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Job summary

Main area
Health care assistant
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week (part time hours considered, Internal rotation days/nights)
Job ref
269-SFT8773
Employer
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Town
Salisbury
Salary
£24,071 - £25,674 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
28/11/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust logo

Senior Health Care Assistant - Hospice at Home

Band 3

 


Job overview

Are you passionate about palliative and end of life care?

Do you have experience of working with patients in the community or senior health care experience?

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Hospice at Home team (H@H).  Working alongside the multidisciplinary team the H@H team provide high quality palliative and end of life care to patients wishing to remain in their own home. 

We are inviting applications from candidates with a passion for palliative care and end of life care, looking for career development in this area. Candidates will need to work flexibly within the H@H service providing social, emotional, psychological and wider well-being care to our patients and their families. 

Main duties of the job

Please see attached job description and person specification.  

Applicants must have a full UK driving licence and access to a car for work purposes. 

Working for our organisation

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

 We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

 We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service.  We think working here is pretty rewarding.  You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything.  With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible.  Don’t just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for full details of the role and responsibilities. 

 

Person specification

essential

Essential criteria
  • completion of application form relevant to post
  • evidence of understanding of the role of an HCA in a Hospice at Home team
  • evidence of team working
  • evidence of working autonomously
  • NVQ level 2/3 or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • Hospice at Home HCA experience
  • communication skills training or evidence of courses/study

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyImproving working livesCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardDisability confident committedHappy to Talk Flexible WorkingWe Work FlexiblyNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark 2024People Promise

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
Kate Glasson
Job title
Hospice at Home Team Leader
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01722 336262
Additional information

Ext 5822

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