Senior Healthcare Assistant / Healthcare Assistant

Our Hospice at Home service brings the skills and expertise of our highly trained and dedicated specialist team directly into our patients homes. This allows patients, their families, and carers access to the vital support they need at home, when time matters most., We are looking for both experienced and less experienced, enthusiastic Senior Healthcare Assistants to join our Hospice at Home team, giving our patients, their families, and carers both emotional and practical support to get the vital care they need.

You will work closely with the Clinical Nurse Specialists to carry out personal care to patients to suit their individual needs, aimed at ensuring more people achieve their preferred place of care. You will work closely with the nursing staff to support both the patient and their surrounding network, providing both practical and emotional support.

YOU MUST HAVE A FULL, CURRENT, UK DRIVING LICENCE AND HAVE USE OF A CAR. YOU MUST HAVE THE RIGHT TO WORK IN THE UK.

We are looking to recruit a personable individual, with excellent communication and interpersonal skills. This role will involve working within a nursing team on an In-patient Unit and/or in the Community. You will need to have previous experience in nursing terminally ill patients, or be keen to learn and develop skills looking after terminally ill patients. For the SHCA role an NVQ 3 is essential, Healthcare assistants with a willingness to learn will receive in house training and support.You may be required to work flexibly across the 7-day working week, but you will not be required to work nights. YOU MUST HAVE A FULL, CURRENT, UK DRIVING LICENCE AND HAVE USE OF A CAR. YOU MUST HAVE THE RIGHT TO WORK IN THE UK.

Princess Alice Hospice is one of the top adult hospices in the UK, providing CQC rated outstanding, specialist palliative care and support to a community of more than a million people living in Surrey, south west London and Middlesex.