Healthcare Assistants - Community Hospice

Darlington & District Hospice Movement

The closing date is 05 January 2025

Job summary

St Teresa's Hospice, Darlington is seeking an experienced HCA to join our Community Hospice team. If you are passionate about palliative care and want to be part of a team that makes a real difference within the community, then this could be the perfect opportunity for you.We have 24 hours (3 shifts per week on a 7 day rota) available immediately .Usual shift pattern consists of early and late shifts, 06:30-14:30 and 14:00-22:00 (including a 30min paid break).

St Teresas Hospice Band 3, Full time equivalent £22,532-£23,400 per annum, plus enhanced rates for unsociable hours. Actual £14,420.48-£14,976.00

Pool care provided for patient visits, candidate must be able to travel for work on a day to day basis and use of own transport required in the event that the pool car is unavailable, including carrying a passenger and equipment (business use insurance to be arranged by worker at their expense)

Employer: St Teresas Hospice (independent registered charity)

Important application info:

Successful applicants are required to provide an enhanced disclosure with a check of the adult barred list. Disclosure expense will be met by St Teresas Hospice. All posts are subject to a six-month probationary period.

Closing date: 5 January 2025. This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can.

Main duties of the job

We are a forward thinking, inclusive registered Charity with Inpatient Unit, Outpatient, and Community Hospice services, providing care and support to palliative patients and their families at St Teresas Hospice and in the community. We are looking for healthcare assistants to support our teams.

Our Hospice at Home service aims to enhance peoples quality of life, enable rapid discharge from hospital, prevent avoidable admissions to hospital and enable people to die with dignity, in their own home.

Successful candidates will:

Hold an NVQ/QCF Level 3 qualification in Health and Social Care, or have an equivalent qualification or equivalent experience.
Have previous experience of working within a palliative care setting
Be able to drive for work on a day to day basis using the pool car, with own transport available in the event that the pool car is unavailable, able to carry a passenger and equipment (business use insurance to be arranged by worker at their expense).

Please see the job description and person specification for further details.

An induction and ongoing training will be provided.

About us

Join an organisation where we all work together for a shared charitable goal, based in beautiful grounds, with a community feel and an inclusive culture.

Benefits of working for St T's include:

Training and development opportunities
Flexible working schemes
Generous company annual leave, sick pay, and maternity/paternity/adoption pay entitlements
Pension schemes available
Opportunities to attend and participate in fun and exciting fundraising and awareness events
Workforce events, including long service awards
Employee Assistance Programme including free counselling/CBT
Discounted complementary therapies including acupuncture & massage
Free eye tests for computer users
Hospice-based staff are eligible for free annual flu jabs

Please contact HR for further details.

St Teresas Hospice complies with GDPR during the recruitment and selection process. For information on how we process your data, please see the NHS Jobs Privacy Notice and St Teresas Hospice Recruitment Privacy Notice.

St Teresas Hospice is a Disability Confident Employer. We are committed to employing and retaining disabled people, and we encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please be aware that we do not have a sponsor licence and are therefore only able to appoint candidates who are eligible to work in the UK.

Date posted

19 December 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£22,532 to £23,400 a year WTE, plus enhancements

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

B0481-24-0020

Job locations

The Woodlands

Woodland Road

Darlington

County Durham

DL3 7UA

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose

To work as a member of the nursing and multi-disciplinary team delivering care and giving support to patients with palliative care needs and their families, within patients own homes and in the hospice. Working in close collaboration with the District Nurses, GPs, Marie Curie nurses, Macmillan nurses, the Foundation Trust & other hospice services ensuring patient choice at the end of life.

For further information please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose

For further information please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NVQ/QCF Level 3 qualification in Health & Social Care or equivalent qualification or experience

Experience

Essential

Experience of working in a Healthcare setting, providing personal and/or clinical care
Experience of delivering Palliative Care

Desirable

Experience of working in the community setting

Personal qualities and Motivation

Essential

Demonstrates enthusiasm for the role
Willingness to undertake work during the day or evening, during the week and at weekends, and to work across all hospices services as required
Able to drive for work with full UK driving licence, and accepted by our insurers to drive Hospice vehicles under our driving insurance policy at a cost which is reasonable to the Hospice; NB this is subject to individual underwriting for employees under 21 years of age
Able to travel for work using own transport (in the event that the company vehicle is unavailable), including carrying a passenger and equipment (business use insurance to be arranged by worker at their expense)

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NVQ/QCF Level 3 qualification in Health & Social Care or equivalent qualification or experience

Experience

Essential

Experience of working in a Healthcare setting, providing personal and/or clinical care
Experience of delivering Palliative Care

Desirable

Experience of working in the community setting

Personal qualities and Motivation

Essential

Demonstrates enthusiasm for the role
Willingness to undertake work during the day or evening, during the week and at weekends, and to work across all hospices services as required
Able to drive for work with full UK driving licence, and accepted by our insurers to drive Hospice vehicles under our driving insurance policy at a cost which is reasonable to the Hospice; NB this is subject to individual underwriting for employees under 21 years of age
Able to travel for work using own transport (in the event that the company vehicle is unavailable), including carrying a passenger and equipment (business use insurance to be arranged by worker at their expense)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This 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.