Healthcare Assistant

NHS; Southampton; On-site; GBP 25,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking compassionate Healthcare Assistants to join their dedicated team. This role offers a unique opportunity to provide essential care and support to patients within a warm and collaborative environment. You will play a vital role in ensuring patient comfort and dignity while assisting with daily living activities. With a focus on teamwork and empathy, you will help deliver high-quality care in a palliative and end-of-life setting. If you are passionate about making a difference and have the necessary qualifications, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Qualified to Level 2 Health and Social Care Certificate.
• Previous care experience is essential.

Responsibilities

• Assist patients in daily living activities and ensure comfort.
• Monitor vital signs and report concerns to nursing team.
• Support patient-centered care delivery.

Skills

Empathy

Communication Skills

Patient Care

Teamwork

Education

Level 2 Health and Social Care Certificate

Job description

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Job Summary

Are you someone who likes to make a difference within your role, and do you hold ample amounts of empathy and compassion? Would you like to work where teamwork is at the forefront of everyone's mind? Where everyone supports each other and together provides the utmost care for their patients?

The postholder will support the registered nursing team in providing care and support to our patients on the Inpatient Unit at our Hospice.

This role offers an excellent opportunity for you to develop and enhance your healthcare skills and experience within palliative and end-of-life care, working within our Inpatient Unit.

37.5 hours per week - to be worked flexibly including weekends, bank holidays, evenings/nights

*We are not part of the NHS, and as such we do not hold a licence to enable visa sponsorship*

Main duties of the job

About The Role:

Our Healthcare Assistants support the registered nursing team in providing care and support to our patients on the Inpatient Unit at our Hospice. Working as part of the designated care team, they support the registered nurses in promoting and providing patient-centred care, ensuring at all times the comfort, dignity, and privacy of the patients in our care.

About You:

You will be qualified to Level 2 Health and Social Care Certificate and have previous care experience. The role will be part of a dedicated team of professionals, who will also be able to work under their own initiative to ensure the highest standard of care. A can-do attitude with strong communication skills will be required.

You will be required to deliver a high standard of direct patient care, assisting the patient in all activities of daily living, with both direct and indirect supervision as delegated by the qualified nurse.

About Us

Mountbatten Hampshire is part of the Mountbatten Group, and its sister Hospice is Mountbatten Isle of Wight.

We pride ourselves on providing expert care and support to our communities across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, who are facing death, dying, and bereavement.

Our vision at Mountbatten is of a world where all dying people and those closest to them have access to expert care of the highest quality, provided by compassionate and professional teams.

Our Values

• We care about what we do. We appreciate that people are different and we are kind and compassionate to our patients and families, to our local community, and to each other
• We are experts in our field. We are professional at all times, aspiring to be the best that we can be in everything that we do
• We are innovative and bold. We respond quickly and creatively to the changing needs of our society within the scope of our human and financial resources
• We respect our community. We exist for our local population, now and into the future, and we believe that we can achieve more together by working in partnership with others

Date posted: 23 April 2025

Pay scheme: Other

Salary: £24,284 a year Mountbatten Band 2

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: B0507-VC224

Job locations: Botley Rd, West End, Southampton, Hampshire, SO30 3JB

Job Description

Job responsibilities:

• Promote a patient-centred approach to care delivery by assisting patients in all daily living activities, as required by the nursing team and the patient's care requirements.
• Ensure patient comfort, dignity, and privacy are maintained at all times and report any concerns to the nursing team.
• Assist in the monitoring of patients' blood pressure, temperature, pulse, respiratory rate, peak flow, and oxygen saturation on completion of the internal training day and competency pack.
• Obtain specimens of body fluids as requested by the qualified nurse on completion of the internal training day and competency pack.
• Assist in emergency situations, following appropriate training.
• Escort patients to hospital and other appointments.
• Assist in the reception of patients, their relatives, and general ward/department visitors.

Please refer to the attached Job Description, which includes the Person Specification, for the full duties of this exciting role with us here at Mountbatten.