Location: Harrogate and Rural District/Hambleton and Richmondshire
Salary: £10.00 per hour for patient facing duties
Hours: 20 hours per week over 4 days
Are you an enthusiastic, motivated Health Care Assistant looking to be involved in providing excellent palliative care? Do you wish to join a team dedicated to enhancing the provision of services within a multi-disciplinary approach for End of Life Care within the Community?
We have an opportunity to join our team of Health Care Assistants working in the community, providing care and support in patients homes following patients care plans, and working closely with District Nurses.
Candidates will need to have experience of the care environment, and understand patient centred care, with the confidence to work independently.
Knowledge of infection prevention and control, note writing, and health and safety will also be required in the role.
Candidates will need to have a full clean driving licence and access to their own vehicle to travel between patient addresses.
Benefits include:
• Paid travel time
• 28 days paid holiday per year pro rata
• Bank shifts available
• Support in training and Continuous Professional Development
• Comprehensive induction programme
• Free Uniform
• Free DBS check
• Contributory Pension Scheme with employer contribution of 8% and variable employee contribution
• Free Group Life Assurance
• Employee Assistance Scheme
• Opportunity to network within a wider group of likeminded professionals.
• A chance to forge and develop the career you love.
• Free car parking at North Yorkshire Hospice Care sites.
The current rate of pay for this role is £10.00 per hour for patient facing duties.
Travel, training, and mileage are all paid.
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.
We reserve the right to close the advert prior to the deadline upon receipt of a sufficient number of applications.
Successful applicants are required to provide an enhanced disclosure. Disclosure expense will be met by employer.
Please click Apply and you will be forwarded to our Recruitment Website, where a full Job Description is available.
For more information on the role, please contact us on recruitment@saintmichaelshospice.org or on 01423 876086 and we can arrange for you to have a discussion with the team.
Completed applications to be received by 9am on 13th November 2020.
Telephone interviews and interviews will be arranged as soon as possible after the closing date and will take place in Harrogate.
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).
