Primary Care Careers

Care Assistant

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Job summary

East Anglia Children's Hospices (EACH), has an opportunity for a care assistant to join our team on a full-time basis, although part-time hours of over 24 per week can be considered. This position will be based at The Nook Hospice, Framingham Earl in Norfolk.

Our standard shift pattern is 12.5 hour shifts - day shifts, 7.30am - 8pm and night shifts, 7.30pm - 8am. We also have homecare shifts which will be based out in the community and these hours can vary. We offer enhanced rates for the weekends, evenings and bank holidays.

Main duties of the job

  • Deliver person-centred planned care to designated babies, children and young people.
  • Administer medicines as an authorised practitioner.
  • Ensure care plans are kept up to date, delivery of care is accurately recorded, and records are maintained in accordance with EACH policies and procedures.
  • Participate in planning and delivering family wellbeing groups and events, and hydrotherapy.
  • Provide support and assistance to other team members when carrying out nursing procedures or wellbeing activities and events.

About us

East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH) supports families and cares for children and young people with life threatening conditions across Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk. Over the past 30 years, EACH has developed an enviable reputation in the field of children's palliative care.

We are the largest provider of palliative and end of life care and support for children and their families in East Anglia, delivering a comprehensive range of services in our hospices, family homes, hospital and wider community. All three of our hospices; The Nook (Norfolk), The Treehouse (Ipswich) and Milton (Cambridge) were rated "Outstanding" by the Care Quality Commission.

We offer a comprehensive range of benefits:

  • Free onsite parking
  • Enhanced annual leave entitlement - 27 days + 8 UK bank holidays
  • Subsidised meals
  • Additional holiday purchase scheme
  • AVIVA pension package up to 7% employer contribution inc life insurance
  • NHS pension - continuation of if already contributing
  • Free eye tests
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Employee assistance programme

Details

Date posted

29 December 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£24,071 to £29,114 a year DOE

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

8644

Job locations

Pigot Lane,

Framingham Earl,

Norfolk

NR14 7PX


Job description

Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please see the attached job specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please see the attached job specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • A full UK driving license with the ability to travel to locations within the hospices region.
  • NVQ Level 3 qualification desirable (health and social care).

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working within a similar caring profession, working with children or young people.
  • Highly motivated, enthusiastic, forward thinking individual.
  • Strong English language skills, both verbal and written.
  • Good IT skills, Word, Excel and Outlook experience required.
  • Ability to undertake physical activities and manual handling to support the varying needs of our service users in line with the requirements of the role.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • A full UK driving license with the ability to travel to locations within the hospices region.
  • NVQ Level 3 qualification desirable (health and social care).

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working within a similar caring profession, working with children or young people.
  • Highly motivated, enthusiastic, forward thinking individual.
  • Strong English language skills, both verbal and written.
  • Good IT skills, Word, Excel and Outlook experience required.
  • Ability to undertake physical activities and manual handling to support the varying needs of our service users in line with the requirements of the role.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Primary Care Careers

Address

Pigot Lane,

Framingham Earl,

Norfolk

NR14 7PX


Employer's website

https://www.eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Primary Care Careers

Address

Pigot Lane,

Framingham Earl,

Norfolk

NR14 7PX


Employer's website

https://www.eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Recruitment Team

East Anglia's Children's Hospices

enquiries@eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk

01206918760

Details

Date posted

29 December 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£24,071 to £29,114 a year DOE

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

8644

Job locations

Pigot Lane,

Framingham Earl,

Norfolk

NR14 7PX


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