This is an exciting time to join the community service as we continue to grow and work as a seamless multidisciplinary team, so we can be there to support more people at end of life. Our services work across 7 days a week delivering a mixture of direct planned and responsive care and supporting other professionals through our expertise and experience. Above everything else, our service is patient centred.
The role is predominantly office based and will provide comprehensive administrative and clinical support to the CPCT Hub 5 days a week. It may also include deployment to support outpatient clinics, and urgent community visits when required, and provide ongoing support for the stable patient caseload.
The post holder will work without direct supervision to facilitate and coordinate daily patient flow within the Community Palliative Care Team (CPCT) Hub. Utilising their own initiative, the postholder will proactively identify opportunities and actions to support the clinical team in the Hub, patients, and families.
Key Responsibilities
* Good communication skills, calm and professional manner under pressure
* Be able to work methodically and independently.
* Be able to use technology and familiar with interactions and the wider structure/systems of community services
* Provide adaptable and flexible support to the senior team, adjusting priorities as appropriate.
* Able to source support for patients/carers from external agencies and follow through to completion
* Use initiative when responding to changing patient signs with regards to existing clinical plans.
* Enabling the patient to achieve their preferred place of care and death
About Us
Southern Hospice Group is the largest group of hospices in Sussex and one of the largest in the UK. We are committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to adults, children and their families across Sussex. Bringing our teams and resources together as one organisation means we can focus on new and exciting visions and plans for our people and patients and provide even greater opportunities for our workforce.
St Barnabas House provides specialist palliative care to adults in the Worthing, Adur, Arun and Henfield areas through a range of services, including in-patient care and community living well services.
Chestnut Tree House is the children’s hospice for East and West Sussex and South East Hampshire, providing specialist palliative care for children and young people with life-limiting conditions.
Martlets provides essential care to people affected by terminal illness in Brighton and Hove and surrounding areas. Our expert teams provide the very best care and support, helping patients and their loved ones to live life to the full during the precious time they have together.
We warmly welcome applications from all sections of our community. We also invite applications from suitably experienced people for all industry sectors who can demonstrate the skills, ability and enthusiasm to work with a people-centric organisation like ours.
Benefits
* Company pension scheme or NHS pension scheme for eligible employees
* Up to 35 days’ annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
* On-site education support and study leave opportunities
* Option to access Health Shield and cover your everyday cost of healthcare for less
* Free parking, subsidised meals and various social activities
* Corporate rate gym membership, discounts with local complementary therapies and Blue Light Card
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Death in Service
Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy before the published closing date where applicant volume is high.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for an Enhanced submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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