About this role
Job summary
Are you caring and compassionate? would you like to make a difference to people needing end of life care?
A rare opportunity has arisen to join the Hospice inpatient unit as a Healthcare support worker. Working alongside the multidisciplinary team based within Salisbury's Specialist Palliative care Services, the Hospice inpatient unit provide high quality palliative and end of life care to those who need it.
We are inviting applications from candidates with empathy and understanding, looking to develop their skills and knowledge surrounding specialist Palliative care and end of life care. Candidates will need to work flexibly within the team providing social, emotional, psychological and wider well-being care to our patients and their families.
Please note: we are unable to provide sponsorship for this position.
Main duties of the job
Main duties include supporting patients with personal care needs. Promoting dignity and respect to patients throughout their admission with us.
Working alongside the MDT to ensure each patient receives high quality, person centred care at all times whist living with a life limiting illness. All members of the team are also expected to work closely with and support their patients loved ones and family members as they too, navigating supporting someone with a life limiting illness.
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
About us
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.
Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for full details of the role and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Essential Criteria Essential
Completion of application form which is relevant to post within Hospice IPU Recent healthcare experience
Desirable
Desire and passion to work within Specialist Palliative care Services
Education Essential
Educated to GCSE grade C or equivalent in key skills level 2 or functional skills level 2 numeracy and literacy Completion of Care Certificate or willingness to work towards Completion of NVQ2/3
Desirable
Completion of Palliative/ End of life care studies
Communication Essential
Completion of Communication skills course or willingness to complete
Desirable
Good quality/accurate record keeping
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 Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Address Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Odstock Road
Salisbury
SP2 8BJ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.salisbury.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)