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Healthcare assistant

Job Description

• Are you interested in working in a challenging and rewarding environment?
• Have you got what it takes to support our clinical team in providing holistic care for palliative and end of life patients?

• This is your chance to join a progressive and innovative service in a social enterprise that is patient and staff focused - you’ll even have the opportunity to become an MCH shareholder.
• We encourage staff to get involved in exploring new ways of working and service development.
• We’ll provide well established, in-service training, one to one supervision, and appraisals with regular support.
• You’ll be able to develop your skills in a friendly and supportive team.
• Previous applicants need not apply.

• Informal visits can be arranged on request.
• We will offer you the choice of two pension schemes; the NHS Pension scheme and the scottish widows group pension scheme.
• MCH encourages all staff to be double COVID vaccinated to protect themselves, their colleagues, their family and their patients.

• It is a requirement of this role to complete the Care Certificate in the first 5 months of your employment if you do not have previous health and/or social care experience. If you do have experience, you will be required to complete a self-assessment skill as part of your local induction.
• Appreciation of the principles of Palliative Care.
• NVQ Level 2 or equivalent experience
• Knowledge of personal care and related procedures
• Experience of working with or caring for people with advanced illness
• Good interpersonal skills
• Ability to work with emotionally distressed people and unpredictable situations
• Ability to use own discretion and initiative in complex situations.

• To observe and monitor the progress of the patient, in order to contribute to the process of evaluating care and to maintain patient records and care plan
• Provide and receive routine information, which will require empathy, tact or persuasive skills where there are barriers to understanding.

• To deliver basic nursing care in line with the patients care plan, organising own

• To participate in internal rotation within the unit working all shift patterns

• The job holder will provide personal care duties to patients, this will include developing the use of physical skills i.e. manoeuvring wheelchairs, beds, and trolleys and using hoists.
• Responsible for the safe use of equipment and maintaining stock orders on the
• To assist fully qualified nurses with on-site security of unit out of hours and to

• To provide supportive care to patients and their carers throughout the patients disease and dying process
• To perform last offices and transfer of deceased patients to mortuary, to ensure the philosophy of the Hospice is respected and upheld.
• To assist trained staff in the role of Link Nurse for a specific area of patient care in line with the Essence of care.

• To be aware of and provide care in line with the code of Caldicott and Data Protection regarding patient information and be aware and follow local and

• To attend regular clinical supervision provided for clinical PCT staff and assist

• Responsible for the safe use of equipment.
• Maintaining stock ordersunder the direction of the ward manager
• To be aware of cost implications of stock usage

• To adhere to PCT policies
• To attend regular clinical supervision provided for clinical PCT staff.

• To maintain patient confidentiality
• To adhere to CALDICOTT – Data Protection

• To assist in audits and changes in service department as necessary

• Work within environment under guidance and supervision of senior staff

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