Community palliative care healthcare assistant

ESSEX PARTNERSHIP UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Castle Point; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holiday plus bank holidays

33 days after 10 years' service

NHS pension up to 14.5% of pensionable

Blue Light Card discounts

Relocation package £8K

Season ticket loans

Job summary

ESSEX PARTNERSHIP UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST seeks a dedicated home-care support worker to assist registered nurses in delivering palliative care to patients in their own homes. You will visit patients, perform phlebotomy, monitor vitals, and maintain precise records while coordinating with the nursing team.

The role emphasizes good communication, teamwork, and adherence to mandatory training. The trust offers a supportive environment, mental health and wellbeing services, and a generous

Qualifications

• Phlebotomy experience or training.
• Ability to perform continence assessments.
• Order and manage necessary equipment.
• Accurately measure and record vital signs.
• Maintain accurate patient records and documentation.
• Excellent communication with patients, families, and colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Visit stable palliative care patients at their homes.
• Take blood, measure blood pressure, pulse and other vitals.
• Document patient care in electronic records.
• Coordinate with registered nurses to plan daily visits.

Skills

Phlebotomy

Continence assessments

Equipment ordering

Vital signs recording

Record keeping

Communication skills

Job description

To support the registered nurses to provide care to palliative care patients in their own homes. You will be allocated visits by the registered nurses to support stable palliative patients at home. Good communication skills are essential for this role. Phlebotomy, continence assessments, equipment ordering, visiting stable patients in their homes, ability to take and record vital signs, accurate record keeping, mandatory training. Valuing you. Recognising your dedication. At EPUT, we look after you.

• Receive supervision and support to help you fulfil your potential.
• Join an inclusive EPUT community and connect with others through engagement events and equality or champion networks.
• If you need help, we provide mental health and wellbeing services, occupational health advice and counselling., To meet daily in the morning with colleagues to plan day and discuss any issues which have arisen. To visit stable palliative patients in their own homes. To take blood, measure blood pressure, pulse etc. To document patient care accurately in electronic record.
  27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years' service.
• Excellent pension of up to 14.5% of your pensionable pay.
• Staff discounts include Blue Light Card, NHS discount offers, and staff benefits.
• £8K relocation package if you move to Essex to join us
• Season ticket loans are interest-free to cover the cost of travelling to and from work via tram, rail, or bus.

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