Healthcare Assistant

St Catherine'S Hospice; Crawley Down; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave at 25+ days

Pension scheme

Life Assurance

Maternity and adoption pay

Job summary

St Catherine’s Hospice in West Sussex is hiring a compassionate Healthcare Assistant to join our dedicated team on a full-time, permanent basis. You will help deliver high-quality, patient-centered care across our 24/7 service, with day and night shifts.

We value dignity, respect and clear communication, and welcome applicants with Care Certificate or NVQ experience; hospice experience is helpful but not essential. Training and support are provided.

Qualifications

• Would you find it rewarding to provide expert personalised care and make a difference when it matters most?
• We are seeking a compassionate individual with experience delivering care and excellent communication skills.
• If you have an understanding of health and safety procedures, working with dignity and respect and the ability to work under your own initaitive, we would love to hear from you.
• Candidates with a Care Certificate, NVQ, or experience in a hospice setting are encouraged to apply, although this is not essential for the role.

Responsibilities

• Working as part of an integrated team of nurses and nursing assistants delivering high quality, individualised care to patients
• Assisting with individual personal hygiene routines including washing, dressing, mouth care and toileting
• To take and record agreed clinical observations and to identify and report any significant changes
• To promote a welcoming, clean and appropriate environment for the care of patients and their families, with awareness of individual physical, social, emotional and spiritual needs.

Job description

About Us:

St Catherine’s Hospice is a respected local charity providing specialist hospice care alongside statutory service partners (GPs, District nursing etc) across West Sussex and East Surrey.

We provide care in communities across Surrey and Sussex which are richly diverse and we want to reflect that in everything we do. We celebrate and support difference and welcome applications from all backgrounds. If you believe in the importance of what we do, share our values and want to be a part of an outstanding team building something important, we’d love to hear from you.

The Role:

This post is offered on a full time, permanent, basis, working 37.5 hours per week. We operate a 24 hour service, 7 days a week, these hours are worked on a shift basis, including day and night shifts.

About You:

Would you find it rewarding to provide expert personalised care and make a difference when it matters most?

We are seeking a compassionate individual with experience delivering care and excellent communication skills. If you have an understanding of health and safety procedures, working with dignity and respect and the ability to work under your own initaitive, we would love to hear from you.

Candidates with a Care Certificate, NVQ, or experience in a hospice setting are encouraged to apply, although this is not essential for the role.

Healthcare Assistant role will bring:

• Working as part of an integrated team of nurses and nursing assistants delivering high quality, individualised care to patients
• Assisting with individual personal hygiene routines including washing, dressing, mouth care and toileting
• To take and record agreed clinical observations and to identify and report any significant changes
• To promote a welcoming, clean and appropriate environment for the care of patients and their families, with awareness of individual physical, social, emotional and spiritual needs.

Employees at St Catherine’s Hospice can enjoy a variety of benefits including:

• Generous annual leave starting at 25 days, rising to 30 days with length of service, plus Bank Holidays, and an opportunity to buy / sell annual leave days. Plus we offer a day off for volunteering & moving house.
• Generous Pension scheme with up to 9% employer contributions or honour of NHS pension.
• Life Assurance Scheme, Counselling Offering, and a range of discounts.
• Enhanced maternity and adoption pay.

We are located in Grace Holland Avenue, Pease Pottage, Crawley, West Sussex RH11 9SL. You can access the Hospice by car, bus, bike or walking, with full transport details on our website.

If you require any additional information or would like to discuss this role further, please email [e-mail] or give us a call on 01293 447353.

Terms & Conditions:

• This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS check. By applying you are confirming you have read the Enhanced Check Privacy Policy for applicants https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-privacy-policies and understand how DBS will process my personal data and the options available to me for submitting an application.
• Please ensure you have read our employee and recruitment privacy statement prior to applying for this role.
• Must be authorised to work in the United Kingdom, please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorships.
• Please note a requirement of all roles at St Catherine’s is to complete mandatory E-learning training and remain compliant with this throughout your employment.
• We understand that Artificial Intelligence (AI) may be used to support some applications, whilst we do not discourage this, please ensure any documentation and applications submitted accurately and truthfully reflect your own experience and suitability for this role.
• Please note we operate an internal recruitment function and are not engaging agencies at this time.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds.