Bank Senior Healthcare Assistant

Bank Senior Healthcare Assistant – Hospice at Home.
Sue Ryder, Thorpe Hall Hospice, Peterborough
Ad Hoc Shifts
£12.62 per hour plus enhancements for Nights, Weekends and Bank Holiday
Full UK driving licence, essential * paid travel or *Access to Sue Ryder pool car*

Sue Ryder is here to make sure everyone approaching the end of their life or living with grief can access the support they need. There is no one size fits all when it comes to how we cope and the help we need, but with our support, no one has to face dying or grief alone.

We are there when it matters.

Thorpe Hall Hospice is based in Peterborough. We’re here for people aged 18 and over who are living with conditions like cancer, heart failure and lung disease. We offer a range of support to patients and their families including inpatient care in our 20 bed hospice, a day service for those with long-term conditions and support in the community through our Hospice at Home and bereavement services.

Hospice at Home teams provide specialist hands-on care and support in people’s homes or usual place of residence when they are approaching the end of their life. Our care is available day and night, giving patients and families specialist support at a very difficult time. We are seeking compassionate and dedicated Senior Healthcare Assistant to join our expanding Hospice at Home Service to provide palliative and end of life care in the Greater Peterborough community.

About the Role:

The successful applicant will play an active role within our team, providing excellent personalised care, enabling patients to be cared for in their own homes surrounded by their families and loved ones. It's all about giving them the best possible quality of life. The support we offer is tailored to meet individuals' medical, social, spiritual and emotional needs.

The service runs 7 days per week, 24 hours per day. Shifts could be up to 12 hours and these could be either during the day or overnight.

About you:

- NVQ/QCF Level 3 in Healthcare ESSENTIAL
- Relevant experience in Palliative or End of Life Care is ideal however care experience in a similar setting is essential.
- Access to your own transport is essential with a full UK driving licence.
- You will need to be able to demonstrate the ability to work well within a team as well as on your own, use initiative, organise your workload and have excellent communication skills.
- You must be IT literate as this role requires remote working with a Laptop

Benefits

Company pension scheme 
Continuation of NHS pension (T&Cs apply)  
27 days holiday - rising to 33 with length of service plus bank holidays 
NHS annual leave honoured (T&Cs apply)  
Enhance pay for unsociable hours
Enhanced maternity and paternity pay 
Enhanced sick pay 
Refer a Friend scheme – up to £1000 payment
Employee Networks - LGBTQ+, Ethnic Diversity and Equality, People with Disabilities, and Women and Non-Binary Individuals 
Inclusion passports 
Free Period Products 
Electric Vehicle Scheme 
Healthcare Cash Plan 
Death in Service Benefit 
Staff discount of 10% on new goods online at shop.sueryder.org 
Structured induction programme and learning and development opportunities. 

For more of our employee benefits please visit our website.

https://www.sueryder.org/jobs/why-work-for-sue-ryder

We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds to help us to provide the best possible experience for the people who use our services and continue to make Sue Ryder a great place to work, and attract and recruit the best, most diverse workforce possible. We are particularly interested in increasing applications from the global majority, LGTBQIA+ and people with disabilities as they are currently underrepresented in our organisation.

Please let us know if you have any feedback to make our recruitment processes more accessible and inclusive or if you require any adjustments made to your application or interview process by emailing recruitment@sueryder.org

https://www.sueryder.org/jobs/equity-diversity-inclusion

If you want more than just a job, we want you.

Join the team and be there when it matters.