TW Health Care Assistant

St Helena Hospice is seeking Twilight Health Care Assistants, to work within the Single Point team. The shifts are from 8pm to 2am.

Hours to be agreed but minimum would be 18 per week. Salary advertised is the Full time equivalent

To assist Registered Nurse/paramedic overnight in providing high standards of specialist palliative care to patients and their relatives in their own homes

To assist the Registered Nurse/paramedic with providing catheter and bowel management as part of our night integration service with the community nursing team

To support the Registered Nurse/Paramedic overnight with taking direct calls and placing them on the triage list for a clinician to support and assess further and determine the appropriate outcomes

To provide physical, social, emotional and spiritual care in the patients home and the inpatient unit (when required) in agreement with the patient and family.

St Helena Hospices core values and behaviours will be embedded in our recruitment, our training and development review and our decision making process.

Training and competencies within the specialities, as well as on-going support and professional development, will be tailored to meet your individual needs.

In return we offer;

A competitive and progressive salary.

Enhanced hourly rates for working unsocial hours

NHS Pension (for active members who wish to transfer and continue their membership)

Clinical Supervision

Employee Assistance and Wellbeing support

We cover the cost of your DBS Check and the periodic renewal

Uniform provided

Free on site parking

Subsidised dining and complimentary drinks

Duties & Responsibilities:

You should be flexible and adaptable to changes in your duties depending on patient demand, staffing levels, and operational priorities. For this role a willingness to support colleagues and work collaboratively across the wider team is essential to meet the needs of the service. These duties will be carried out across both the Inpatient Unit and Community Services.

Hospice MDT

In conjunction with other members of the team, and in line with yourlevel of competence, assist in meeting the needs of patients: hygiene,elimination, nutrition, mobilising, maintaining independence, pain.

Be able to recognise and advocate for the promotion of independence and personalised care, based on patients' life histories and expressed preferencesabout their own care.

Meet the therapy needs of the patient through the delivery of thetherapy plan of care devised by the registered therapist.

Identify the psychosocial and spiritual needs of families and friendsunder his/her care and communicate to the Registered Nurse.

To implement rehabilitation programmes devised by the OT or physio andwhen needed, follow up interventions.

To practice daily living activities with patients on the ward under theguidance of the OT/Physio, e.g. functional transfers, personal care, ormobility.

To assess and provide basic mobility and daily living equipment aids to patients, report to the Occupational Therapist (OT) or Physio (PT) as appropriate and arrange for loan or replacement of equipment with statutoryservices.

To implement therapeutic interventions such as exercise, stretching,energy conservation, pacing and relaxation, reporting to OT/PT as necessary.

Perform Last Offices to deceased patients including safe custody ofvaluables and belongings.

Maintaining health and safety within the ward area, i.e. ensure fireexits are clear, cupboards safely stocked, and hazards removed and reported.

Check andensure that equipment is clean and in working order ready for use

Ensure that all information recorded by the individual is in accordance with St Helenapolicy (i.e patient records, incident/accident reports).

Escortpatients to hospital appointments, home visits or recreational trips.

Assist inchecking Controlled Drugs with Registered Nurse (on completion of Drugs Competency Framework).

Ensureyou follow all policies and procedures in relation to prevention and infection control

Undertakeand record clinical observations reporting results to Registered Nurse

Undertakesimple dressings independently, within level of competence and assist

Registered Nurses with complexdressings.

Hospice in the Home MDT:

Toassist/supervise family members in caring for the patient or other untrainedcarers in the patients home.

Toinvolve and enable the family and friends to continue caring for the patient and support them as appropriate.

To assistthe Single Point RNs in assessment and care of patients

To carefor the person and their family holistically i.e. recognising the importance of physical, emotional, social and spiritual aspects of care.

To workunsupervised in the patients home.

To report back to Single Point any symptoms, concerns, changes or deterioration of the patients condition.

To takeadvice / instructions from St Helena Medical and Senior Staff on-call when necessary.

To act asa call handler when required, being the first point of contact for patients,relatives and…