Community Healthcare Assistant

NHS; Eastbourne; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Eastbourne is seeking a Palliative Care Nurse to join their multi-professional team. The role involves providing nursing care interventions for patients in their homes under supervision. The ideal candidate should demonstrate compassion and professionalism while working in a supportive environment. The position offers a generous holiday entitlement and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Generous holiday entitlement of 27 days plus bank holidays

Contributory pension scheme

Discounted cinema tickets

Employee assistance programmes

Additional training opportunities

Flexible working arrangements

Responsibilities

• Provide palliative nursing care interventions for patients and their families.
• Observe patients and provide care under supervision.
• Work as part of a multi-professional team.

Job description

Overview

The role will work as part of a multi-professional team providing palliative nursing care interventions for patients and their families in the community. Responsible for the observation of patients and the provision of care in accordance with the management plans under the supervision of a Team Leader, Registered Paramedic/Nurse or Clinical Nurse Specialist for patients in their homes.

Main duties of the job

We particularly encourage applications from disabled candidates, candidates from ethnic minority groups, LGBTQ+ as well as non-binary candidates and those who have experienced mental health issues.

The Role – Our people are vital to the future of St Wilfrids Hospice. It is essential that we recruit and retain the very best individuals and offer a supportive, engaging, and rewarding working environment. The role will work as part of a multi-professional team providing palliative nursing care interventions for patients and their families in the community. Responsible for the observation of patients and the provision of care in accordance with the management plans under the supervision of a Team Leader, Registered Paramedic/Nurse or Clinical Nurse Specialist for patients in their homes.

Benefits included

• Generous holiday entitlement of 27 days per year plus bank holidays
• Contributory pension scheme with the option to continue any existing NHS pension scheme membership
• Discounted cinema tickets
• Employee assistance programmes
• Additional training opportunities
• Supportive working environment
• Flexible working arrangements including various shift patterns and part-time hours

Contact – If you have any questions regarding your application please contact the Human Resources team on 01323 434209 or email [e-mail]. For role details contact Helen Davidson, Head of Community Nursing on 07841 043023.

Notes – CVs will not be accepted unless applicants are unable to complete our application form due to a disability. We may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.

About us

St Wilfrids Hospice provides end of life support to the population of Eastbourne and the surrounding parts of East Sussex, from our hospice building and through our highly skilled community teams. We are rated an outstanding provider by the Care Quality Commission and have a clear vision of reaching increasing numbers of local patients and their families, in close collaboration with our community. We provide a supportive working environment, demonstrated through our values: compassionate, professional, progressive, and respectful. Our dynamic learning environment actively promotes and facilitates opportunities for career progression through our competency framework.

Job responsibilities

About us: St Wilfrids Hospice provides end of life support to the population of Eastbourne and the surrounding parts of East Sussex, from our hospice building and through our highly skilled community teams. We are rated an outstanding provider by the Care Quality Commission and have a clear vision of reaching increasing numbers of local patients and their families, in close collaboration with our community. We provide a supportive working environment, demonstrated through our values: compassionate, professional, progressive, and respectful. We promote a culture of learning and career progression through our competency framework. This section reiterates our commitment to an inclusive recruitment process and to encouraging applications from diverse groups.

Person Specification

General Requirements

• Please refer to the job description above
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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 CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.