Job Title: Healthcare Assistant
Salary: £22,836 - £24,968 Plus Geographical allowance and enhancements
Team: In-House Care Team
Hours: 37.5hrs (Part time hours available, min 22.5hrs per week) across the 7 day week.
Location: Chriostopher’s, Guildford
About Shooting Star Children’s Hospices
We have an exciting opportunity for a Healthcare Assistant to join our team at Shooting Star Children’s Hospices.
Shooting Star Children’s Hospices provides specialist care and support to families who have a baby, child or young person with a life-limiting condition, or who have been bereaved. Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, we support families across Surrey, north-west London and south-west London from diagnosis to end of life and throughout bereavement with a range of nursing, practical, emotional and medical care.
At the heart of what we do are our dedicated staff; their exceptional commitment and professionalism means every family has the opportunity to make every moment count.
It’s a great time to join Shooting Star Children’s Hospices as we have expanded our inpatient capacity to provide more End of Life Care to the children and families we support.
About the role
You will
1. Support and assist in providing nursing / palliative care for the children, ensuring that the needs of the children and their families are at the centre of all decisions.
2. Participate in the appropriate clinical care of the children.
3. Assist with nutrition where applicable (i.e. assisting with menu completion, feeding assistance), working closely with the Nurses.
About you
NVQ Level 2/3 in relevant field – Health and Social Care,
Nursery Nurse qualification or hold the Care Certificate – or willingness to undertake
You will also have:
The ability to motivate others
The ability to work on own initiative and under pressure.
The ability to adapt working patterns to provide the flexibility of service required by the families seeking our care.
Sound communication skills both written and verbal
Basic IT skills
Experience of moving and handling children with complex needs
Please see the attached job description for more information about this opportunity at Shooting Star Children’s Hospices.
What we offer
In return you will receive a competitive salary along with a range of benefits, which include:
Pension scheme
4. NHS Pension Scheme (for eligible employees) or our stakeholder pension scheme, with up to 7% employer contributions
Annual leave
5. 27 days plus Bank Holidays rising with length of service
6. 2 weeks paid sabbatical leave after 5, 10 and 15 years’ service
Contractual benefits
7. Generous sick pay scheme
8. Enhanced maternity, adoption, and paternity leave pay
9. Flexible working arrangements
10. Death in service benefits
11. Reimbursed professional membership fees
12. Eye care
13. Employee referral scheme
14. Blue Light discount card
Health and wellbeing
15. Employee Assistance Programme
16. Occupational Health
17. Mindfulness sessions
18. Cycle to work scheme
19. Mental Health First Aiders
20. Nutritionally balanced meals at Christopher’s (free for employees) and free fruit at our Hampton site
Safeguarding
An enhanced/standard disclosure will be required for this role. Our recruitment checks, induction and ongoing support and supervision reflect our commitment to safeguarding the families we support.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
Shooting Star Children’s Hospice is committed to inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that getting things right is critical for us to live our organisation’s values: Professionalism, Respect, Integrity, Diversity and Excellence.
We are always trying to improve our way of working to be more inclusive and equal. Our vision is for Shooting Star Children’s Hospice to be a place where people of all backgrounds, groups and communities feel welcomed to work and volunteer.
Please contact k if you have any questions about this role.
To apply, please complete an outlining how your experience meets the criteria set out in the person specification.