Community Healthcare Assistant (Bank)

£14.91 Per hour + 45p mileage

Bank Contract

Community based

Closing Date:  30^th October 2024

Interviews will take place in Harrogate on a monthly basis

Are you an experienced Healthcare Assistant looking to be involved in providing an excellent standard of care to patients with palliative and end of life care needs? 

Working under the direction and supervision of the Head of Community Services and Community Services Manager, and in collaboration with the district nurses and specialist palliative care nurses, our HOME team HCAs deliver personal cares, emotional support and a calming presence to people at the end of their lives, in the place they call home.

Candidates will need to have experience of the care environment and understand patient-centred care and have the confidence to work independently within the community. Knowledge of infection prevention and control, safeguarding best practices, and health and safety will also be required in the role.

Visits will be variable times and lengths each day. A fixed two weekly roster is used for permanent staff.

Candidates are required to hold a driving license and access to their own vehicle to travel between patients’ homes. 

What are we looking for?

• Caring, compassionate and enthusiastic people.
• Community experience isn’t as essential, but being motivated and passionate about developing your specialist palliative care knowledge and skills is what we need.
• Great communication skills.
• Someone who enjoys working within a team, but is able to work alone at times.

Please see the full Job Description and Person Specification for this role in the attachment below.

Please be aware we reserve the right to close a vacancy early if a suitable candidate is identified.

For more information on the role, please contact us on HR@saintmichaelshospice.org or on 01423 200145 and we can arrange for you to have an informal discussion with a member of the panel.

PLEASE NOTE: Unfortunately, we are not currently able to consider applicants who do not have the right to work in the UK.

PLEASE ENSURE: that you answer all supplementary questions as part of your application. Failure to do so will result in an automatic rejection and your application will not be considered.

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Benefits include (subject to eligibility): -

• Comprehensive Induction Programme.
• Refer a friend bonus scheme.
• Pension Scheme with an employer contribution of 8%.
• Lifestyle discounts and savings.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Access to staff support.
• Free group life assurance.
• Free DBS check

Herriot Hospice Homecare, Just ‘B’ and Saint Michael’s Hospice make up registered charity North Yorkshire Hospice Care. You’ll be joining an organisation that is driven, caring, and responsive and you will be playing an important role in enabling us to provide our highly valued services to people across North Yorkshire and beyond.

At North Yorkshire Hospice Care we believe that children, young people and adults should never experience abuse of any kind. Every member of our organisation has a responsibility to promote the welfare of all who encounter our services. We aim to keep people safe and to operate our services in a way that protects them; to make reporting concerns as easy as possible and respond quickly; to listen to all worries and work in partnership with individuals and agencies. All our staff and volunteers receive annual training on both adults and children/young people’s safeguarding. This impacts our recruitment processes and we have adopted a number of safer recruitment practices, which our HR and People team can talk through with you.

We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age, or sexual orientation and we encourage applications from users of mental health services. This is part of our commitment to equality and reflecting the diversity of our population. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks being obtained including but not limited to identity checks, DBS clearance at an appropriate level for the role, verification of right to work in the UK, employment references and employment history. Costs of pre-employment checks will be met by the organisation.

North Yorkshire Hospice Care is a registered charity in England and Wales (518905) with a family of services operating as Herriot Hospice Homecare, Just ‘B’, Saint Michael’s Hospice, and Talking Spaces. North Yorkshire Hospice Care is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales (2121179).

 Our Values at Work                   

North Yorkshire Hospice Care is clear about who we are, what we do and why we do it. It is our vision; mission and values that underpin this understanding and all three of these areas continue to evolve as we develop in response to the changing world around us.

We have re-examined our values with our stakeholders seeking to define a sense of who we are today. The result? A set of 10 values/behaviours that crystallize this thinking and act as a yardstick for our thinking and actions.

This shared set of values helps guide our decisions, actions and behaviours and is at the core of our collective aspiration to live in a community where everyone gets the care they need to live their last years, months and days with respect and dignity.

NB: This list is not exclusive or exhaustive but captures those values/behaviours currently at the top of our agenda.