Day Hospice Health Care Assistant
Blackett Avenue, Newport (may be required to work in other locations)
About the role
Salary: Agenda for Change Band 2
Hours: Negotiable (2 posts available of between 1-3 days per week)
Closing date: Tuesday 22nd April 2025
Role type: Permanent
Job Summary:
- The HCA will work independently providing safe, competent, and ethical client care under the guidance of registered healthcare professionals, in the delivery of palliative care to patients and their families, utilising protocols and procedures.
- Flexible working days required .
- Post holders will be required to work across all the various locations.
Key Working Relationships:
- Day Hospice Team
- Clinical Nurse Specialists
- Family Support Team
- Patients
Key Areas of Responsibility:
- To carry out tasks involving direct patient care and support to patients and families.
- To undertake assessments of patient/carer needs.
- Co-ordinate patient transport and document accordingly liaising with ambulance transport and taxi firms.
- Hostess duties and assist patients with meals, nutritional needs.
- Be willing to transport patients using company vehicles when required.
- To act within the limits of your competence and authority .
- To support and direct clinical care assistant volunteers .
- Contribute to the effectiveness of teams by participating in inter-disciplinary team working to support individuals.
Clinical Intervention:
- Communicate effectively with patients, carers and professionals.
- Support individuals who are distressed.
- Assess an individual’s needs arising from their health and social status.
- Undertake personal hygiene for individuals unable to care for themselves.
- Prepare individuals for health and social care actions activities – through the appropriate moving and positioning of individuals.
- Prepare and manage environments and resources for use in health and social care activities.
- Promote participation in agreed therapeutic group activities.
- Enable patients to develop the knowledge and skills to manage their illness/social situation.
- Assist individuals in undertaking activities and enable them to choose and participate in activities that are meaningful to them.
- Work in collaboration with family/carers to enable them to support individuals.
- Deliver and collect clinical items if required.
Person Specification:
Essential
- Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care.
- Recent experience in the health care sector or care related experience.
- One years’ experience in palliative care or oncology.
- Excellent communication including: - verbal, written and presentation.
- Willingness to work as a member of a multi-professional team and with members of the primary healthcare team.
- Ability to develop professional relationships with healthcare professionals.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Flexible.
- Highly motivates.
- Enthusiastic.
- Team Player.
- Positive role model.
Other Information
Health and Safety
To ensure that the agreed procedures are carried out and be aware of the responsibilities placed on employees under the Health and Safety at Work Act. To maintain a safe environment for employees and visitors.
Data Protection
If you are required to do so, process and/or use information held on a computer or word processor in a fair and lawful way. To hold data only for specific registered purposes and not to disclose it in any way incompatible with such a purpose. To disclose data to authorised persons or organisations as instructed.
Equal Opportunities
It is the aim of St David's Hospice Care (SDHC) to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of sex, race, colour, nationality or ethnic origins, or is placed at a disadvantage by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable. To this end, SDHC has an Equal Opportunities Policy and it is for each employee to contribute to its success.
No Smoking Policy
SDHC operates a No Smoking policy.
Conditions of Service:
In accordance with SDHC Employment Manual.
Pension Scheme
A Pension Scheme is offered on appointment. Staff may prefer to make their own arrangements.
Confidentiality
All information concerning patients/clients and staff must be treated as strictly confidential at all times.
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