Senior Palliative Care Support Worker (Hospice at Home)
St Michael’s Hospice
Hereford, HR1 4HA
Salary
£14.37 to £14.78
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
9 September 2026
9 days left
Job description
You will be part of a large multidisciplinary team providing high quality, individualised, hands on palliative care to our patients in our Community S...
The role of the Senior Palliative Care Support Worker is to ensure that St Michael's is able to continue to deliver high quality palliative care and support to our patients and their families. This role requires effective communication, and the ability to establish supportive and working relationships with our patients and families as well as our Multidisciplinary team.
Shift times are 0800-1400, 1600-2100, 2200-0700
This post is conditional to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check.
Job Title: Senior Palliative Care Support Worker
Spinal Point Range: 7,8
(Plus, unsocial hours payments see below)
Hours: up to 37.5 hours per week
Department: Hospice Care Services
Location: St Michaels Hospice, Bartestree
Reports to: Hub Manager / Community Services Manager / Sister
Job Purpose: In and across all areas of St Michaels provision of Care. To deliver individualised, holistic palliative nursing care to patients and their families in their own homes/inpatient care setting to enhance their quality of life.
Planning (dependant on care setting)
- Co-ordinate the Palliative Care Support Workers activities e.g. patient allocation, meal planning.
- Manage the daily work pattern for Palliative Care Support Workers to ensure staffing is maintained.
- Contribute to safe deployment of staffing resources by completing the duty rota for both Senior and Palliative Care Support Workers; escalating to ward sister when complete.
- Manage the clinical consumable stock ordering process.
Leadership
- Contribute to the appraisal process for Palliative Care Support Workers where appropriate
- Provide support and guidance to new members of the team, sharing knowledge and skills
- Become Champions for Link Nurse Roles
Care Provision
St Michael's Hospice is nestled in the stunning Herefordshire countryside, in a state-of-the-art facility. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, a transferrable NHS pension or you can enrol onto our own Hospice pension. We offer Life Assurance, a superb working environment and facility, generous study leave allowance, discounts with local suppliers, individualised training needs analysis, advanced communication skills training, employee counselling service, free tea & coffee, a friendly & welcoming work environment and 30 days annual leave (pro rata if applicable), plus bank holidays. We are one of the top 100 best not for profit organisations to work for and have been caring to make a difference, to patients living with a terminal illness and their families, across Herefordshire and beyond for over 40 years.
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ Level 3 in care or equivalent
- Basic IT skills
- Be in possession of a full UK driving licence, be over 21 and have held a full licence for 12 months.
Desirable
- Care Certificate
Experience
Essential
- Experience of delivering hands on care for people requiring palliative care
- Experience of dealing with challenging situations
Desirable
- Previous experience of providing care in the community
How to apply
Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.
Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
27 August 2026
Last checked
31 August 2026
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