Job overview
Are you passionate about palliative and end of life care?
Do you have experience of working with patients in the community or senior health care experience?
Main duties of the job
Please see attached job description and person specification.
Applicants must have a full UK driving licence and access to a car for work purposes.
Working for our organisation
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage. We are rated CQC ‘Good’ and are well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we provide for our patients and our staff. We offer a broad range of clinical care to a population of 270,000, and we have regional specialist centres for spinal injuries, rehabilitation, plastics and burns. Our longstanding links with local Armed Forces and veterans has seen us awarded Gold under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition scheme.
Our 5,500-strong workforce is at the very centre of everything we do, and we are committed to developing our people and their careers. We have high levels of staff engagement, an award-winning internal communications function, an innovative training partnership with Coventry University, and are one of 23 ‘NHS People Promise Exemplar’ sites.
At SFT we work flexibly and we think working here is pretty rewarding. Employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, generous leave entitlement and pension scheme.
Additional staff benefits include accommodation, on-site car parking, access to a leisure centre (2 indoor heated swimming pools and a fully equipped gym and squash court), day nursery, holiday play scheme, restaurants and a number of shops.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for full details of the role and responsibilities.
Person specification
essential
Essential criteria
1. completion of application form relevant to post
2. evidence of understanding of the role of an HCA in a Hospice at Home team
3. evidence of team working
4. evidence of working autonomously
5. NVQ level 2/3 or equivalent
Desirable criteria
6. Hospice at Home HCA experience
7. communication skills training or evidence of courses/study
We offer excellent benefits that help make SDH a great place to work. These include but aren't limited to:-
8. Holiday starting at 27 days plus Bank Holidays rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years for Agenda for Change staff
9. Holiday entitlement for Medical and Dental staff starts at 27 days for Junior/Senior Clinical Fellows, Specialty Doctors and rises to 32 days after 5 years. Consultant entitlement starts at 32 days and rises to 34 days after 7 years
10. An additional day's leave to celebrate your birthday (after 12 months)
11. Access to a career average revalued earnings pension scheme
12. Life assurance if a member of the pension scheme
13. An extensive Health and Wellbeing offer to help you deal with life's challenges
14. Exclusive deals and discounts websites saving you money on everyday purchases, treats for the family, eating out and utility bills for home
15. Cycle to work scheme
16. Uniform provided (where required)
17. On site Day Nursery and Holiday Play scheme
18. On site health and fitness club
19. On site car parking
20. Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and training, to help you achieve the job and career you want.