Healthcare Assistants - End of Life Urgent Care Service

St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospice organization in Plymouth is seeking a Healthcare Assistant for its End-of-Life Urgent Care Service. This role involves supporting community-based end-of-life patients, helping them achieve their preferred place of care and preventing unnecessary admissions to secondary care. Ideal candidates will be enthusiastic and motivated individuals keen on making a difference in people's lives during challenging times. Informal discussions are encouraged with the clinical leads.

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic and well-motivated individual interested in end-of-life care.
• Ability to work in a busy and challenging environment.

Responsibilities

• Assist in supporting community-based end of life patients.
• Help meet patients' preferred place of care and prevent inappropriate admissions.

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic, well-motivated individuals who are interested in end-of-life care.

Main duties of the job

St Luke's is delivering on its vision of a Hospice without Walls with the support of its End-of-Life Urgent Care Team, as a Healthcare Assistant for the End-of-Life Urgent Care Service you will assist in supporting community-based end of life (EOL) patients in meeting their preferred place of care/death and prevent inappropriate admission to secondary care.

Whilst this role can be busy and challenging, there is great reward in helping make a real difference at the end of a person\'s life by caring for them in their own homes and preferred place of care/death.

St Lukes is a friendly, dynamic, and progressive organisation, where innovation and a can-do ethos is championed; we would value those with the desire to work in this specialist area.

We would encourage informal discussions regarding this post with the Sarah Earl (Clinical Lead) or Alison Hannaford/Jo Davis (Deputy Clinical Leads) on 01752 964 200.

About us

Were an equal opportunities employer

We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. We assess candidates based on skills, experience, and qualifications not background or personal circumstances. As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we guarantee an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria. Having a criminal record wont necessarily bar you from employment; decisions are made based on role requirements and individual circumstances.

Unfortunately St Luke\'s Hospice Plymouth aren\'t able to sponsor individuals to work in the United Kingdom.

Job responsibilities

For further information regarding the mainduties of this role, please see the Job Description attached.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Please see the job description and person specification attached for further information on this role.

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.