Bank Healthcare Assistant - IPUNHS

Job summary

We are currently looking to recruit HCAs who have an interest in specialist palliative care, to join our Inpatient Unit bank. If you would you like to be part of our friendly, supportive team delivering high standards of specialist palliative care which endeavours to go the extra mile in supporting our patients and their families, then we would love to hear from you. This is a bank role and will be to cover days and nights on the IPU where the shift pattern is typically 07.30-20.00 Long days and 19.30-08.00 Nights. There may be some flexibility for shorter hours or twilight shifts as the service needs. Our service operates over 24 hours a day and seven days a week.

Main duties of the job

To assist the Registered Nurses and members of the multi-professional team in the provision of high standard specialist palliative care to patients with life-limiting conditions and their families.

Job description

Work as part of the Nursing Team in maintaining the provision of a high standard of specialist palliative nursing care for patients and their families. This includes meeting their physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual needs. To have an understanding of and be able to work within the philosophy of palliative and terminal care.

About us

At St Clare Hospice, our vision is that every adult with a life limiting condition in our local communities should have access to palliative care services wherever and whenever they need them, so that they can make the most of every moment, no matter how long they have left to live. Our many different services provide patients, their families, and carers, with physical, emotional, social, psychological and spiritual support, at home, or here at the Hospice.