Health Care Assistant - Overnight Response Service Community

LOROS Hospice; Leicester; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

LOROS Hospice is offering an exciting opportunity for a Health Care Assistant to join their Overnight Response Service in Leicester. This role involves providing crucial support to palliative care patients overnight, ensuring empathetic communication and teamwork with clinical specialists. Successful candidates will demonstrate a strong background in patient care, particularly in palliative settings, and will be crucial in facilitating efficient service delivery during night hours.

Qualifications

• Highly motivated with experience in providing supportive patient care.
• Ability to undertake home visits and answer telephone calls.
• Skilled in using SystmOne for inputting patient details.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist advice and responsive visiting service to palliative care patients.
• Work closely with a Clinical Nurse Specialist.
• Drive to home visits using a pool car, primarily during overnight shifts.

Skills

Empathetic communication

Interpersonal skills

Education

Experience in palliative and end-of-life care

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Posted:

02.06.2025

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17.07.2025

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Job Description:

An exciting opportunity is available to join our Overnight Response Service, providing an unplanned specialist advice line and responsive visiting service to palliative care patients and carers overnight.

This role involves working closely as part of a team of 2 with a Clinical Nurse Specialist.

You will answer telephone calls, undertake home visits with the specialist nurse, provide supportive patient care, and input details into SystmOne, along with other duties to support the service's efficiency.

Access to a pool car will be available, and driving is a key component of the role.

The pilot service is supported by access to specialist palliative medical advice as needed and operates between 22:00 and 08:00, 7 days a week.

You may be required to work some day shifts to maintain skills and meet training requirements.

Applicants should be highly motivated, experienced in providing palliative and end-of-life care within the community, and possess empathetic communication and interpersonal skills.