Bank Healthcare Assistant

Employee benefits overview

At Rennie Grove Peace, we are committed to creating a workplace where our staff can develop their careers and make a real difference.
A summary of benefits is below:

Competitive salaries

Generous holiday entitlement

Health Cash Plan

Salary£13.21 per hour

LocationRennie Grove Peace Hospice Care Geographical areas - Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire

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The Vacancy

Bank Healthcare Assistant

• Hours:bank

• Location:Rennie Grove Peace Geographical Area

• Salary:£13.21 per hour

• Closing date:15 October at 12 noon

• Interview date:TBC

The role of Healthcare Assistant is in place to provide end of life care to patients in their own homes in the final weeks of life.

• We are looking for caring staff who could provide personal care to patients in their last weeks of life.
• If you think this is you then we can offer a variety of shift patterns to suit working across a 7 day week.
• You will be visiting patients living in your local area, who wish to be cared for in their own home.
• You will provide support with washing, dressing, nutrition, and skin care.
• During your visit you will spend time talking to patients and their relatives, using your skills to ascertain the best possible care for the individual.
• Visits are mainly provided by 2 carers, but there are times when you will visit alone, so you must have access to your own car.
• Experience is not essential as training will be given but ideally you will have had some experience of prior caring i.e. for a dying relative, childcare etc.

What you will do

• Demonstrate and maintain consistently high standards of individualised personal care and support under guidance of Management.
• Work alongside the patient’s families and/or health care professionals, maintaining an approach that incorporates physical, psychological, social and spiritual aspects of care in accordance with the Rennie Grove Peace philosophy.
• Observe and report changes in the patient’s symptoms, conditions and circumstances to the management and notify other healthcare professionals as necessary.
• Work in accordance with the patient’s agreed care plan.
• Responsible for identifying and acting on any risk of safeguarding to patients and their families in accordance with the Rennie Grove Peace policies.

What you will need

• All candidates musthave the right to work in the UK.
• We do not sponsor for this role and due to the minimal hours required for this role, we cannot progress applications for candidates sponsored by another employer.
• Manual handling and/or heavy lifting.
• Full, current valid UK driving licence.
• Access to a vehicle which can be used for work purposes.
• Car insurance, including business cover
• Disclosure and Barring Services Check: Enhanced – child and adult
• A good level of IT literacy is required, including confidence in using Microsoft Office applications, email, and other digital systems relevant to the role

Our commitment to Equality and Diversity

At Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care we strive to continuously demonstrate our values. These values are embedded in our recruitment and selection process, and we are fully committed to equality, diversity and inclusion in both our workforce and within our culture.

If you are disabled and best meet the minimum requirements for the job specification, we will invite you to interview. You can contact us to let us know if you need any adjustments during the recruitment process.

The Company

At Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care, we’re all about making every moment matter for our patients and families, and you can play your part in that. We will support people of all ages who are affected by a progressive life- limiting illness (and those who care for them), to live as well as possible by providing choice and ease access to a wide range of palliative care and bereavement services across Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire. We provide care and support for adults and children diagnosed with cancer and other life-limiting illness, and their families, visiting day and night. It’s important work and, to make it all happen, we need talented and passionate people.

At Rennie Grove Peace, we are committed to creating a workplace where our staff can develop their careers and make a real difference.
A summary of benefits is below:

We offer competitive salaries
All roles are benchmarked against the external market and against the NHS pay structure for Clinical employees.

Plan your future with our Pension scheme options
Standard Life scheme with matched contributions; up to 7% (with a min of 4% employee contribution) or options for continuation in the NHS pension scheme for eligible staff.

Protected with Life Assurance
2x salary paid in the event of death for eligible employees up to age 75.

Family friendly policies
Including enhanced maternity, adoption and paternity pay.Pro-rata for part time roles.

We pay professional registration fees for eligible employees in clinical roles

We reimburse your travel expenses
Eligible employees can claim travel expenses for mileage that qualifies for payment (subject to HMRC rules).

Additional employee discounts available
Including retail, entertainment and services discounts, including the Blue LightCard (subject to purchase ofmembership).

Achieving a work-life balance is important. We want you to enjoy your work and take valuable time out to relax and be with your loved ones. We enable this through the following:

Flexible working
Including hybrid, part time, job share (depending on role requirements).

Generous holiday entitlement
27 days per annum, plus bank holidays. Increasing to 30 days at 5 years and 33 days at 10 years’ service. (Pro-rata for part-time roles)

Birthday leave

Religious holidays

We are mindful of individual requests.

Your health and wellbeing is important, and we offer you options to support you in maintaining your health.

Health Cash Plan

• Rennie Grove Peace funded membership for you and up to four children.
• Membership can be extended to include your partner, at the employee’s expense.
• Including financial support for health screening, prescriptions, dental/optical, diagnostic tests/consultations, physiotherapy, chiropody, complementary/alternative therapies, as well as virtual GP services and discounted health club membership (subject to eligibility).
• Employee Assistance Programme – free 24/7 confidential service, offering unlimited access to advice, information, coaching and counselling, where appropriate.

Additional rules apply, these can be discussed with you.

We are committed in supporting your personal growth and development and we provide a range of opportunities, including:

• Comprehensive induction programme to help you settle in quickly.
• Regular development conversations with your Line Manager.
• Training and development opportunities including externally funded courses and coaching, where appropriate.
• Specialist palliative training for clinicians and non-clinicians.
• Clinical supervision training and mentoring for clinicians.
• Protected and dedicated time given to learning and developing.
• Employee Voice – fantastic opportunities to join collaborative focus groups.
• Opportunity to develop through our exciting programme of fundraising events and social occasions.

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