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Senior Palliative Care Assistant (Senior Healthcare Assistant)
NHS
Wolverhampton
On-site
GBP 25,000
Full time
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Job summary
An established industry player is seeking a Senior Palliative Care Assistant to deliver compassionate care to individuals with complex conditions. This role involves providing emotional support to patients and their families while working closely with healthcare teams. You'll have the opportunity to make a significant impact in the community, ensuring that those facing life-limiting conditions receive the highest quality of care. With a focus on professional development and a supportive work environment, this position offers a rewarding career path for dedicated individuals.
Benefits
Qualifications
- Experience in providing care in health or social settings.
- Demonstrated compassion and sensitivity towards service users.
Responsibilities
- Deliver healthcare to patients and provide emotional support.
- Collaborate with internal colleagues and external health community.
Skills
Education
Tools
Job description
Job summary
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
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.
You will need experience of providing care in a health or social setting along with an NVQ level 3 in care or equivalent.
You will need to have excellent verbal and written communication skills and be able to demonstrate compassion and sensitivity towards our service users and colleagues.
You should be proficient in using IT, familiar with packages such as Word and Excel. Please refer to the full Job Description for further details and requirements for the role.
We offer the following 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 accreditation 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, our living well centre, and supportive care services.
Date posted: 24 April 2025
Pay scheme: Other
Salary: £24,350 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: VPB6F0113A
Job locations: Wolverhampton, WV3 9DH
Job responsibilities
Senior Palliative Care Assistant (Senior Health Care Assistant)
Location: Wolverhampton, WV3 9DH
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £24,350
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.
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