Palliative Care Health Care Support Worker
| Posting date: | 17 April 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,625 - £25,674 Pro rata per annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 17 May 2025 |
| Location: | tameside, OL6 6SL |
| Company: | Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7087840/245-ACS3PAL-04-25 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust.
Palliative Care Health Care Support Worker
Band 3 - 33.50 hours per week
A great opportunity has arisen for a Health Care Support Worker to join our community Palliative Respite Team.
The post holder will work as part of the Palliative Care Respite Team and will be responsible to the Team Coordinator. The Post Holder will assist the District Nursing Team in the delivery of high quality community based nursing and social care to patients who have palliative care needs and who wish to remain at home. The post holder will work collaboratively with other members of the Intermediate Tier Services in supporting the patient and carers and provide personal, social, psychological and spiritual care. They regularly work without direct supervision in a patient's home.
Delivers nursing and social care to patients who have a palliative diagnosis and who wish to remain at home under the direction of the palliative care respite team coordinator and under the supervision of the district nurse. This will be in the form of personal care, ie, pressure relief, personal hygiene, continence care, oral hygiene etc.
To provide social support and care, ie to prepare drinks and light meals for the patient if required. To provide a flexible sitting and support service to enable carers to have respite periods and maintain patients within their
own homes.
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.
We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:
• Compassion
• Accountability
• Respect
• Excellence
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ & Disabled people.
Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.
The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specifications focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.
The person specification below is not the full personspecification, butoutlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
This advert closes on Thursday 1 May 2025
Palliative Care Health Care Support Worker
Band 3 - 33.50 hours per week
A great opportunity has arisen for a Health Care Support Worker to join our community Palliative Respite Team.
The post holder will work as part of the Palliative Care Respite Team and will be responsible to the Team Coordinator. The Post Holder will assist the District Nursing Team in the delivery of high quality community based nursing and social care to patients who have palliative care needs and who wish to remain at home. The post holder will work collaboratively with other members of the Intermediate Tier Services in supporting the patient and carers and provide personal, social, psychological and spiritual care. They regularly work without direct supervision in a patient's home.
Delivers nursing and social care to patients who have a palliative diagnosis and who wish to remain at home under the direction of the palliative care respite team coordinator and under the supervision of the district nurse. This will be in the form of personal care, ie, pressure relief, personal hygiene, continence care, oral hygiene etc.
To provide social support and care, ie to prepare drinks and light meals for the patient if required. To provide a flexible sitting and support service to enable carers to have respite periods and maintain patients within their
own homes.
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.
We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:
• Compassion
• Accountability
• Respect
• Excellence
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ & Disabled people.
Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.
The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specifications focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.
The person specification below is not the full personspecification, butoutlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
This advert closes on Thursday 1 May 2025