Healthcare Assistant

We are recruiting for a Healthcare Assistant to join our new Rotherham Identification and Support Service., With experience of palliative care, you're ready and able to make a real difference. You will work in close collaboration and under the line management of the Clinical Nurse Specialist in the service to provide direct support to patients and their families who are newly identified as having a palliative diagnosis. The role will include making first contact, arranging follow up and offering signposting to support services and advance care planning discussions so excellent communication skills are a must. The role will also involve visiting local community hubs to provide awareness, education and information on advance care planning.

• S/NVQ Level 2/3 qualification or an equivalent certificate/diploma is required
• Relevant community experience, providing care and support for people with life limiting illness or palliative care needs
• Advanced communication skills with the ability to have difficult and sensitive conversations.
• Emotional resilience and the ability to work on your own are crucial, though we will of course provide excellent on-going training and support
• Be a UK licensed driver with access to a car and business insurance is essential
  
  Marie Curie is the UK's leading end-of-life charity. We are the largest non-NHS provider of end-of-life care in the UK, the only provider across all 4 nations, delivering community nursing and hospice care across the country, while providing information and support on all aspects of dying, death, and bereavement. Our leading research pushes the boundaries of what we know about good end-of-life, and our campaigns fight for a world where everyone gets to have the best possible quality of life while living with an illness they're likely to die from.
The care and support we provide is highly valued by the people we care for and their loved ones, but at present we are only reaching around 10% of dying people at the end of life. Right now, one in four people in the UK with a terminal illness, do not get the care or support they deserve at the end of their lives., This service will be based in Primary Care within Rotherham, where you will use a predictive analytic software tool used by the Rotherham NHS trust to search for patients who are not yet identified as having palliative care but are likely to be in the last year of life. You will be the initial contact with patients, offering support and the opportunity to complete advance care planning, and signposting to other services. You will visit patients in their own homes and refer them to either hospice, voluntary or community services.


• Annual leave allowance 27 days plus 8 public holidays (pro rata)
• Competitive Policy for parental/sick Leave
• Continuous Professional development
• Industry leading training programmes
• Season ticket loan for travelling to and from work
• Defined contribution schemes for Pension
• Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme
• Loan schemes for bikes; computers and satellite navigation systems
• Introduce a friend scheme
• Help with eyecare cost
• Entitled to Marie Curie Blue Light Card
• Entitled to Benefit-Hub Discount Scheme
• 15% staff discount in all Marie Curie Shops
• Life assurance - for all employees