Overview
St Helena is currently looking for Health Care Assistants to join our hospice team.
Responsibilities
* You will work on the IPU (Inpatient Unit)
* You will assist in providing high standards of specialist palliative care to patients and their relatives
* Provide physical, social and emotional care in the patients' home and in the Inpatient Unit
* We have full and part-time roles available
* This post will include an unsocial hours payment on top of your salary
* Full UK driving licence is required
Salary
£24,071 - £25,674 per annum FTE
Hours
Full-time and part-time hours
Location
St Helena Hospice, Colchester
What we’re looking for
This is an opportunity to further develop knowledge and skills to benefit your practice and the lives of patients and their loved ones through advanced communication skills, symptom control management and end of life care.
Previous experience in palliative care is not essential. We would like to welcome applications from anyone who has the desire to provide gold standard palliative care and make a difference to those in their care.
Additional information
St Helena provides a friendly, supportive and positive working environment across all our sites and diverse teams. We are an ambitious organisation determined to make a difference to local people across north Essex who face incurable illness and bereavement. That means working with us is a demanding but hugely fulfilling experience.
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