| Posting date: | 11 September 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Negotiable |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 October 2024 |
| Location: | Woking, GU21 3LG |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | B0107-24-0028 |
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen at Woking and Sam Beare Hospice for a Health Care Assistant to join our friendly community specialist palliative care/Hospice at Home team. The team deliver and continue to develop palliative care services for people facing progressive and life limiting conditions across our catchment area in Northwest Surrey.
Our community team consists of Clinical Nurse Specialists, Associate Clinical Nurse Specialists, Paramedics, Registered Nurses, Healthcare Assistants and Specialist Doctors. We work closely alongside out therapy team which includes Occupational therapists, Physiotherapists and Therapy assistants. All our patients and carers have access to Counselling services and the Wellbeing unit. The hospice also has a 20 bed Inpatient Unit. The ability to travel in your own car to visit patients at home is essential.
We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic health care assistant who is patient focused and passionate about palliative care. Excellent communication skills and the ability to liaise with patients and staff at all levels are essential.
The hospice is dedicated to staff development and progression opportunities. The team will mentor, invest, develop, teach, and help the candidate to achieve their goals along their development journey.
Main duties of the job
To support Patients with palliative or end of life prognosis and their families/carers to achieve their preferred place of care.
To work under the supervision of Registered General Nurses, Clinical Nurse/Paramedic Specialists to develop knowledge and expertise in Palliative care whilst providing a timely service.
Assisting Registered General Nurses to manage a caseload of patients supporting with personal care visits, telephone calls, bereavement support and symptom management.
About us
In return for your skills, you can expect to join a caring multidisciplinary team working in a beautiful Hospice in the heart of Northwest Surrey. Our vision is to enable all of those with life-limiting illnesses to live life to the full and to equip them to die with choice and dignity.
Woking and Sam Beare Hospiceis a regional charity organisation working closely with itsNHS partners to provide excellent care to patients and their families. Operating from a bespoke building in Goldsworth Park in Woking, the Charity provides inpatient and community services across Northwest Surrey. Goldsworth Park is close to all major road networks and the Hospice offers ample free car parking.
To apply for this job please visit findajob.dwp.gov.uk.