Job summary
- Main area
- Palliative medicine
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 337-NP-7942MF
- Employer
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Meadow House Hospice
- Town
- Southall,Middlesex
- Salary
- £26,696 PA Inc HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Health Care Assistant
Band 2
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH
Find out more about Our HEART values
Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits
Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy
We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.
Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.
- H onesty
- E quity
- A ccountability
- R espect
- T eamwork
These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and dynamic individual to join our team in the inpatient unit at Meadow House Hospice.
We are passionate about improving our service and delivering high quality, individualised care to our patients. Our staff's are at the centre of everything we do. We offer support throughout your time with us, with regular personal development reviews and individualized objectives to support professional and personal development with in the unit.
Main duties of the job
MAIN DUTIES:
To ensure patients’ comfort, safety and dignity at all times.
To assist patients with all activities of daily living they are unable to carry out for themselves.
To support patients in meeting their psychosocial and spiritual needs.
To assist with admissions to the unit by ensuring patients and their carers are greeted in a
welcoming and courteous manner.
To support trained nurses in ensuring the safe discharge of patients from the unit.
To demonstrate an understanding and awareness of and respect for the multicultural needs of
patients and their carers.
To assist with maintenance of safety on the unit at all times.
To ensure infection control procedures are complied with at all times.
To participate in internal rotation within the in-patient unit.
To work temporarily in Day Hospice if required.
To attend unit meetings and debriefing sessions as required.
To take responsibility for meeting own mandatory training requirements in a timely manner.
Working for our organisation
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Shortlisting Criteria
Essential criteria
- Education(GCE/GCSE/CSE)
Desirable criteria
- NVQ
Shortlisting
Essential criteria
- Knowledge and experience
Desirable criteria
- Excellent communication Skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Anna Abey
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02089675016
- Additional information
We regret to inform you that we are unable to contact everyone who has not been shortlisted for an interview, therefore if you do not hear from us with in 2 weeks after the closing date, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.
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