Hospice Inpatient Care Assistant – Palliative

RENNIE GROVE PEACE HOSPICE CARE; Watford; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Cash Plan

Pension scheme options

Life Assurance

Flexible working

Generous holiday entitlement

Travel expenses reimbursement

Employee discounts

Hybrid working

Job summary

Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care is seeking a Healthcare Assistant for our Inpatient Unit in Watford. This full-time role supports the inpatient service across a 7-day pattern, delivering compassionate, evidence-based care within a multidisciplinary team.

You will work thirteen 11.5-hour shifts per month, with an unpaid break, and assist with out-of-hours community service calls while upholding our values of dignity and person-centred care.

Qualifications

• All candidates must have the right to work in the UK.
• Manual handling and/or heavy lifting.
• Disclosure and Barring Services Check: Enhanced Check
• A good level of IT literacy is required, including confidence in using Microsoft Office applications, email, and other digital systems relevant to the role.
• Please note, we do not sponsor for this role and due to the minimum hours required for this role, we cannot progress applications for candidates sponsored by another employer.
• Previous applicants need not apply.

Responsibilities

• Proactively contribute to the delivery of high-quality safe evidence-based care.
• Deliver high quality specialist palliative and end of life care as part of the Inpatient Unit multidisciplinary team.
• Under the direction of a multi skilled team, support the assessment, planning, and evaluation of individualised patient centred care, ensuring a holistic approach that is sensitive and responsive to the patients' ever-changing needs.
• To support the smooth running of a shift, ensuring staff and patients are safe.
• To support the management of calls (call handling service) for all our community services.
• As a member of the wider organisation, demonstrate delivery of the agreed vision and values.

Skills

Manual handling

IT literacy

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care is seeking a Healthcare Assistant for our Inpatient Unit in Watford. This full-time role supports the inpatient service across a 7-day pattern, delivering compassionate, evidence-based care within a multidisciplinary team.

You will work thirteen 11.5-hour shifts per month, with an unpaid break, and assist with out-of-hours community service calls while upholding our values of dignity and person-centred care.