Band 3 Senior Healthcare Assistant (HCA) Job Vacancy in South Tyneside, England, UK

Job summary

There is some exciting newsregarding the Integrated Community Specialist Palliative Care Team. We havebeen given the opportunity to develop a virtual palliative care ward and we arecurrently working on this new model. This means we have an exciting new post availablewithin our existing team of specialist nurse, HCAS and administrators.

Although a very emotive role, ourspecialist health care assistants will work in various aspects of the serviceon a rotational basis making their working week varied with fantastic jobsatisfaction.

We are looking for experiencedhealth care assistants with an interest and a passion in caring for patients inthe community with specialist palliative care needs and at end of life.

If you feel you could join ourdedicated team of specialists and become pat of our work family, then we wouldlike to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

Main duties include supportingpalliative patients and their relatives in their own homes.

A full list of the main duties arelisted in the job description

About us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serves over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Here at LPT, our values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Trust, which we keep at the heart of everything we do.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information are contained in the attached document titled Information for Applicants.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.