Health Care Assistant Prospect

Would you like to join a friendly, supportive and dedicated team? Are you passionate about providing the best possible care to patients with life-limiting illnesses in their own homes? If so, we would love to hear from you.

The Prospect@Home team delivers a service that helps people who are living with a life-limiting illness stay in their own homes, if they wish to do so, as they approach the end of their lives. In this rewarding role, you will make a positive difference to people with end of life care needs in their own homes in your local area.

Hours:

30 per week.

The role will be a combination of days and nights. Night service hours are from 19:00 to 07:00 and long days from 07:00 to 19:00 (some flexibility around working split shifts in the day can be considered).

As a healthcare assistant in our Prospect@Home team you will deliver an exceptionally high standard of end-of-life care and emotional support, day and night, to patients and their families. You will provide person-centred care, including providing planned and urgently required personal care and emotional support. Dependent on your skills and competencies, some more skilled clinical tasks may be required to be performed in patients homes.

You will have the support of an amazing team with opportunities to build and develop your career including educational courses to develop your skills.

The health care assistant role requires independent working in the community; you must be adaptable, reliable and highly organised in order to prioritise your workload effectively. Experience of working with people with long terms conditions or approaching the end of their life will be an advantage but not essential.

A demonstrable insight into palliative care is ideal and a sensitive communication style is essential.

In this role you will be expected to rotate roles and work shifts on our inpatient unit and work flexibly across both teams as needed.

Prospect Hospice is an independent hospice supporting a community of 300,000 people in Swindon, Marlborough and North Wiltshire, and the villages of Lechlade and Fairford in Gloucestershire.

It is the only dedicated provider of specialist end of life care services within its locality. The Hospices multi-professionals teams support people in the community, in care homes, at the Great Western Hospital and at the Hospice in Wroughton. Care is also extended to the families and friends of patients.