Job title: Palliative Health Care Assistant

Shift: Flexible Day shifts Monday to Sunday - 07:00 – 19:30

Location: Moggerhanger, Bedfordshire

We are seeking an experienced Healthcare Assistant to work as part of a supportive team providing high quality, specialist end-of-life care and support to adult patients and their families in a hospice providing inpatient care and day services for people requiring respite care that are living with conditions like cancer, heart failure and lung disease.

About the role:
• Promote choice in the delivery of care and support. Reviewing and making suggestions to enhance the individuals’ experience.
• Ensure accurate reporting and documentation.
• Participate in care planning implementation and review.
• Promote the values, build morale and encourage others to perform to high standards

To be successful in this role you must:

• Have 12 months experience in the delivery of care in a similar environment
• Be flexible with excellent people skills and be a team player.
• Work to and implement the agreed care plan to help individuals
• Communicate effectively and appropriately with individuals and their families
• Assist individuals with administration of their medication according to policy guidelines
• Encourage/support mobility and abide by moving and handling guidelines
• Assist with nutritional needs, as per the nutritional assessment
• Be able to provide observation of temperature and urinalysis. Collection and deliver of specimens for pathological testing
• Work to ensure the standard of infection prevention and control are always followed
• Be eligible to work full time hours and have a full Right to Work in the UK

If you are a highly motivated and enthusiastic person, with a passion for delivering outstanding care, we look forward to hearing from you.