Job summary
- Role: Health Care Assistant in Rapid Personalised Care Service (RPCS) Fixed Term Contract
- Location: Rennie Grove Peace - Tring
- Salary: £22,816 - £24,336 per annum (pro rata). Both full and part time hours are available.
- Closing Date: 14 March 2024 at midday.
We have opportunities for an enthusiastic and compassionate Healthcare Assistant to join our friendly Rapid Personalised Care Service team. This is a community based role working with our patients, in their own homes.
The successful candidate will work as part of our dedicated team providing high standards of care for our patients and those people who are important to them.
Although based in the RPCS community team at Rennie Grove Peace - Tring, post holders may occasionally be required to work in other Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care settings in order to ensure adequate staffing levels and gain experience of the wider hospice delivery of care.
Main duties of the job
Key objectives:
- Proactively contribute to the delivery of high quality safe evidence based care.
- Deliver high quality Specialist Palliative and End of Life care as part of the Rapid Personalised Care Service team.
- Competently working alone, as required, with patients and their families in the home.
- Working collaboratively with hospice and community partners.
- Acting as a Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care ambassador, actively demonstrating our values and positively promoting the specialist care we provide.
About us
At Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care, we're all about making every moment matter for our patients and families, and you can play your part in that. We provide care and support for adults and children diagnosed with cancer and other life-limiting illness, and their families, visiting day and night. Its important work and, to make it all happen, we need talented and passionate people.
If successful, you will join on the first working Monday of the month so we can best support you with our structured induction programme.
We encourage and strongly recommend our workforce to get fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care services are provided 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The post holder will work a varied shift pattern (between 7am-11pm) on a rota basis from Sunday to Saturday. Post holders may occasionally
be required to work in other Peace Hospice Care settings.
Key objectives:
- Demonstrate and maintain consistently high standards of individualised personal care and support under guidance of the RPCS Management.
- Work alongside the patients families and/or health care professionals, maintaining an approach that incorporates physical, psychological, social and spiritual aspects of care in accordance with the Rennie Grove Peace philosophy.
- Observe and report changes in the patients symptoms, conditions and circumstances to the RPCS Management and notify other healthcare professionals as necessary.
- Work in accordance with the patients agreed care plan.
- Responsible for identifying and acting on any risk of safeguarding to patients and their families in accordance with the Rennie Grove Peace policies.
- Keep accurate and legible records in accordance with legislative requirements and Rennie Grove Peace practice and procedure.
For more information please view the job description attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care services are provided 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The post holder will work a varied shift pattern (between 7am-11pm) on a rota basis from Sunday to Saturday. Post holders may occasionally
be required to work in other Peace Hospice Care settings.
Key objectives:
- Demonstrate and maintain consistently high standards of individualised personal care and support under guidance of the RPCS Management.
- Work alongside the patients families and/or health care professionals, maintaining an approach that incorporates physical, psychological, social and spiritual aspects of care in accordance with the Rennie Grove Peace philosophy.
- Observe and report changes in the patients symptoms, conditions and circumstances to the RPCS Management and notify other healthcare professionals as necessary.
- Work in accordance with the patients agreed care plan.
- Responsible for identifying and acting on any risk of safeguarding to patients and their families in accordance with the Rennie Grove Peace policies.
- Keep accurate and legible records in accordance with legislative requirements and Rennie Grove Peace practice and procedure.
For more information please view the job description attached.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Desirable
- Care certificate / NVQ qualified level 2 or evidence of working at equivalent or apprenticeship standard in health or social care.
- Basic Food Hygiene Certificate
Personal Qualities and Other
Essential
- Team worker.
- Calm and approachable manner.
- Personally and professionally mature.
- Willingness to work across teams.
- A commitment to the vision, values and objectives of Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care.
- Understanding and commitment to the Hospices Equal Opportunities policy.
Experience
Essential
- Proven experience working effectively in a team
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English, verbal and written
- Ability to work effectively in an emotionally demanding environment
- Drive and enthusiasm
- Ability to work autonomously and as an effective member of the team, using initiative
- Willingness to complete level 2 in Medicine Giving
- Caring and empathetic approach
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Flexible and adaptable to a variety of tasks
- Ability to prioritise effectively and work under pressure
- Commitment to the Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care purpose
- Able to maintain confidentiality
Desirable
- Experience of working within the care setting.
- Experience of working within a community setting.
- Knowledge of and experience in care at the end of life and after death. Relevant experience in assisting patients with their personal hygiene.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Working as part of a wider multi-disciplinary team.
- Willing to undertake direction and delegated duties reporting concerns.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective communications at all times.
- Willingness to assist patients in their day to day needs by providing holistic patient centred nursing care.
- An understanding of the importance of Safeguarding adults.
Desirable
- An understanding of palliative and hospice care.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Desirable
- Care certificate / NVQ qualified level 2 or evidence of working at equivalent or apprenticeship standard in health or social care.
- Basic Food Hygiene Certificate
Personal Qualities and Other
Essential
- Team worker.
- Calm and approachable manner.
- Personally and professionally mature.
- Willingness to work across teams.
- A commitment to the vision, values and objectives of Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care.
- Understanding and commitment to the Hospices Equal Opportunities policy.
Experience
Essential
- Proven experience working effectively in a team
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English, verbal and written
- Ability to work effectively in an emotionally demanding environment
- Drive and enthusiasm
- Ability to work autonomously and as an effective member of the team, using initiative
- Willingness to complete level 2 in Medicine Giving
- Caring and empathetic approach
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Flexible and adaptable to a variety of tasks
- Ability to prioritise effectively and work under pressure
- Commitment to the Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care purpose
- Able to maintain confidentiality
Desirable
- Experience of working within the care setting.
- Experience of working within a community setting.
- Knowledge of and experience in care at the end of life and after death. Relevant experience in assisting patients with their personal hygiene.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Working as part of a wider multi-disciplinary team.
- Willing to undertake direction and delegated duties reporting concerns.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective communications at all times.
- Willingness to assist patients in their day to day needs by providing holistic patient centred nursing care.
- An understanding of the importance of Safeguarding adults.
Desirable
- An understanding of palliative and hospice care.
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.
