Palliative Care Support Worker (Inpatient Unit)

St Michaels Hospice; Hereford; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS pension

Life Assurance

Study leave

Discounts with local suppliers

30 days annual leave

Job summary

St Michaels Hospice in Hereford is recruiting two Palliative Care Support Workers to join our IPU team on a 12-month fixed-term basis. One role is 37.5 hours per week and the other 24 hours per week, with shifts rotating across days, nights, weekends and bank holidays.

You will work in a large multidisciplinary team delivering high-quality, individualised palliative care and supporting the nursing staff. The role requires excellent communication and the ability to build supportive relationships

Qualifications

• Must have effective communication skills.
• Ability to establish supportive and working relationships with patients, families and the MDT.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on palliative care to patients in the IPU.
• Support nursing staff and ensure high-quality care delivery.
• Participate in 24/7 IPU care coverage with rotating shifts.

Skills

Effective communication

Empathy

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Job description

We are looking to recruit 1 x 37.5 hours per week ,1 x 24 hours per week both are fixed term for 12 months role. You will be part of a large multidisciplinary team providing high quality, individualised, hands on palliative care to our patients in our IPU (Inpatient Unit) team. As a Palliative Care Support Worker, you will be able to provide the best possible care for our patients and you will provide support to our nursing team. The position will be located in our IPU team, which is open 7 days a week covering 24 hour care. Shifts will be rotational, to include days/nights/weekends/bank holidays., The role of the Palliative Care Support Worker is to ensure that St Michael's is able to continue to deliver high quality palliative care and support to our patients and their families. This role requires effective communication, and the ability to establish supportive and working relationships with our patients and families as well as our Multidisciplinary team. Shift times are 0730-1530, 1200-2000, 0730-2000, 1600-2200, 1930-0800. This post is conditional to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check. St Michael's Hospice is nestled in the stunning Herefordshire countryside, in a state-of-the-art facility. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, a transferrable NHS pension or you can enrol onto our own Hospice pension. We offer Life Assurance, a superb working environment and facility, generous study leave allowance, discounts with local suppliers, individualised training needs analysis, advanced communication skills training, employee counselling service, free tea & coffee, a friendly & welcoming work environment and 30 days annual leave (pro rata if applicable), plus bank holidays. We are one of the top 100 best not for profit organisations to work for and have been caring to make a difference, to patients living with a terminal illness and their families, across Herefordshire and beyond for over 40 years.