Community Health Care Assistant (Days)

The Vacancy

Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Location: North West Herts
Salary: £23,272 per annum
Closing date: 28 October 2024
Interview date: 5 November 2024

You will therefore need to demonstrate your abilities in the following areas:

• Demonstrate and maintain consistently high standards of individualised personal care and support under guidance of the Rennie Grove Peace Hospice at Home management team.
• Work alongside the patients’ families and / or health care professionals, maintaining an approach that incorporates physical, psychological, social, and spiritual aspects of care in accordance
• with the Rennie Grove Peace philosophy.
• Observe and report changes in the patient’s symptoms, conditions, and circumstances to the registered health professional, and notify other healthcare professionals as necessary.
• Work in accordance with the patient’s agreed care plan.
• Support the patient with any physical / personal care, if the situation requires, maintaining dignity whilst doing. This may include a simple dressing or carrying out last offices if required.
• Responsible for identifying and acting on any risk of safeguarding to patients and their families in accordance with Rennie Grove Peace policies.
• Keep accurate and legible records in accordance with legislative requirements and Rennie Grove Peace practice and procedure.
• Prompt medication if dispensed in a pharmacy blister pack.
• Ensure all verbal and written communication is accurate and timely.

If successful, you’ll join on the first working Monday of the month so we can best support you with our structured induction programme.

For an informal chat about this role please contact Caroline Harman, Head of Community Services – North West Locality at caroline.harman@renniegrovepeace.org

Applications will be reviewed and invited to interview as received. We reserve the right to close the advert at any time, therefore we encourage applicants to apply as soon as possible.

Our commitment to equality and diversity

At Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care we strive to continuously demonstrate our values. These values are embedded in our recruitment and selection process and we are fully committed to equality, diversity and inclusion in both our workforce and within our culture.

The Company

At Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care, we’re all about making every moment matter for our patients and families, and you can play your part in that. We will support people of all ages who are affected by a progressive life- limiting illness (and those who care for them), to live as well as possible by providing choice and ease access to a wide range of palliative care and bereavement services across Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire. We provide care and support for adults and children diagnosed with cancer and other life-limiting illness, and their families, visiting day and night. It’s important work and, to make it all happen, we need talented and passionate people.

Your main duties and responsibilities will be:

– Competently working alone, or with a registered health professional (nurse or paramedic), as required, with patients and their families in the home environment with support and guidance from qualified professionals.
– Respond to all calls and requests for patient visits, speaking with patients and relatives as required.
– To adhere to the lone worker policy and procedure.
– Working collaboratively with hospice and community partners.
– Acting as a Rennie Grove Peace ambassador within the community.

For more information, please visit our website