Health Care Assistant (Band 2/3)

Job summary

Woking and Sam Beare Hospice In Patient Unit is looking for caring, passionate and enthusiastic Health Care Assistants to join our amazing team.

At our hospice, we provide exceptional care to patients and their families through some of the most challenging times of their lives. We support our patients in our In Patient Unit, at home plus in our Wellbeing Centre. Our charity specialises in palliative and end of life care for patients with complex and life limiting illnesses who live in North-West Surrey.

We ensure high quality care with great staff to patient ratios, making sure everyone feels cared for and valued. Our warm, clean and homely environment helps patients and families using our services feel safe and comfortable.

We also invest in your growth. Our education team offers excellent training sessions and support staff development through courses and university programs.

Recent examples of our commitment to developing our team include:

• NA to RN apprenticeships
• HCA to NA apprenticeships,
• CNS supported and developed to join our medical team as a Non-Medical Prescriber/ANP
• Staff Nurse to Senior Staff Nurse
• Senior Staff Nurse into Clinical Nurse Specialist positions in our community team.

Join us to make a real difference in people's lives!

Main duties of the job

" A beautiful setting, warm friendly staff and colleagues, and the gratitude of the patient's and their families fuel my energies to keep going with a challenging role. What we do is not easy but its very worthwhile".Clinical Colleague

We are looking for caring, compassionate and enthusiastic individual with key qualities:

• Caring and compassionate
• Eager to learn and improve
• Excellent communication skills
• Positive, can-do attitude
• Experience of palliative caring for patients in health or social care settings is desirable but not essential as we can offer support through our training and development programme

Additional Requirements:

• Applicants must have a legal right to work in the UK. We are not able to offer sponsorship.
• Care Certificate or NVQ 3 (QCF Level 3 or equivalent) qualification or a willingness to work towards this.
• Experience of working as part of a team
• Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

About us

This role is Band 2-3 depending on experience and qualification. All successful candidates employed into Band 2 are encouraged to complete the Care Certificate within 6-12 months of employment, which would offer the opportunity to develop into the Band 3 role.

Clinical Staff Benefits

We are passionate about our colleagues careers. Along with our commitment to provide every colleague with a personal development plan to achieve their vocational goals, we provide the following industry leading benefits:

• Annual Leave:27 days rising to 29 days after five years service, rising to 33 days after 10 years service. NHS staff who join our hospice can have their NHS service recognised to start their holiday entitlement at the corresponding level, with proof of service.
• Flexible Working:We fully support flexible working opportunities including working part time depending on the role.
• Free Parking
• Discounted Complementary Therapies:discounted therapies available to all members of staff including massages and reflexology.
• Blue Light Discount Card:offers discounts across 15,000 retailers.
• On Site Cafe:Our Hospice Garden Cafe offers an affordable range of hot and cold food options.
• Pension Scheme: Hospice staff can join Royal London with a 4% employer contribution or colleagues joining from the NHS can remain in the NHS pension scheme, subject to eligibility.
• Plus more including Employee Assistance Programme, Death in Service, Eye Care Vouchers.