* Hours - 19 hours per week
* Location - Peace Hospice, Watford
* Salary - £23,272 - £24,823 per annum (pro rata)
* Closing date - 3 October 2024
* Interview date - TBC
The purpose of this role is to deliver care and support to patients, families and carers at home for those identified as requiring care and support at end of life.
This means you will be responsible for
* Competently working alone, or with a registered health professional (nurse or paramedic), as required, with patients and their families in the home environment with support and guidance from qualified professionals.
* Respond to all calls and requests for patient visits, speaking with patients and relatives as required.
* To adhere to the lone worker policy and procedure.
* Working collaboratively with hospice and community partners.
* Acting as a Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care ambassador, actively demonstrating our values and positively promoting the specialist care we provide.
At Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care, we're all about making every moment matter for our patients and families, and you can play your part in that. We will support people of all ages who are affected by a progressive life-limiting illness and those who care for them, to live as well as possible by providing choice and ease of access to a wide range of palliative care and bereavement services across West Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire. We provide care and support for adults and children diagnosed with cancer and other life-limiting illness, and their families, visiting day and night. It's important work and, to make it all happen, we need talented and passionate people.
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If successful, you'll join on the first working Monday of the month so we can best support you with our structured induction programme.
For an informal chat about this role please contact Ursula Reeve, Head of Community SW Herts & Overnight -
Applications will be reviewed and invited to interview as received. We reserve the right to close the advert at any time, therefore we encourage applicants to apply as soon as possible.
Our commitment to equality and diversity
At Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care we strive to continuously demonstrate our values. These values are embedded in our recruitment and selection processes and we are fully committed to equality, diversity and inclusion in both our workforce and within our culture.