Assessor | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 03 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £28,407 - £34,581 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 June 2024 |
| Location: | Oxford, OX4 2PG |
| Company: | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6230037/321-MRC-6230037-B5 |
Summary
An exciting opportunity to join the Home Hospice Care Team as an Assessor has arisen.
The Home Hospice Care Team sits within the wider Oxfordshire Rapid Intervention for Palliative and End of Life Care project, as a separate team. The Home Hospice Care Team primarily provides care to people who are likely to die within the next 2 weeks and are at home. The team is also required to provide short term support to people who are in crisis.
The postholder will be responsible for completing initial assessments in the patient's home, as well as reviewing the care to ensure the needs of the patients are being met.
The postholder will also be required to line manage the Patient Support Workers.
Please be aware this post does not offer sponsorship
The Home Hospice Care Team (HHCT) is looking for an Assessor to join our community based team.
The team operates 7 days a week from 7am-10pm, this includes Bank Holidays.
The team covers the whole of Oxfordshire, so it is essential that the postholder has a full UK driving licence and a reliable car available for work.
HHCT has the following two bases, Unipart Business House and Horton General Hospital. You will predominately be covering Central and South Oxfordshire but do need to be willing to travel across Oxfordshire.
If this is the job for you, please apply online now.
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Please see the attached job description for additional information on the roles and responsibilities of the Assessor post.
This advert closes on Friday 17 May 2024