Senior Care Worker

NHS; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health service provider in Grimsby is seeking a Senior Care Worker to deliver essential health and social care to palliative patients and their families. The ideal candidate will have relevant qualifications and a minimum of one year's experience in a similar role. Flexible hours and a supportive work culture are offered, along with various employee benefits.

Benefits

Contributory pension scheme

Full induction programme

Extensive CPD opportunities

Qualifications

• Minimum of one year's recent experience caring for palliative/end of life care patients.
• Experience in a palliative care environment preferred.
• Computer literacy, working to ECDL qualification.

Responsibilities

• Deliver nursing & social care needs to patients and families.
• Support and respite care in the community.
• Maintain clear and accurate records.

Skills

Effective communication/customer care skills

Ability to work within a team

Knowledge of patient and family needs

Ability to respond to changes in patient conditions

Ability to deal with emotional circumstances

Education

NVQ level 3 Health & Social Care

Palliative care course for health care assistants

Job description

We are looking for Senior Care Workers to join our service.

The Haven team provides Health & Social Care services to palliative/end of life care patients and families in their own homes.

The service provides 24/7 health and social care support for people who are:

• At the End of their Life and need support to remain at home.
• People who have an advanced and progressive palliative condition that require short term support due to an unstable event or crisis situation.

The service is a support service working in conjunction with the community nursing teams, however the service will provide registered nursing support and all patients referred to the service will be case managed by a registered nurse.

The team will provide a mix of health and social care to the patient and their family to enable people to meet their preferred priorities of care and preferred place of death.

The service will work through a central point of referral and care support will be agreed by the support at home co-ordinator.

Please note that Care Plus Group are not currently registered to sponsor applicants from outside the EU and EEA.

Main duties of the job

Senior Care Worker

Haven Team, Care Plus Group

Based at: St Andrews Hospice, Grimsby

94 hours available, Full and part time hours

Rota pattern:You will be required to work a rota pattern whichincludes weekends and Bank Holidays, Shifts are a combination of 8am-1pm& 5-10pm (split), and 8am-4.30pm andincludes weekends and bank holidays

Salary Range 3£24,968 per annum - fixed salary point (pay award pending)

The Haven team provides Health & Social Careservices to palliative/end of life care patients and families in their ownhomes. Day services are available between 8am-10pm and night care 10pm -8am.

You will be responsible for the day today delivery of nursing & social care needs, support and respite care topatients and their families in the community.

A Level 3qualification in Health and Social care (or willing to complete) is essentialalong with a minimum of one year recent experience of caring for people andfamilies. Experience of working within apalliative or community setting preferred.

Effective communication/customer care skills areessential along with a caring, compassionate manner and the ability to workwithin a team. Knowledge andunderstanding of the needs and issues of patients and families withpalliative/end of life conditions is desirable.

It is essential that you have the ability to transport selfand equipment across locations within North East Lincolnshire, to deadlines. Pool cars are available to use for this.

About us

Care Plus Group is an employee owned Social Enterprise, establishedin 2011 to deliver NHS community health and social care services and employover 800 people. A key feature of our organisation is the positive culture wehave developed which is based on valuing, trusting, engagement, and involvementof our staff.

We consistently deliver high quality innovative services across NELincolnshire, reflected in an ongoing above 95% customer satisfaction feedback.Our services have received national recognition/commendations and Awardsincluding winning a national HSJ award in November 2021. We hold thehighest possible standard of ISO accreditation and are committed to reducingour carbon footprint.

We offer excellent terms and conditions includingoptional membership to a contributory pension scheme, Independent Providerclosed access to the NHS pension scheme, lease cars, a full induction programmeand an extensive range of CPD/development opportunities. We recognisecontinuous service from partner Health and Care organisations for the purposesof annual leave entitlement.

We are a supportive employer and operate in a waywhich supports family friendly and flexible working. CPG is an equal opportunities employer,committed to safeguarding the welfare of vulnerable adults and expect the samecommitment from all staff and volunteers. As a Disability Confident employer,we will interview all disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria.

Job responsibilities

The job descriptionis attached as a separate document with the person specification - please refer to itfor more information

Person Specification

Other

• Ability to demonstrate commitment to CPG core values
• Ability to transport self and equipment to varying work locations across the area, to deadlines
• Flexible approach to working patterns

Experience

• A minimum of one year`s recent experience of caring for palliative/end of life care patients
• Experience of working in a Palliative care environment whether community /hospice setting

Knowledge & Skills

• Ability to work unsupervised
• Ability to respond to changes in patient conditions and deal with unpredictable situations
• Ability to prioritise a patient`s care needs.
• Ability to maintain clear and accurate records.
• Ability to deal with emotional/distressing circumstances. Empathy and caring approach.
• Insight and understanding of the needs of patients and their families. carers, who are in the last weeks/months of life at home.
• Knowledge of consent and patient confidentiality
• Teaching/demonstrating skills to others
• Computer literacy, working to ECDL qualification
• Understanding of the role and function of health and social care services and other agencies.
• Understanding of the role and function of specialist palliative care services eg Macmillan nurses, hospice

Qualifications

• NVQ level 3 Health & Social Care
• Palliative care course for health care assistants

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.