Healthcare Assistant

• Do you have experience of working within Healthcare or Caring for others?
• Have you worked alone or in a team within the Community?
• Can you work flexible hours days/evenings
• Do you drive a manual car and hold a full UK manual driving licence/have business car insurance?

Healthcare Assistant - Caring Hands

• Do you have experience of working within Healthcare or Caring for others?
• Have you worked alone or in a team within the Community?
• Can you work flexible hours days/evenings
• Do you drive a manual car and hold a full UK manual driving licence/have business car insurance?

• Provide a consistently high standard of palliative nursing care keeping up the reputation of the Hospice
• Sensitively, care for clients and their families in their own homes, respecting the privacy and dignity of the client and their families at all times
• Communicate well both verbally with your client and their family but also in writing to the Home Care Coordinator/Community Services Manager

If you are a team player with a strong can do work ethic and ideally have worked previously within a care setting plus you can work flexibly across all hospice services and have a full UK driving licence we are looking for you!

We are an inclusive organisation, that promotes equality, and embraces the diversity of our community. We are open and transparent with our staff, and invest in your training and development. We treat all our staff, patients, and volunteers, with the utmost respect and dignity and are compassionate to their needs in this ever-changing world. If you align with our values, then Dr Kershaws is the place for you;

start a new career today and join our growing team that puts our local community and our patients at the heart of everything we do!

With short shifts or long days, regular breaks, free parking on site we provide a good work life balance to all ourstaff, including wellbeing activities and support.

Thewellbeing of our staff is key at the Hospice and we provide, a food bank,subsidised meals, counsellor and complementary therapy as well as hold regular

Nurse Forums and team social activities, across the Hospice. If applicants areNHS staff you may be able to continue to contribute to your NHS pension,alternatively Dr Kershaws Pension is offered.

Dr Kershaws is an independent Hospice serving the people of Oldham and surrounding districts and a registered charity.

At Dr Kershaws patients are at the heart of everything we do. Since 1989, our mission has been to add quality to the lives of those with life limiting illness. Our values and principles of behaviour are key to all we do.

To achieve all this, we need enthusiastic, self-motivated and pro-active people with a desire to care for others, and who are reliable, interested in working in a healthcare setting and share our values.

We are expanding our HCA team and have both day and evening shifts available with full and part time positions considered. Day shift hours include evenings, weekends and bank holidays. Part time or full time hours available / flexible over 7 days (Mon to Sun), early (06.45hrs 14.15hrs) and late shift (15.45hrs 22.15hrs)

Employee benefits include:
Company Pension, 27 days holiday (pro-rata), unsocial hours payments, vehicle provision for community visits, Blue Light Card (discounts), and Wellbeing activities.

JOB DESCRIPTION

TITLE:Healthcare Assistant (HCA)

ACCOUNTABLE TO:Director of Clinical Services

RESPONSIBLE TO: Director of Clinical Services

HOURS: Full / Part time

LOCATION: Dr Kershaws Hospice

ROLE SUMMARY
:
To work asa member of the Hospices
team to provide a consistently high standard
of direct nursing care to the patient and their significant others both in the Hospice and across community services

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MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Sound basic education in English and Mathematics.

NVQ level 2 in Health Care/ Care Certificate or equivalent desirable

Previous experience in palliative care setting desirable.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1.To work with the multidisciplinary team assisting to achieve a consistently high standard of care for patients and their significant others both in the Hospice and community services.

2.To apply the Hospice values and principles of behavior to uphold the good reputation of the Hospice

3.To develop good communications with the patient and the family passing on all relevant information to the Nurse in Charge/Care Coordinator

4.To inform Nurse in Charge/Care Coordinator of any change in the patients condition.

5.To liaise with the Hospice staff as necessary to maintain the comfort and well-beingof the client.

6.To respect the privacy and dignity of the patient and their significant others atall times.

7.Support patients to take their prescribed medication, and complete MAR Chart (Caring Hands).

8.Be a counter signatory on the receipt, administration and stock balance checks of Controlled Drugs, following the completion…