Healthcare Assistant

Healthcare Assistant - In-patient Unit (IPU)/ Hospice at Home

Doyou have experience of working within Healthcare or Caring for others?

Haveyou worked alone or in a team within an IPU and home environment?

Doyou drive/hold a full UK manual driving licence?

If you have the ability to:

Providea consistently high standard of palliative and end of life nursing care across all our services, keeping up the excellent reputation of the Hospice

Sensitively,care for patients and their families on the ward or in their homes, respectingthe privacy and dignity of the patient and their families / loved ones at alltimes

Communicatewell both verbally with your patient and their family / loved ones and alsohave the ability to document clear and concise notes

Ifyou are a team player with a strong can do work ethic and ideally have workedpreviously within a care setting plus you can work flexibly across all hospiceservices and have a full UK driving licence we are looking for you!

With short shifts or long days, regular breaks, free parking on site and a modern, stateof the art in-patient unit and/or working within our community, 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 have both day and evening shifts available with full and part time positions considered. Day shift hours include evenings, weekends and bank holidays.

As an equal opportunities employer, Dr Kershaws is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on thebasis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity,race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civilpartnership.

At Dr Kershaws Hospice, you are at the heart of everything we do. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage and welcome suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us. We empower our employees todrive change through our internal Green Group. We are committed to fostering adiverse, inclusive, and environmentally responsible workplace, contributing toa better, more sustainable world.

JOB DESCRIPTION

TITLE:Healthcare Assistant (HCA)

ACCOUNTABLE TO: Director of Clinical Services

RESPONSIBLE TO: Director of Clinical Services

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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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.