Description
We are seeking a compassionate and empathetic Bank Healthcare Assistant to join our team. As a Bank Healthcare Assistant, you will provide end of life care to patients in their own homes in the final weeks of life.
The successful candidate will be able to provide personal care to patients, including support with washing, dressing, nutrition, and skin care. You will also spend time talking to patients and their relatives, using your skills to ascertain the best possible care for the individual.
Visits are mainly provided by 2 carers, but there are times when you will visit alone, so you must have access to your own car. Experience is not essential as training will be given, but ideally you will have had some experience of prior caring.
At Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care, our unique care provides a lifeline of compassion and support to patients, carers, and families facing progressive life-limiting illness. We provide palliative and end of life care support, including bereavement services, within Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire and our patient services are available to adults, as well as patients transitioning into adult services (16 to 25 years.)
Key Responsibilities:
- Demonstrate and maintain consistently high standards of individualised personal care and support under guidance of Management.
- Work alongside the patients families and/or health care professionals, maintaining an approach that incorporates physical, psychological, social and spiritual aspects of care in accordance with the Rennie Grove Peace philosophy.
- Observe and report changes in the patients symptoms, conditions and circumstances to the management and notify other healthcare professionals as necessary.
- Work in accordance with the patients agreed care plan.
- Responsible for identifying and acting on any risk of safeguarding to patients and their families in accordance with the Rennie Grove Peace policies.
Requirements:
- Caring and empathetic approach
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Flexible and adaptable to a variety of tasks
- Ability to prioritise effectively and work under pressure
- Commitment to the Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care purpose
- Able to maintain confidentiality
- Proven experience working effectively in a team
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English, verbal and written
- Ability to work effectively in an emotionally demanding environment
- Drive and enthusiasm
- Ability to work autonomously and as an effective member of the team, using initiative
- Willingness to complete level 2 in Medicine Giving
Desirable:
- Care certificate/NVQ Level 2 or equivalent
- Basic Food Hygiene Certificate
- Experience of working within the care setting
- Experience of working within a community setting
- Knowledge of and experience in care at the end of life and after death
- Relevant experience in assisting patients with their personal hygiene.
What We Offer:
- Competitive hourly rate of £13.21
- Variety of shift patterns to suit working across a 7 day week