Senior Palliative Care Assistant (Senior Healthcare Assistant)

Senior Palliative Care Assistant (Senior Healthcare Assistant)

As a Senior Palliative Care Assistant, you will provide accessible, innovative, and influential care for people living with complex and incurable conditions in our communities, as well as supporting their families and carers.

Main duties of the job

1. You will participate in delivering healthcare to patients and providing emotional and psychological support, working in partnership with the patient and in collaboration with internal colleagues and the external health community.
2. You will need experience of providing care in a health or social setting along with an NVQ level 3 in care or equivalent.
3. You will need to have excellent verbal and written communication skills and be able to demonstrate compassion and sensitivity towards service users and colleagues.
4. You should be able to use IT and be familiar with packages such as Word and Excel.
5. Please refer to the full Job Description for further details and requirements for the role.

Benefits

• Generous annual leave entitlement increasing with long service.
• A contributory pension scheme with salary sacrifice or transfer of NHS pension for those in patient-facing roles.
• Death in service benefit at two times salary (for those not in an NHS pension scheme).
• Employee assistance programme and 24/7 GP access. Blue Light card accredited and access to a discount platform. Career progression and development opportunities. Free onsite car parking at Compton Hall.

About us

Compton Care is proud to provide care and support to those living with life-limiting conditions through several dedicated but interconnected services including our inpatient unit, community care, living well centre, and supportive care services.

Job responsibilities

Senior Palliative Care Assistant (Senior Healthcare Assistant)

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

As a Senior Palliative Care Assistant, you will provide accessible, innovative, and influential care for people living with complex and incurable conditions in our communities, as well as supporting their families and carers.

Please refer to the full job description for further details.

Person Specification

General Requirements

• Please refer to the job description above.
• Please refer to the job description above.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A submission for Disclosure will be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to check for any previous criminal convictions.