, explaining why you would like to work for St
Catherines Hospice.
When you join St Catherines, youll be
joining a supportive team all working towards abig ambition: to help
everyone face death informed, supported and pain free. If that sounds like
something youd find fulfilling, please apply today.
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB PURPOSE
You'll work as
part of an integrated team of nurses and nursing assistants delivering high
quality, individualised care to patients referred to St Catherine's Hospice,
and their families.
You'll have the
ability to work independently as well as part of a team. Using teamwork and
cooperation, you'll contribute to a positive, supportive and professional
working environment.
Under clinical
direction, nursing assistants help to deliver high standards of holistic and
individualised patient care, embracing the hospice's vision and values.
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB PURPOSE
You'll work as
part of an integrated team of nurses and nursing assistants delivering high
quality, individualised care to patients referred to St Catherine's Hospice,
and their families.
You'll have the
ability to work independently as well as part of a team. Using teamwork and
cooperation, you'll contribute to a positive, supportive and professional
working environment.
Under clinical
direction, nursing assistants help to deliver high standards of holistic and
individualised patient care, embracing the hospice's vision and values.
Person Specification
Attitudes and Behaviour
Essential
- Reliable, honest, and trustworthy
- A flexible approach to work and an ability to workday and night shifts.
- Motivated, enthusiastic and innovative
- Approachable and adaptable
- Demonstrates commitment to St Catherine's vision and values.
Desirable
- An understanding of the need for self care when working in a palliative care environment
Experience
Essential
- Experience of caring
- Awareness of health and safety procedures and infection prevention and control and how they affect people in the workplace
- Excellent professional communication skills. Awareness of ways that may help to overcome barriers to communication, dementia, sensory disability, confusion, Non English speaking, etc.
- Ability to use own initiative to plan own work for the shift in order to meet the needs of a given group of patients.
- Ability to work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team.
- An understanding of basic nutrition needs
- Able to demonstrate methods of promoting dignity
- Communication skills both verbal and written proficient in English.
- Be able to effectively communicate with compassion and understanding with people on a variety of levels using tact, diplomacy, and empathy
- Ability to undertake training and direct own learning
Desirable
- Experience of delivering care to patients within a Hospice, Hospital, Community or Care Home
- An understanding of the nature of hospice work, and an ability to seek support for his/herself as a result of distressing circumstances
Qualifications
Essential
- General good level of literacy and numeracy
Desirable
- Care Certificate
- NVQ 2/3 in Health/Social care or equivalent
Person Specification
Attitudes and Behaviour
Essential
- Reliable, honest, and trustworthy
- A flexible approach to work and an ability to workday and night shifts.
- Motivated, enthusiastic and innovative
- Approachable and adaptable
- Demonstrates commitment to St Catherine's vision and values.
Desirable
- An understanding of the need for self care when working in a palliative care environment
Experience
Essential
- Experience of caring
- Awareness of health and safety procedures and infection prevention and control and how they affect people in the workplace
- Excellent professional communication skills. Awareness of ways that may help to overcome barriers to communication, dementia, sensory disability, confusion, Non English speaking, etc.
- Ability to use own initiative to plan own work for the shift in order to meet the needs of a given group of patients.
- Ability to work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team.
- An understanding of basic nutrition needs
- Able to demonstrate methods of promoting dignity
- Communication skills both verbal and written proficient in English.
- Be able to effectively communicate with compassion and understanding with people on a variety of levels using tact, diplomacy, and empathy
- Ability to undertake training and direct own learning
Desirable
- Experience of delivering care to patients within a Hospice, Hospital, Community or Care Home
- An understanding of the nature of hospice work, and an ability to seek support for his/herself as a result of distressing circumstances
Qualifications
Essential
- General good level of literacy and numeracy
Desirable
- Care Certificate
- NVQ 2/3 in Health/Social care or equivalent
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.
