Healthcare Assistant, Community inChelmsford inChelmsford PUBLISHED
FRI 11 OCT 2024
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In this position, the Healthcare Assistant will engage in effective communication with patients, families, and other healthcare professionals, ensuring that care is delivered sensitively and efficiently. Responsibilities include sharing patient caseloads within the team, participating in quality improvement initiatives, and fostering relationships with external partners to enhance the Hospice's reputation and service delivery.
Farleigh Hospice is a high performing organisation providing specialist palliative and end of life care for people with life limiting illness in the Mid Essex region.Our team at Farleigh has grown and evolved to meet the changings needs of the community we serve and we are looking for a highly motivated Health Care Assistant to join the North Locality Team.
Working with an expert team of Clinical Nurse Specialists, Registered Nurses, Therapists, Social Workers, Family Support Workers and Counsellors, you will be a motivated, forward thinking, talented individual interested in delivering excellent specialist palliative care to patients and their families in their own homes within mid Essex.
You will have experience and qualifications in the health care field. We welcome applications from people who have a passion for providing excellent care and support to our patient group. You will need a driving licence and access to a car for this community role.
About us
As a Health Care Assistant you will work within a multi-disciplinary team providing clinical care and support to hospice patients and their families
To maintain effective communication skills to deliver emotive information clearly, sensitively and unambiguously with staff, patients, families and professionals by face-to-face, telephone and/or electronic means.
To work collaboratively as part of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) team sharing the clinical caseload of patients/carers within the locality/in-patient unit for patients who have palliative care needs to ensure efficient and timely care is delivered.
To work as part of the MDT, seeking advice from colleagues and/or clinical leadership team when required, in order to deliver excellent palliative and end of life care.
To support and participate in any streamlined locality/IPU processes and services by working to agreed quality improvement standards including clear outcome measures to produce efficient and highly performing clinical services.
To support the Hospice in building strong relationships with external partners and stakeholders and promote the good reputation of the Hospice e.g. local trusts, CCG, health and social care partners, businesses and voluntary organisations.
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