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Salisbury Hospice and Salisbury Hospice Charity is a rewarding place to work – Making a real difference to the lives of patients and their families.
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Senior Health Care Assistant - Hospice at Home +
Senior Health Care Assistant
Grade: Band 3
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week
(part time hours considered, Internal rotation days/nights)
Location: Salisbury
Salary:£22,816 – £24,336 per annum
Closing Date: 04/06/2024
Job ref: 269-SFT8477
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 is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage. We are rated CQC ‘Good’ and are well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we provide for our patients and our staff. We offer a broad range of clinical care to a population of 270,000, and we have regional specialist centres for spinal injuries, rehabilitation, plastics and burns. Our longstanding links with local Armed Forces and veterans has seen us awarded Gold under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition scheme.
Our 5,500-strong workforce is at the very centre of everything we do, and we are committed to developing our people and their careers. We have high levels of staff engagement, an award-winning internal communications function, an innovative training partnership with Coventry University, and are one of 23 ‘NHS People Promise Exemplar’ sites.
At SFT we work flexibly and we think working here is pretty rewarding. Employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, generous leave entitlement and pension scheme.
Additional staff benefits include accommodation, on-site car parking, access to a leisure centre (2 indoor heated swimming pools and a fully equipped gym and squash court), day nursery, holiday play scheme, restaurants and a number of shops.
Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything, you can find out more here. With easy access to London and local airports, Salisbury also has one of the 31 UNESCO world heritage sites in the UK in the form of Stonehenge and in addition boasts a number of museums and famous landmarks which are well worth a visit. Alternatively, 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 https://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 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
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