About this role
Job summary
At Compton Care, our Community Night Care Practitioners provide calm, skilled overnight care that enables people with lifelimiting illness to remain safely at home, while giving families vital respite when they need it most.
Working independently overnight, youll play a key role in our community rapid response and virtual ward model, helping prevent avoidable hospital admissions and supporting hospital avoidance across our system.
Main duties of the job You will be there to provide compassionate overnight care and reassurance in patients homes or remotely. To Support people on our virtual ward and urgent community pathways. To Work autonomously, with clear clinical support and escalation routes and to enable families to rest, knowing their loved one is safe
About us
Compton Care provides high quality, accessible care and support for the people in our communities living with life limiting conditions across Wolverhampton, the Black Country, South Staffordshire and East Shropshire.
The charitys annual running costs are £16 million, 70% of this running cost is funded through our stores, fundraising, and donations from our amazing supporters.
Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy before the published closing date when applicant volume is high.
Job description Job responsibilities
For full details of this opportunity with Compton Care, please see the attached job description and person specification
Person Specification
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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 Compton Care
Address
Wolverhampton
WV3 9DH
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.comptoncare.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)