Health Care Assistant

St. Helena Hospice Ltd; Colchester; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

St Helena Hospice Ltd in Colchester is seeking a Bank Health Care Assistant to join our IPU hospice team on a rota basis Monday to Sunday. You will support Registered Nurses and Therapists in delivering high standards of palliative care to patients and their relatives.

Previous experience in palliative care is not essential; we welcome applicants who are enthusiastic, reliable and caring. This role offers an opportunity to develop skills and contribute to gold-standard end-of-life care within a

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic and caring with a genuine passion for providing excellent care.
• Reliable and dependable when supporting patients and staff.
• Demonstrates empathy and compassion in challenging situations.

Responsibilities

• Assist Registered Nurses, Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists in delivering high-quality palliative care to patients and relatives.
• Adapt care approaches under guidance of different professions as required.
• Care plans are developed and reviewed by Registered Nurses and Therapists.
• Work on a rota basis with unsocial hours paid on top of salary.
• Hold a full UK driving licence.

Skills

Enthusiastic

Passionate care

Reliable

Caring

Job description

Health Care Assistant

Application deadline: 31st October

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Job details

St Helena is currently looking for Bank Health Care Assistants to join our IPU hospice team. This will be working on a rota basis Monday to Sunday.

Duties include:

• To assist Registered Nurses, Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists in providing high standards of specialist palliative care to patients and their relatives.
• Identify and adapt clinical support given under the varying professions guiding principles of care and be able to switch approach as directed.
• The care will be planned and assessed by Registered Nurses and Therapists.
• This post will include an unsocial hours payment on top of your salary.
• Full UK driving licence is required

Salary

£12.71 per hour

Hours

0

Location

St Helena Hospice, Colchester

What we’re looking for

• Enthusiastic
• Passionate about providing excellent care
• Reliable
• Caring

We would love to hear from you.

This is an opportunity to further develop knowledge and skills to benefit your practice and the lives of patients and their loved ones through advanced communication skills, symptom control management and end of life care.

Previous experience in palliative care is not essential. We would like to welcome applications from anyone who has the desire to provide gold standard palliative care and make a difference to those in their care.

Additional information

St Helena provides a friendly, supportive and positive working environment across all our sites and diverse teams. We are an ambitious organisation determined to make a difference to local people across north Essex who face incurable illness and bereavement. That means working with us is a demanding but hugely fulfilling experience.