End of Life Care Healthcare Assistant

Marie Curie is recruiting Band 2 Healthcare Assistants to join a well-established community team across Bristol, Somerset and Gloucestershire. The role is part-time permanent, 18 and 36 hours per week, night shift 22:00pm – 07:00am. As a community-based role, you will plan your own work, respond to changes in patient conditions, prioritise care needs including hygiene, nutrition and hydration, comfort, monitoring vitals, and more as detailed in the personalised care plan, and escalate appropriately to senior staff within the multidisciplinary team in a timely manner.

Responsibilities

planning own work; responding to changes in patient conditions; prioritising care needs including hygiene, nutrition and hydration, comfort, monitoring vitals, and more as detailed in the personalised care plan; ensuring you escalate appropriately to senior staff within the multidisciplinary team in a timely manner

Requirements

National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) Level 2 in Health and Social Care OR an equivalent; 6 Months care delivery experience (current) in a Health or Social Care Environment; Hold a current and valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle which includes business insurance; Knowledge of palliative and end of life care; Hold person centred conversations, Communicate sensitively with the person and those important to them in a nonjudgmental, empathetic, supportive, and professional manner; Participate in the assessment, care planning, review and evaluation of holistic care management plans within the multidisciplinary team; Undertake risk assessments to support safe delivery of care.

Benefits

Annual leave allowance 27 days plus 8 public holidays (pro rata); Competitive Policy for parental/sick Leave; Continuous Professional development; Industry leading training programmes; Season ticket loan for travelling to and from work; Defined contribution schemes for Pension; Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme; Loan schemes for bikes; computers and satellite navigation systems; Introduce a friend scheme; Help with eye care costs; Entitled to Marie Curie Blue Light Card; Entitled to Benefit-Hub Discount Scheme; Life assurance – for all employees; 15% discount in Marie Curie stores; enhancements 41% for Mon-Sat and 83% for Sun & Bank Holidays