Health Care Assistant - Band 2

Competitive salary and generous holiday

entitlement

Wellbeing programmes and comprehensive

training

Opportunities for career development and

ongoing professional support

The chance to make a real difference as part

of an amazing charity

Interested? For

an informal discussion, contact Alison Breakwell, IPU Lead Nurse at alison.breakwell@birminghamhospice.org.uk.

Informal conversations are strongly encouraged.

We are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role. All applicants must

already have the right to work in the UK, including a minimum of 24 hours per

week.

close earlier than the stated deadline if we receive a high volume of

applications.

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application forms. Any application with more than 30% AI-generated content will

not be considered for shortlisting.

Happy to talk about flexible working

Job title: Health Care Assistant

Department: IPU Selly Park

Hospice band: Clinical Band 2

Reports to: Lead Nurse IPU

Responsible for: -

Job purpose

To work as member of the multidisciplinary to team to ensure the delivery of high

standards of Palliative and end of life care to patients and their families in accordance

with the hospice values.

Main duties and responsibilities

Deliver hands on personal care to patients including care of the deceased patient

Report verbally (patient information) to appropriate team members

Document care given on system one

Contribute to multidisciplinary discussions.

To work as part of a multidisciplinary team.

To attend statutory training sessions

To work flexibly across all areas in the Hospice if required

Escort patients to appointments.

Be sensitive to the spiritual, psychological and social needs of the patients and their families.

To convey messages and information to all team members, patients and their families as

appropriate.

Initiate and participate in social activities for patients, together with colleagues.

Undertake clinical skills as competent whilst adhering to hospice policies and procedures.

Be aware of and undertake infection control measures to ensure safe working environment

To undertake mandatory training and yearly appraisals in line with Hospice policy

Financial

To ensure that resources are used in an efficient and cost effective manner for the good of the

patients

Ensure effective communication with patients and their relatives and the wider

multidisciplinary team

Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills

Demonstrate high standards of both written and verbal communication

To participate in and contribute to the maintenance of a safe working environment in

accordance with the requirements of health and safety legislation to ensure the delivery of

high quality, safe, patient-centred care.

General duties

All employees are required to uphold the confidentiality of all information records in

whatever format, encountered in the course of employment and after it.

All employees are bound by the requirements of the General Data Protection

Regulations when, in the course of their employment, they deal with information

records relating to individuals.

The hospice is committed to promoting an environment that values diversity. All

staff are responsible for ensuring that they treat individuals equally and fairly and

do not discriminate on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage

or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual

orientation. The hospice expects all staff to behave in a way that recognises and

respects diversity in line with the appropriate standards.

Health and safety

All employees have a responsibility under the terms of the Health and Safety at

Work Act 1974 to protect and promote their own health and that of others in the

workplace.

All employees are responsible for maintaining their statutory and mandatory

training.

All employees must comply with all hospice health and safety procedures infection

control.

The prevention and control of infection is the responsibility of everyone who is

employed by the hospice. Employees must be aware of infection control policies,

procedures and the importance of protecting themselves and their clients in

maintaining a clean and healthy environment.

Information governance

All employees are responsible for ensuring they undertake any training relating to

information governance, read the hospices policies, procedures and guidance

documents relating to information governance, and understanding how this affects

them in their role.

Professional development

All employees must participate in an annual appraisal and develop a personal

development plan with their line manager.

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Safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults

The hospice is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children,

young people and vulnerable adults. All employees and volunteers are expected to

behave in such a way that supports this commitment pandemic or major incident.

which they are not competent or where they feel unsafe in their environment or could put

patients or themselves at risk.

In the event of a pandemic or major incident, the post holder may be asked to undertake

other duties not necessarily commensurate to the banding of this role. This could include

duties in any part of the hospice. Prior to undertaking any duties, the member of staff will

have full training and induction. We wont ask any member of staff to undertake duties for

The job description is not exhaustive and may be amended following appropriate

consultation in the light of business needs

Birmingham Hospice provides expert palliative and end of

life care for people and their families living with life-limiting illnesses.

We believe that all people in Birmingham should have access

to the best specialist care and support - when, where and how they need it. Our

vision is a future where everyone with a life-limiting illness will live and

die with dignity and in comfort. Our mission is to enable more people from all

communities to access the care of their choice at the end of life.

During a recent CQC inspection our sites have been rated

outstanding, with independent health care regulators highlighting that

colleagues and services are caring, responsive and well-led.

Our outstanding teams are passionate about providing the

very best care, and patients and their loved ones are at the heart of

everything we do.

Our values of kindness, respect, innovation, togetherness,

positivity and openness are at the centre of who we are, what we do and how we

behave. We pride ourselves on being an inclusive, welcoming, caring and

supportive team. We are offering a competitive salary, with generous holiday

allowance, a contribution pension scheme, and a commitment to investing in our

people through employee benefits and ongoing professional development.

Personal Skills and Attributes

Qualifications

Essential: - Good standard of education; - NVQ 2 in health and social care or; - equivalent/Willingness to work towards or equivalent

Experience

Essential: - Experience of working in a care role in the health care sector and/or other care related experience

Desirable: - Experience of oncology or palliative care