Healthcare Assistant - In-Patient Unit

Job summary

These roles are to support the Inpatient Unit and is required over a 7-day period and work thirteen 11.5 hour worked shifts in a month (plus 1 hour unpaid break). You will need to support the effective management of out of hours calls for our community services.

Main duties of the job

Proactively contribute to the delivery of high-quality safe evidence-based care. Deliver high quality specialist palliative and end of life care as part of the Inpatient Unit multidisciplinary team. Under the direction of a multi skilled team, support the assessment, planning, and evaluation of individualised patient centred care, ensuring a holistic approach that is sensitive and responsive to the patients' ever-changing needs. To support the smooth running of a shift, ensuring staff and patients are safe. To support the management of calls (call handling service) for all our community services. As a member of the wider organisation, demonstrate delivery of the agreed vision and values.

About us

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 of access to a wide range of palliative care and bereavement services across West Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire. 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.

Job responsibilities

• Proactively contribute to the delivery of high-quality safe evidence-based care.
• Deliver high quality specialist palliative and end of life care as part of the Inpatient Unit multidisciplinary team.
• Under the direction of a multi skilled team, support the assessment, planning, and evaluation of individualised patient centred care, ensuring a holistic approach that is sensitive and responsive to the patients' ever-changing needs.
• To support the smooth running of a shift, ensuring staff and patients are safe. To support the management of calls (call handling service) for all our community services.
• As a member of the wider organisation, demonstrate delivery of the agreed vision and values.
• Please see attached Job Description for full details.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Care certificate / NVQ qualified level 2 or evidence of working at equivalent or apprenticeship standard in health or social care.
• Previous experience in a health and social care work setting.
• IT experience and willingness to input into an electronic record system following induction training.
• Willing to undertake direction and delegated duties reporting concerns.
• Ability to always establish and maintain effective communication.
• An understanding of the importance of safeguarding adults.
• Sensitivity and understanding to the needs of your team and customers, many of whom may have experienced Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care services or be bereaved.

Desirable

• Experience of supporting palliative and end of life care patients and their families.
• An understanding of palliative and hospice care.