This Health Care Assistant post sits in the community team at St Michael's Hospice, which supports people in Hastings and Rother. The work centres on home visits and telephone advice for patients and families, including support with loss, grief and dying. The post also covers the Specialist Palliative Care Telephone Support Line and works alongside other clinicians. Palliative care experience is welcome but not required, so transferable experience can be enough to apply.
What the job involves
- Work as a key member of the interdisciplinary team to meet the holistic needs of patients, families and carers
- Support patients to fulfil their personal priorities and goals
- Work on the Specialist Palliative Care Telephone Support Line
- Provide compassionate, dignified palliative care to patients at the end of life and those close to them, in the hospice or community
- Make home visits to patients and families
- Give telephone advice and support
- Support people openly and honestly with sensitive topics including loss, grief and dying
- Build natural, trusted rapport with patients and families
What's required
Experience
- Transferable skills and experience
Skills & knowledge
- Excellent communication skills
- Sound judgement
- Commitment to patient-centred interdisciplinary team working
- Passion for palliative care
Nice to have
- Palliative care experience
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
