NHS
Bank Hospice Community Carer/HCA
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Job Description
- Req#: B0249-25-0007?language=en&page=1019&sort=publicationDateDesc
- Care certificate / NVQ qualified level 2
- Competence to deliver direct and intimate personal care.
- Able to work independently, and as part of a team
- Excellent listening and communication skills
- Min of 3 years previous experience in an equivalent role.
- Shared values, discretion, respect and a passion for caring for others is essential
- A car driver, with access to a car
- Please note the successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced level DBS check.
- Care certificate / NVQ qualified level 2
- Competence to deliver direct and intimate personal care.
- Able to work independently, and as part of a team
- Excellent listening and communication skills
- Min of 3 years previous experience in an equivalent role.
- Shared values, discretion, respect and a passion for caring for others is essential
- A car driver, with access to a car
- Please note the successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced level DBS check.
Job summary
Reports to:Care Team Coordinator
We are looking for enthusiastic dedicated health-care workers to join our team, providing care at home in our local catchment area. In this role you will make a lasting difference to the lives of people through care that will have a positive impact on the patient, and the community for many years to come.
PLEASE NOTE: We do not provide sponsorship, the successful applicant must be a current UK resident authorised to work in the UK without restrictions
Main duties of the job
As a palliative care provider, we reduce pain symptoms and discomfort for patients, and support their welfare with an individually agreed plan, at a difficult time in their lives.
About us
The Hospice of St Francis is a charity which helps 2,000 local people and their families, in Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire, to live their precious lives well.
Improving symptoms, achieving personal goals and helping them to feel safe.
Defined by each persons need, our free care for people managing, or recovering from, serious illness has many forms care at the Hospice, at Home, or in our Health and Wellbeing Centre which offers courses, workshops, clinics and therapies.
Based in beautiful surroundings just outside Berkhamsted, were also here for family, friends and carers.
We offer advice for those worried about a loved one which could mean recommending group activities, supporting children through a close relatives illness or providing practical support and advice when someone special is no longer here.
Details
Date posted
23 April 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£12.21 an hour Plus enhancements
Contract
Bank
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
B0249-25-0007
Job locations
The Hospice Of St. Francis
Spring Garden Lane
Berkhamsted
Hertfordshire
HP4 3GW
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
For our staff we place great importance on practice development, clinical supervision and ongoing education. We are also committed to giving you more flexibility and control over your working life. By joining our bank you'll gain access to a choice of available shifts, covering rostered shifts 7 days a week between 8am to 10pm.
Job responsibilities
For our staff we place great importance on practice development, clinical supervision and ongoing education. We are also committed to giving you more flexibility and control over your working life. By joining our bank you'll gain access to a choice of available shifts, covering rostered shifts 7 days a week between 8am to 10pm.
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Qualifications
Essential
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.
Employer details
Employer name
The Hospice of St Francis
Address
The Hospice Of St. Francis
Spring Garden Lane
Berkhamsted
Hertfordshire
HP4 3GW
Employer's website
Employer details
Employer name
The Hospice of St Francis
Address
The Hospice Of St. Francis
Spring Garden Lane
Berkhamsted
Hertfordshire
HP4 3GW
Employer's website
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.
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