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Job summary

Main area
Palliative
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
251-MED3447PC
Employer
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Winchester
Town
Winchester
Salary
£22,816 - £24,336 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
31/07/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Homecare Support Worker

Band 3

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

 

Job overview

We looking to recruit enthusiastic and passionate Homecare Support Workers to work at our Winchester Hospice and support our patients within their home setting.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the fantastic team who will work in the new Winchester Hospice, caring for Palliative Care patients at all different stages of their disease trajectory.

Main duties of the job

The role of the Clinical Support Worker is to assist and support the qualified health professionals in ensuring optimal care for our patients. The delivery of high quality, effective and compassionate health care to the patients of the Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust is the most important objective for the organisation.

Working for our organisation

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.  We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.

 

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

Person specification

Training and Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • NVQ level 3 or equivalent or above in Health or Health and Social care or working towards an award.

Experience and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Able to demonstrate current knowledge and identify own learning needs

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Able to work flexibly and to work without direct supervision and to be able to adapt to ensure achievement of objectives within constantly changing situations and environments.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveWe offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Disability confident employerDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - GoldArmed Forces Covenant

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Donna Coombs
Job title
Clinical Matron
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01962 825035
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