The vacancy
Do you have experience working with babies, children, or young people with complex needs? Are you seeking to start or develop your career in health care in a rewarding role where no two days are the same? Do you hold an NVQ in care? If so, this role could be for you!
Here at Rainbows Children’s Hospice, we provide specialist palliative care and end-of-life support to over 750 Babies, Children, and Young People living with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions, as well as approximately 3,000 people, including families, siblings, and carers, across the East Midlands. Simply put, we’re here to brighten short lives and support families, wherever they are.
Due to the expansion of our Hospice at Home team, we are currently seeking two Hospice at Home Care Assistants to support our nurses on home visits. As a Hospice at Home Care Assistant, you will be an integral part of Rainbows' Hospice at Home Team, delivering high-quality clinical care to babies, children, and young people with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions in the comfort of their own homes.
Your role will include supporting families by providing respite care and emotional support, as well as assisting in the delivery of palliative and end-of-life care. This is a truly meaningful position where you will make a real difference to the lives of families at the most difficult times, working closely with our nursing team to ensure compassionate, person-centred care. Within this role you will receive on the job training, working alongside an experienced Nurse, learning clinical skills as well as non-clinical skills of memory making, providing families with keep sakes of their baby, child or young person.
Location: Based at Rainbows Hospice with the requirement to travel across the East Midlands, covering Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. Therefore, a driving license is required for this role.
Hours of work: Monday to Sunday 8.00am to 6.00pm. Please note flexibility is required to meet the needs of families, including occasional work outside normal hours such as staying on shift due to end of life needs.
Our Benefits
In addition to Agenda for Change pay scales, we offer a range of benefits including:
1. Opportunity for current NHS pension scheme members to transfer their membership
2. Shift enhancements for unsociable hours
3. Established Training programme that will enable you to comply with NMC registration
4. Specialist training and development opportunities and working within a supportive team which specialist knowledge
5. Time to care for patients: Each baby, child and young person has 1:1 care
6. Eligibility to join blue light card discount scheme and Company Shop.
7. Healthcare Cashback plan.
8. Life Assurance.
9. 27 days holiday
10. Plus bank holiday allowance but expectation to work bank holidays in this role.
11. Contributory pension scheme
12. Free access to an employee assistance programme
13. Affordable meals at the Hospice, Lark Rise, Loughborough.
14. Free Tea, Coffee and Fruit whilst at the Hospice
15. Wellbeing support and access to Mental Health First Aiders
16. Unofficial benefits: Fun events, All staff away days, Guest visitors
About the role
Some of the key responsibilities include (but not limited to):
17. To provide support alongside a Nurse in delivering excellent short break, palliative and end of life care within the home,
18. To report to the Lead Nurse any concerns surrounding the care, condition or behaviour of the baby, child, young person and/or family.
19. To ensure all procedures are carried out in accordance with local and national policies in force within the Hospice.
20. To contribute positively to the establishment of good communication and relations between staff and take personal responsibility for adherence to the same.
21. To ensure accurate and contemporaneous record keeping and observe confidentiality of such records at all time.
Further requirements can be found by downloading the Job Description.
Requirements
22. Hold a UK driving licence
23. NVQ Level 2/3 in care or equivalent experience
24. Experience with children and/or young people (0-25 years) with complex needs
25. Experience of liaising with families and/or health care providers regarding child/young person care
Further requirements can be found by downloading the Person Specification.
This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check and comprehensive pre-employment screening, including employment referencing covering the past five years.
Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications. We encourage candidates to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Equality, diversity & inclusion
Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People is committed to improving the quality of its services to all people, irrespective of race/ethnicity, disability, gender, religion or belief, age, or sexual orientation. Our objective is to deliver high quality services that are accessible, responsive, and appropriate to meet the diverse needs of different groups and individuals. As such, we will continue to take action to ensure that staff and volunteers employed by Rainbows Hospice are culturally aware and treat every person with dignity, respect, and fairness, in a way that is sensitively responsive to differences and similarities. Unlawful discrimination and other forms of exclusion have no place within Rainbows Hospice.
About us
Rainbows cares for hundreds of families every year who have a baby, child or young person with a serious or terminal illness that means that their lives will be shorter than most.
We’ve been providing the highest level of professional holistic care and emotional support to babies, children, young people and their families since 1994. Our incredible team help to relieve symptoms, improve quality of life, and support their families to make the most of every precious moment, during life, through bereavement and beyond.
Our aim is to support every one of the thousands of babies, children and young people in the East Midlands, with a terminal or serious illness. To do this we’ve made it easier to access our services – wherever families are in our region. So, as well as providing end-of-life, short break care and bereavement support at our hospice, we also offer care and support at the point of need. Whether at our Lark Rise hospice, in the community, in hospital, or at home.
Simply put, we’re here to brighten short lives, and support families, wherever they are.
When you join Team Rainbows, not only will you receive a host of benefits including free parking, health cash plan and subsidised meals - but you’ll be making a real difference to the lives of families across the East Midlands who are going through the toughest of times.
Although there can be some sad times, Rainbows is a fun, dynamic and caring place to work. Whether you’re based at the Hospice, home or out in the community, you’ll join a team with a can-do attitude, ready to make a positive impact on the world of hospice care.
Our Vision
To become a household name across the East Midlands for the outstanding care we provide, wherever it’s needed.
Our Mission
Whether in our hospice, in hospital, or at home, we deliver unrivalled care to seriously and terminally ill babies, children, young people and their families. Our purpose is to make every moment of their short lives the best it can be.
Our vision is to create the “Rainbows Experience” wherever you are. Our mission is that across the East Midlands we will:
26. Transform care for those babies, children and young people who have a life-limiting or life-threatening condition
27. Relieve the pain and symptoms associated with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions
28. Support every baby, child and young person to achieve their full potential
29. Create memories for families to treasure
30. Provide comfort and compassion at the time of and following the death of a baby, child or young person
Across the East Midlands we will:
31. transform care for those children and young people who have a life-limiting or life-threatening condition
32. relieve the pain and symptoms associated with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions
33. support every child and young person to achieve their full potential
34. create memories for families to treasure
35. provide comfort and compassion at the time of and following the death of a child or young person
Our values
Because WE CARE, we are:
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