Palliative Health Care Support Worker
| Posting date: | 18 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £24,625.00 to £25,674.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £24625.00 - £25674.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 July 2025 |
| Location: | Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 9SE |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9301-25-0786 |
Summary
Work in partnership with other health professionals and external agencies to provide a personalised service to meet individuals needs. Read, follow and implement support/rehabilitation plans clearly documenting the service users progress following care and support calls. To monitor and report any changes to care packages that contributes to a continuing review of the service users care. To work unsupervised in peoples homes in the community. Promote the service users privacy and dignity whilst undertaking personal activities of daily living. Maintaining the service users personal information and confidentiality at all times. Ensure the service user is involved in all decision making regarding their plan of health and social care. Communicate medication processes and assist / support the service user in managing medication and promoting independence. Support and assist service users in managing long term medical conditions and to maximise their independence which will include goal setting and rehabilitation with a therapist or other professional as appropriate. Enable, encourage and / or assist, support service users (where appropriate) with personal care such as; bathing, showering, toileting, hygiene continence care, skin integrity, meal prep and medication. Encourage and inform service users in managing their own personal safety. Deliver competent palliative care and have the ability to support people and their carers/families at the end of their lives. Support, guide and enable service users in decision making scenarios and where appropriate refer to management or other professionals. Encourage, inform and enable service users in relation to basic health, wellbeing and individual choice and provide information on other internal / external services that meet individual needs. Monitor and record service users health and wellbeing including baseline observations and act on or report on any concerns or changes in the service users condition, needs, or circumstances as appropriate Comply with all policies, procedures and legislative frameworks. The post holder is required to contribute to the achievement of the service Ensure a work environment that protects peoples health and safety and that promotes welfare and safety. To report and escalate in accordance with Trust Policy any safeguarding concerns and promote the welfare of vulnerable adults. Participation and contribution in individual and peer supervision sessions, scheduled team meetings and any personal development conversations. Ability to support with clinical tasks according to appropriate procedure and protocol following training and support by clinical staff.