You’ll be joining Weldmar’s Specialist Hospice at Home team in South Dorset, delivering outstanding patient within the community in Dorchester, Weymouth, Portland and surrounding areas.
Our South Hub is based at our Inpatient Unit in Dorchester. As Health Care Assistant you will provide reassurance to patients and family members, who will have access to a range of support from those working within the hub, other clinical specialists from our multi-disciplinary team, and to our patient and family support services, as well as to hands on care if required. This will enable them to live as well as possible at home, and reducing the likelihood of hospital admissions.
Demonstrating our Values, you’ll work collaboratively with your clinical colleagues and external agencies to provide an agile and responsive service based on patient needs identified by the Specialist Hospice at Home team. You’ll passionate about delivering quality care and have experience in a similar role, ideally with experience of supporting those at end of life. You’ll have access to bespoke training and development provided by Weldmar to ensure that you have all the skills, knowledge and expertise to deliver compassionate care.
This unique opportunity sees you having the time to make a real difference, not only to our patients at end of life, but also to their families and carers who we support also. The role requires you to possess a full valid driving licence, your own transport and business insurance.
Your core hours will be Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm, with a requirement to provide weekend cover on a rota basis, anticipated to be 1 in 6 weeks.
A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check is required for this role, please refer to the job description.
