Nursing Assistant (Inpatient Units & Hospice at Home)

The Myton Hospices; Leek Wootton; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A compassionate care provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a Nursing Assistant to join their Myton at Home team and Inpatient Units. This position involves providing expert and compassionate care to patients in their homes or at hospice facilities. Candidates should have experience with life-limiting conditions, strong communication skills, and be willing to work towards an NVQ/QCF level 3. The role offers numerous benefits, including NHS pension, extensive leave, and staff support services.

Benefits

NHS pension

28 days annual leave + bank holidays

Free parking at our hospice sites

24/7 GP access

Qualifications

• Experience of caring for patients and families with life-limiting/life-threatening conditions.
• UK driving licence required.
• Willingness to work towards NVQ/QCF level 3.

Responsibilities

• Support Registered Nurses to deliver holistic nursing care.
• Assist patients with personal and emotional care.
• Communicate sensitively with patients, families, and caregivers.

Skills

Compassion

Communication skills

Understanding of safeguarding

Education

NVQ/QCF level 3 (or equivalent)

Job description

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Nursing Assistant to work across our Myton at Home team and our Inpatient Units. These services provide expert and compassionate care to patients either in the ward or in their own homes, at a crucial time in their lives.

Our Nursing Assistants

• Support Registered Nurses to deliver holistic nursing care
• Communicate sensitively with patients, families and caregivers
• Assess and respond to patients' needs
• Maintain patient records
• Assist patients with personal and emotional care

This role involves home visits within the Warwickshire area. You will be based at our Warwick Hospice but required to work at our Rugby and Coventry Hospices on occasion.

Qualifications

• Experience of caring for patients and families with life-limiting/life-threatening conditions
• Understanding of safeguarding
• Compassion
• Communication skills
• NVQ/QCF level 3 (or equivalent), or willingness to work towards this
• UK driving licence
• The right to work in the UK

Other roles you may have experience of could include: Healthcare Assistant, HCA, Health Care Assistant, Care Support Worker, Carer.

We will carry out an enhanced DBS check including the children's and adult's barred list if you are appointed, because you will be working in regulated activity with patients and their families. We will cover the cost of the check.

At The Myton Hospices, we provide specialist care and support for people with life-limiting illnesses, and their loved ones, from the point of diagnosis to end of life. We are a much-loved and well supported charity, at the heart of our community. We have three hospices, a range of community services, and 25 charity shops in Coventry and Warwickshire.

We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and from ethnic minorities, who are currently under-represented in our hospices. We also believe our interview process should be inclusive and transparent. If there is anything missing, or a way we can improve, please do let us know.

Myton is an amazing place to work, where the role every person plays has a positive impact for our patients, living with terminal illnesses, and their families. In recognition of this, we offer a wide range of benefits including:

Benefits of working at Myton

• NHS pension
• 28 days annual leave + bank holidays, increasing with long service
• Additional leave purchasing
• Free parking at our hospice sites
• Winter savings club
• Discount schemes including Blue Light Card
• Dedicated staff wellbeing team & mental health first aiders
• Colleague Support Service: confidential financial, legal & mental health support
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free on-site flu jabs
• Free feminine hygiene products
• 24/7 GP access
• Free eye tests
• #DoingOurBit online fitness and wellbeing platform