Hospice at Home Health Care Assistant in Woking

Woking and Sam Beare Hospice In Patient Unit is looking for a passionate, dynamic and enthusiastic Health Care Assistant to join our incredible team. Here at the hospice, we pride ourselves on giving exceptionally high standards of care to patients and their families through some of the most challenging times of their lives. Our charity-based service specialises in palliative and end of life care for patients with complex life limiting illnesses who live in the North-West Surrey area.

In addition to the wonderful environment, we have a keen focus on education and development. Our education team supports excellent training sessions taught by our in-house experts. Furthermore, our staff are encouraged and supported to increase their professional skills through courses and university modules. Recent examples of our commitment to developing our team include:

• NA to RN apprenticeships
• HCA to NA apprenticeships
• CNS supported and developed to join our medical team as a Non-Medical Prescriber/ANP
• Staff Nurse to Senior Staff Nurse
• Senior Staff Nurse into Clinical Nurse Specialist positions in our community team

A successful Health Care Assistant will be:

• Caring and compassionate
• Willing to develop their knowledge and skills
• Experience of palliative care is desirable but not essential as we can offer support through our training and development programme
• To have excellent communication and interpersonal skills

A successful candidate will have:

• Applicants must have the right to work in the UK without sponsorship. We are unable to offer sponsorship or visa assistance for this position.
• Willingness to work towards Care Certificate or NVQ 3 (QCF Level 3 or equivalent)
• Experience of caring for patients in a health or social care setting
• Experience of working as part of a team
• Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

This role is Band 3 depending on experience and qualification.

We are passionate about our colleagues' careers. Along with our commitment to provide every colleague with a personal development plan to achieve their vocational goals, we provide the following industry leading benefits:

• Annual Leave: 27 days, rising to 30 days with service, 33 days for 10 years NHS service
• Free Parking
• Discounted Complementary Therapies including massages and reflexology
• Blue Light Discount Card
• On-Site Cafe with affordable hot and cold food options

Job responsibilities include:

• To work under the direction of a Registered Nurse both independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team to deliver holistic, high quality care to palliative and end of life care patients, their carers and relatives in the Community and/or on our Inpatient Unit.
• To participate in a seven day per week operational service; currently recruiting for day shifts only.

Person Specification:

• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Experience of working in a social care setting.
• Experience of working with vulnerable people.

Qualifications:

• Care Certificate, NVQ 3 (QCF level 3 or equivalent)
• Any other relevant care qualifications.

Skills required include:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Effective time management and organisation skills.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.