Healthcare Assistant

Shooting Star Children's Hospices; Guildford; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Shooting Star Children's Hospices is seeking a dedicated Healthcare Assistant to join our In-House Care Team. The candidate will provide essential nursing and palliative care to children with life-limiting conditions, ensuring family-centered support throughout their journey. With a competitive salary and a range of benefits including NHS Pension Scheme, enhanced leave, and health support services, this position offers a rewarding opportunity to make a meaningful impact in our community.

Benefits

NHS Pension Scheme

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Flexible working arrangements

Paid sabbatical leave

Reimbursed professional membership fees

Employee Assistance Programme

Mindfulness sessions

Cycle to work scheme

Nutritionally balanced meals at work

Qualifications

• Experience in moving and handling children with complex needs.
• Willingness to undertake relevant training.

Responsibilities

• Support and assist in providing nursing/palliative care for children.
• Participate in the appropriate clinical care of children.
• Assist with nutrition and feeding assistance.

Skills

Sound communication skills

Ability to motivate others

Basic IT skills

Adaptability under pressure

Education

NVQ Level 2/3 in Health and Social Care

Nursery Nurse qualification

Care Certificate

Job description

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Salary: £22,836 - £24,968 Plus Geographical allowance and enhancements

Team: In-House Care Team

Hours: 37.5hrs (Part time hours available, min 22.5hrs per week) across the 7 day week.

About Shooting Star Children’s Hospices

We have an exciting opportunity for a Healthcare Assistant to join our team at Shooting Star Children’s Hospices.

Shooting Star Children’s Hospices provides specialist care and support to families who have a baby, child or young person with a life-limiting condition, or who have been bereaved. Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, we support families across Surrey, north-west London and south-west London from diagnosis to end of life and throughout bereavement with a range of nursing, practical, emotional and medical care.

At the heart of what we do are our dedicated staff; their exceptional commitment and professionalism means every family has the opportunity to make every moment count.

It’s a great time to join Shooting Star Children’s Hospices as we have expanded our inpatient capacity to provide more End of Life Care to the children and families we support.

About the role

You will

• Support and assist in providing nursing / palliative care for the children, ensuring that the needs of the children and their families are at the centre of all decisions.
• Participate in the appropriate clinical care of the children.
• Assist with nutrition where applicable (i.e. assisting with menu completion, feeding assistance), working closely with the Nurses.

About you

NVQ Level 2/3 in relevant field – Health and Social Care,

Nursery Nurse qualification or hold the Care Certificate – or willingness to undertake

You will also have:

The ability to motivate others

The ability to work on own initiative and under pressure.

The ability to adapt working patterns to provide the flexibility of service required by the families seeking our care.

Sound communication skills both written and verbal

Basic IT skills

Experience of moving and handling children with complex needs

Please see the attached job description for more information about this opportunity at Shooting Star Children’s Hospices.

What we offer

In return you will receive a competitive salary along with a range of benefits, which include:

• NHS Pension Scheme (for eligible employees) or our stakeholder pension scheme, with up to 7% employer contributions
  
  Annual leave
• 27 days plus Bank Holidays rising with length of service
• 2 weeks paid sabbatical leave after 5, 10 and 15 years’ service
  
  Contractual benefits
• Enhanced maternity, adoption, and paternity leave pay
• Flexible working arrangements
• Reimbursed professional membership fees
• Eye care
• Blue Light discount card
  
  Health and wellbeing
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Occupational Health
• Mindfulness sessions
• Cycle to work scheme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Nutritionally balanced meals at Christopher’s (free for employees) and free fruit at our Hampton site

Safeguarding

An enhanced/standard disclosure will be required for this role. Our recruitment checks, induction and ongoing support and supervision reflect our commitment to safeguarding the families we support.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

Shooting Star Children’s Hospice is committed to inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that getting things right is critical for us to live our organisation’s values: Professionalism, Respect, Integrity, Diversity and Excellence.

We are always trying to improve our way of working to be more inclusive and equal. Our vision is for Shooting Star Children’s Hospice to be a place where people of all backgrounds, groups and communities feel welcomed to work and volunteer.

Please contact k if you have any questions about this role.

To apply, please complete an outlining how your experience meets the criteria set out in the person specification.