Contract type

Permanent

Location

Whittington/Sutton Coldfield

Hours

Full time or part time, flexible over 7 days including weekends, bank holidays and nights to cover a 24 hour service

Annual salary

B1 £24,050.09 to B3 £25,379.21

(plus enhancements where applicable)

To provide quality, holistic care to palliative and end of life patients in their own home as well as supporting their family and carers. Our service offers support 7 days a week, 365 days a year to enable patients to remain in their own home if this is their preference.

This role requires the post holder to have a flexible approach to ensure the holistic needs of the patient and their carers are met. The support that you would be required to provide includes personal care visits, emotional support for our patients and their carers and respite sits.

The post holder will usually work in the community but may, on occasions, be required to support delivery of care on our in-patient unit at our Whittington site or other hospice locations. 

For the full job description please click the link below:

Job Description

If you want to have an informal chat about this role please contact Amy Bushell on 01543 432 031

Qualifications

Essential

·        Willingness to undertake NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent

Desirable

·        NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent

Knowledge and experience

Essential

·        Knowledge of health and safety issues

·        Desirable

·        Previous experience in primary care

·        Palliative/hospice care experience

·        Previous experience in healthcare/domiciliary care

Values

·        Exhibits our hospice values and behaviours

Skills

Essential

·        Good communication/organisational skills

·        Ability to work on own initiative

·        Computer literate

Personal Attributes

·        Confidence to work alone and as part of a team

·        Willingness to work unsocial hours

·        Flexible approach

·        Sensitive, caring and empathetic

·        Team player

·        Able to work under pressure

·        Collaborative

·        Ambassador for St Giles Hospice

Other requirements

·        Valid driving licence and access to a vehicle

·        Eligibility to work in the UK

·        Please note that St Giles Hospice does not hold a sponsorship licence and is therefore unable to accept sponsorship requests

Benefits

• Up to 33 days holiday plus bank holidays (Pro-rata for part time employees)
• Eligible clinical staff transferring from the NHS will have their continuous service and annual leave recognised for up to 10 years and can continue their NHS pension contributions
• Group pension scheme, matching contributions of up to 8%
• Life assurance scheme, up to the state pension age
• Enhanced maternity and paternity benefits
• Enhanced sick pay, rising with service
• Access to blue light and charity worker discounts
• Free Parking

Health & Wellbeing

• The Hub Wellness Support
• Eligibility for flu vaccine
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to Mental Health First Aiders
• Cycle to work scheme

Professional Development

All staff complete a comprehensive induction programme which includes statutory and mandatory e-learning as well as training that is tailored to the individual’s need. All staff and volunteers should also attend an induction day.

Regular training and personal development opportunities, with internal career progression being a focal point of team growth

This post is subject to a Disclose and Barring Service (DBS) check.

We may review applications before the application review date, however, if you apply after the application review date, your application may not be considered. We will accept applications until we have successfully filled the role, this may be earlier than the closing date.

If you have not heard within 14 days of the application close date, then please consider that your application has been unsuccessful at this time.

As part of your application your data will be managed in line with St Giles Hospice Privacy Policy and kept for 6 months. If you would like to see this in full, please visit https://www.stgileshospice.com/privacy-policy/

Should you require any further information, please email: [email protected]

1)      I confirm that the above information is complete and correct and that any untrue or misleading information will give St Giles Hospice the right to terminate any contract of employment offered.

2)      I agree that St Giles Hospice may reserve the right to require me to undergo a medical examination. In addition, I agree that this information may be retained in my personal file during my employment and for six years thereafter and understand that information will be processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act (2018).

3)      I agree that should I be successful in this application, an application will be made to the Disclosure & Barring Service/Criminal Justice Information Service (Scotland) for Disclosure. I understand that should the disclosure not be to the satisfaction of the hospice any offer of employment may be withdrawn or my employment terminated.

We make every subject of a DBS check aware of the existence of the Code of Practice and make a copy available on request

Prospective employees will be advised that a criminal record will not automatically exclude them from being appointed.

Information provided by you on this form will be filed for six months and then destroyed if you are not successful.