Healthcare Assistant (Twilight Hours Bank)

HEART OF KENT HOSPICE; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A community-focused palliative care charity is seeking a Healthcare Assistant for twilight hours to provide comprehensive support to patients and their families. The role involves delivering high-quality nursing care and requires NVQ Level 2 in direct care, along with previous experience in a care environment. Flexibility and a compassionate approach are essential. The position is based in Aylesford, Kent.

Qualifications

• Minimum entry requirements include NVQ Level 2 in direct care.
• Previous experience as a Healthcare Assistant or equivalent in a hospital or hospice.
• Flexible and able to work twilight hours across the week and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Participate in providing high-quality nursing care for patients.
• Assist in ensuring a safe and welcoming environment for patients.
• Undertake routine interventions under the supervision of a registered nurse.

Skills

Compassionate care

Teamwork

Initiative

Communication

Palliative care knowledge

Education

NVQ Level 2 in direct care

Job description

Healthcare Assistant (Twilight Hours Bank)

Job Title: HealthcareAssistant Flexibank

ReportingTo: Head of IPU

Responsible for: Participating as one of the multi-professional specialist palliative care team in the provision of a co-ordinated and comprehensive palliative care service to patients and their families.

Hours: Twilight hours - 18:30 - Midnight across the week and weekends

Location: Aylesford Kent

Salary: £13.10 per hour

Main duties of the job

We are pleased to offer an exciting opportunity to join the Inpatient Unit team as a Healthcare Assistant on a Flexi Bank contract covering the twilight hours between 1830 and midnight. You will support the work of the Inpatient Unit providing a comprehensive palliative care service to patients and their families. Proven experience at this level preferred. Successful applicants will be expected to work twilight hours across the week and weekends.

Main Responsibilities include-

Participate and prioritise the daily nursing care provision of the highest possible standard of physical, psychological, social and spiritual care for patients and their relatives.

Assist in ensuring patients are nursed in a safe, friendly, clean, comfortable and welcoming environment, which promotes adequate rest and sleep.

Assist in the meeting of patient's nutritional needs

Assist with and encourage the use of divisional and leisure activities e.g. day therapy - complementary therapies - occupational therapies and physiotherapy.

Undertake routine interventions as delegated by a registered nurse including routine urine collection and testing - simple dressings - stoma care - testing and recording of blood sugars - taking and recording temperatures - pulse - respiration and blood pressure - supervise patients taking oral drugs and administer inhalers - nebulisers and creams under the direct supervision of a registered nurse.

About us

At Heart of Kent Hospice, we believe that everyone deserves compassionate, expert care when there is no cure for their illness and when they have a limited time left to live.

We are a charity and we dont charge a penny for our care. We depend on the compassion and kindness of you, the people of this community, to power our services and ensure that everyone gets the help they need.

We provide specialist care and support to adults who have a terminal illness as well as their families, friends and carers. We help people to live as fully and as well as possible for the rest of their lives and ensure that their final days are comfortable and peaceful, wherever they choose to be. We treat every individual as the unique and special person that they are. Everything we do is tailored and personalised.

Our vision is that everyone living with a terminal illness in our community will have the best quality of life. Our purpose is to enable people with a terminal illness in our community to live with comfort, independence and dignity to the end of their lives, and to support those closest to them. All our care is underpinned by our core values of compassion, integrity, respect and teamwork. These values guide our decision-making and how we conduct ourselves in our work and every one of our colleagues plays an important part in enabling us to give our patients and their families the best possible care.

Job responsibilities

Main Responsibilities include-

Participate and prioritise the daily nursing care provision of the highest possible standard of physical, psychological, social and spiritual care for patients and their relatives.

Assist in ensuring patients are nursed in a safe, friendly, clean, comfortable and welcoming environment, which promotes adequate rest and sleep.

Promote an environment where relatives may participate appropriately as partners in a caring team.

Assist in the meeting of patient"s nutritional needs

Assist with and encourage the use of divisional and leisure activities e.g. day therapy, complementary therapies, occupational therapies and physiotherapy.

Undertake routine interventions as delegated by a registered nurse including routine urine collection and testing, simple dressings, stoma care, testing and recording of blood sugars, taking and recording temperatures, pulse, respiration and blood pressure, supervise patients taking oral drugs and administer inhalers, nebulisers and creams under the direct supervision of a registered nurse.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Minimum entry requirements - NVQ Level 2 in direct care and be willing to undertake further education, training and development.

Experience

• Possess previous experience as a Healthcare Assistant or equivalent in a hospital or hospice or other care environment
• Flexible able to work twilight hours across the week and weekends
• Demonstrate the ability to use initiative in a workplace environment
• Be able to work as part of a team with both staff and volunteers
• Demonstrate an awareness of current issues in palliative care and a commitment to the principles of good palliative care.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.