Bank Hospice Community Carer/HCA

The Hospice; Dacorum; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A local care service provider is seeking a Bank Carer to provide compassionate, flexible, and person-centred care to clients in their homes. Responsibilities include assisting with personal care, mobility support, companionship, and accurately documenting care provided. This role allows for flexible visit scheduling to meet the varying healthcare needs of clients, particularly those approaching the end of life. The ideal candidate will have a passion for supporting individuals during challenging times.

Qualifications

• Ability to provide compassionate and person-centred care to clients.
• Experience in assisting with personal care tasks.
• Capable of supporting mobility and using equipment safely.
• Skills in preparing meals and assisting with eating.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality care tailored to patient needs.
• Assist with personal care tasks like washing and dressing.
• Support clients with mobility and transfers safely.
• Provide companionship and emotional support to patients.
• Administer medication according to care plans.
• Maintain a safe household environment through light tasks.
• Record changes in client wellbeing accurately.
• Collaborate with families and healthcare professionals.

Skills

Compassionate care

Personal care assistance

Mobility support

Meal preparation

Emotional support

Accurate reporting

Job description

This is a wonderful opportunity to truly make a difference to the lives of the local community. Becoming a carer for Care for Good, a private home care provider service, supporting the work of the Hospice and The Rapid Personalised Care Service, a funded specialist palliative care service for those approaching end of life. As a Bank Carer, you will provide compassionate, flexible and person‑centred care to individuals in their own homes. The role can include supporting clients or patients with various levels of health care needs, from those with minimal support requirements to those who are approaching the end of their life. This is a bank role, meaning you will be able to pick up visits when available. Main duties and responsibilities:

Responsibilities

• Deliver high‑quality care and support tailored to each patient/client’s needs.
• Assist with personal care (washing, dressing, toileting, grooming).
• Support with mobility, transfers and safe use of equipment.
• Prepare meals and assist with eating and drinking where required.
• Provide companionship and emotional support. Administer or prompt medication in line with care plans.
• Carry out light household tasks to maintain a safe environment.
• Record and report accurately on care provided and any changes in patient/client wellbeing.
• Work collaboratively with families, healthcare professionals and the wider care team.
• Update care notes in the home.

About the Provider

Based in beautiful surroundings just outside Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, The Hospice of St Francis is a charity which helps 2,000 local people and their families, every year, in Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire, to live their precious lives well.

Improving symptoms, achieving personal goals and helping them to feel safe. Defined by each person’s need, our free care for people managing, or recovering from, serious illness has many forms of care at the Hospice, at Home, or in our Health and Wellbeing Centre which offers courses, workshops, clinics and therapies.