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Company name: NHS Jobs
Salary: £24,071.00 to £25,674.00 per year
Job Reference: B0211-24-0005
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About the Job:
Main duties of the job
Assist with the implementation of planned care for patients and those close to them under the supervision of registered colleagues to ensure a high standard of nursing care at all times.
Assist in monitoring patients’ conditions on a continuous basis, in partnership with patients, families and carers, to ensure appropriate escalation to senior colleagues when required.
Develop communication skills to be able to interact with patients in a sensitive and professional manner in order to promote and maintain Hospiscare’s values.
Undertake completion of HCA competencies to be able to deliver simple clinical observations and provide input to patient care plans.
Assist in general housekeeping and monitoring of stock/supplies to ensure smooth running of the ward to a high standard.
Adhere to Hospiscare’s clinical recordkeeping policy when providing and sharing verbal, digital or written information and instructions, to ensure patient confidentiality is observed at all times.
About us
Hospiscare has been supporting people in Exeter, Mid and East Devon with terminal illnesses for over 40 years. Our services include support at home, a specialist palliative care ward, out-patients clinics, and supportive therapies.
We support close to 2,200 local people each year, in some of the hardest times possible. As a local charity, we raise around £10 million each year to continue to provide our care. Our staff, volunteers and supporters help us to care for people when they’re most in need, no matter what their individual circumstances may be.
We’re proud to be rated as ‘five star’ by patients and families and as ‘outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, to have been awarded a Mind Bronze Award for wellbeing at work and to be a Disability Confident employer.
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