Closing date: December 15 2024
Interview date: W/C 6th January 2025 – date to be confirmed
Location: Selly Park
Hours: Full-time and part-time, and also days and nights rotation.
Duration: Permanent
Salary: Clinical Band 2 £22,384 pa full time equivalent
Health Care Assistant – Inpatient Unit
Join our team
At Birmingham Hospice our teams are committed to improving quality of life for people living with life-limiting conditions as well as supporting their families and loved ones during one of the most challenging periods they will ever face.
We have a wonderful opportunity for someone to join us as a Health Care Assistant at our Inpatient Unit (IPU) at Selly Park. As a compassionate and caring individual, you will be providing personal care to patients while also being sensitive to their spiritual, psychological and social needs and the needs of their families.
You will be working alongside our passionate and skilled multi-disciplinary team to deliver the highest possible standard of person centred palliative and end of life care to our patients and their families.
In return, there will be opportunity to develop professionally and learn a range of skills supported by our experienced and passionate multidisciplinary teams including our Education team.
If this sounds like the role for you then we’d love to receive your application.
For further information or an informal chat, please email Alison Breakwell, Lead Nurse – IPU at alison.breakwell@birminghamhospice.org.uk.
Requirements
• NVQ Level 2 or equivalent in Health and Social Care or equivalent or have a willingness to work towards this.
• Experience of working in a care role in the healthcare sector or other related experience.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Good communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Experience of palliative care desirable although not essential.
Key benefits
• Free onsite parking.
• Free tea, coffee and toast.
• We’re happy to talk about flexible working, including those with caring responsibilities – while we can’t accommodate every flexible working request, we’ll try to find a practical solution.
• Birmingham Hospice is committed to colleague development as an ongoing professional requirement and consider this a priority.
• For individuals joining the charity from the NHS or another hospice, the employee’s continuous previous service with any NHS employer is recognised in respect of pension provision and annual leave.
• A supportive work environment, with a focus on your mental health and wellbeing.
• Free emotional, health and financial support.
“After I saw the care my dad received at the hospice, I knew I wanted to work there.”
Barbara Bennett, a Healthcare Assistant at Birmingham Hospice’s Erdington site, was inspired to join the hospice after seeing the expert palliative care her dad, Frederick, received there.
Having worked in healthcare for 30 years, Barbara decided it was time she went into palliative and end of life care after helping to care for her father when he was diagnosed with heart failure, kidney failure and dementia.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
The hospice is committed to developing a dynamic and diverse workforce, representative of the communities it serves. We ask you, therefore, to complete the Equal Opportunities monitoring form to help us in this aim.
We value each person as an individual – whether they are colleagues, patients, family members, carers or supporters, every person matters. We embrace diversity of culture, background and environment knowing it enriches our workplace and our relationships with our local communities. We are committed to building a culture of inclusion and belonging. We would love to hear from you, about what makes you uniquely you and how this opportunity will support you to succeed.
Our Values
Our values are at the heart of everything we do as we continue in our mission to enable more people from all communities to access the care of their choice at the end of life.
Kindness
Togetherness
Positivity
Openness
Respect
Innovation