St. Columba's Hospice, 15 Boswall Road, EDINBURGH EH5 3RW
Community Clinical Support Workers, Care at Home Team
36 hours per week (37.5 WTE)
12 hour day shifts / 3 days out of 7 / no set pattern
Hospice Band 3
Hospice Band 3 Starting Salary £27,933 WTE pro rata, per annum (rising to Step2 £28,998 WTE subject to satisfactory performance review) Unsocial Hours Shift Allowance + Pension + Benefits
Role description
Community Clinical Support Worker
Locations: Edinburgh & East Lothian
Starting Salary: Step1 £27,933 WTE pro rata, per annum (rising to Step2 £28,998 WTE subject to satisfactory performance review)
Unsocial Hours Shift Allowance + Pension + Mileage Expenses + Benefits
Hospice Band: 3
Hours: 36 hours per week - 12 hour day shifts / 3 days out of 7 / no set pattern.
The role
St Columba's exists to give everyone who needs it the very best hospice care. We're an independent charity at the heart of our local community, offering free, flexible and person-centred palliative care and support to our patients and their families.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Care at Home team. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to be involved in the shaping and development of the service.
The Care at Home team provides practical, social and emotional support to palliative patients and their families within their own homes. The aim of the service is to offer:
1. A person centred approach in the prevention of admission to or facilitate discharge from inpatient care, crisis management and support at times of rapid change including end of life care
2. Respite support for families and carers. The promotion of independence through enabling, empowering and educating patients and families.
The Care at Home service is a 7-day service providing support from 8am-8.30pm. The team has registered Nursing staff lead and co-coordinator (office/home based) and a Community Clinical Support Worker team (CCSW), covering North Edinburgh and East Lothian. A full UK driving license and use of a car is required for this role.
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Ami or Emma on 0131 551 7724.
EMPLOYER: St Columba's Hospice Care is an independent Scottish Charity, SC003634, regulated by the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR).
ST COLUMBA'S SERVICE RELATED BENEFITS: Continuous employment at St Columba's counts towards the calculation of entitlement for all St Columba's service related benefits including annual leave allowance, occupational sick pay, maternity/paternity leave & pay etc.
An independent Scottish charity, St Columba's Hospice offers competitive rates of pay, generous pension contributions, annual leave allowance and occupational sick pay entitlements that increase with length of service at St Columba's Hospice, and a supportive and rewarding place to work, with our own on-site education and research team - we're an Investor in People organisation! For a full summary of terms and conditions of employment please refer to the vacancy pack for the role you are interested in.
We want to ensure that as much of our resources as possible go towards supporting people with a terminal illness and therefore we do not normally contact unsuccessful applicants individually. If you have not heard from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. However, we would encourage you to apply for other suitable roles. Thank you for your interest in this vacancy and in working for St. Columbas Hospice.
HOW TO APPLY:
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Closing date
Monday 25 November 2024
- Urban Practice