Healthcare Assistant Leicester Leicestershire
Job description
Are you and experienced Healthcare Assistant looking for a new challenge? Come and join our Marie Curie Nights team in Leicester and surrounding areas.
Title: Healthcare Assistant Planned Services
Salary: Marie Curie Clinical Pay Scale, aligned with AFC BAND 2 £22,383 pro rata, plus enhancements
Hours/Contract: Permanent, Full Time, Part Time (This is an Overnight 1:1 Service)
Based: Leicester and surrounding areas.
Closing date: 11th October 2023
Interview date: Week commencing 23rd October 2023
Must have Right to Work in the UK!
Must have a full UK Driving Licence
Do you want to give excellent individualised care?
As a Healthcare Assistant you will deliver care and support to people with terminal illnesses whilst also offering vital emotional support for their families.
With experience of End of Life care, you're ready and able to make a real difference. Ours is a one-to-one approach to care Must have a full UK Driving Licence – , so you're sure to enjoy plenty of meaningful contact with patients and their families - usually in their own homes. Working without close supervision, you'll have the opportunity to use your own initiative in line with the patient's established care plan.
You'll be required to carry out a range of care duties including helping patients meet their hygiene needs, monitoring symptoms, assisting with medications and keeping detailed records and emotional support to the patient and their families.
What’s in it for you?
- Additional accrued Annual Leave when overtime is done.
- Providing individualised care. Ours is a one-to-one approach to care, so you're sure to enjoy plenty of meaningful contact with patients and their families - usually in their own homes.
- Working autonomously (Overnight 1:1 service), you'll have the opportunity to use your own initiative in line with the patient's established care plan.
- Opportunity to work as part of a team alongside other community teams (Rapid response)
- Extra pay! Enhancements on weekends, weeknights, and public holidays Paid mileage
Job responsibilities
- Providing vital psycho-social & emotional support to patients and their families
- Monitoring symptoms and assisting with medication
- Keeping detailed patient records
- Assisting patients in the performance of daily activities
- Providing end of life and immediate after death care
There has never been a more important time to provide high quality, end of life care. If you want to be a part of this patient-centred palliative care service, please apply below.
What we are looking for:
- S/NVQ Level 2/3 qualification or an equivalent certificate/diploma is desirable
- Interpersonal/Communication skills
- Emotional strength, patience, and the ability to work on your own are crucial, though we will of course provide excellent on-going training and support.
- Continued access to NHS Pension Scheme (subject to eligibility)
- End-of-life care experience is advantageous, but not essential as training will be provided and opportunity to learn on the job
Other benefits:
- Flexible working
- Continued access to NHS Pension Scheme (subject to eligibility)
- Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Loan schemes for bikes; computers and satellite navigation systems
- Continuous development
- Industry leading training programmes Employee Assistance Programme
For further information on this job opportunity, please contact Sarah Goode by email [email protected] or by phone 07515133259.
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Marie Curie is committed to its values, which underpin our work. We take stringent steps to ensure that the people who join our organisation through employment or volunteering, are suitable for their roles and are committed to safeguarding all our people from harm. This includes our staff, volunteers and all those who are in contact with our services. We are dedicated to creating not just a safe place to work but also a supportive and rewarding one.
We are committed to a world where everyone can thrive and fulfil their potential. We are devoted to the social justice imperatives and organisational benefits of full diversity, inclusion, and equity in the workplace, and are a Stonewall champion. We actively encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, perspectives and lived experiences.
This role will be subject to receiving a satisfactory Enhanced criminal record check.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early. Agencies need not apply.
