Healthcare Assistant - Inpatient Unit

Job Summary

We are looking for a motivated and dedicated Health Care Assistant to join our team, working on our Inpatient Unit.

This role offers excellent opportunities to develop and enhance your healthcare skills and experience within palliative and end of life care.

Could this be the rewarding challenge you are looking for?

As a Mountbatten Healthcare Assistant, you will deliver high quality Specialist Palliative and End of Life care as part of the Inpatient Unit multidisciplinary team, under the direction of the designated nursing team.

22.5 hours a week to be worked flexibly in accordance with the needs of the service, to include weekends/nights and bank holidays.

We are not part of the NHS, and therefore do not hold a licence to enable visa sponsorship.

Main duties of the job

About The Role

You will support the assessment, planning and evaluation of individualised patient centred care, ensuring a holistic approach that is sensitive and responsive to the patients' ever-changing needs, maintaining the patients comfort, dignity and privacy at all times.

The successful candidate will ensure all aspects of care are provided in accordance with Mountbatten's Values and Care Standards.

About You

You will ideally be qualified to Level 2 Health and Social Care Certificate and have previous care experience.

The role will be part of a dedicated team of professionals, who will also be able to work under their own initiative to ensure the highest standard of care.

A can-do attitude with strong communication skills will be required.

About Us

At Mountbatten, making our employees feel valued is as important to us as making sure that our patients are safe. We are looking for people that live our values to help us make a difference to the thousands of patients and their families who come to us for help and support every year.

Our vision at Mountbatten is of a world where all dying people and those close to them, have access to expert care of the highest quality, provided by compassionate and professional teams.

Our Values

We care about what we do. We appreciate that people are different and we are kind and compassionate to our patients and families, to our local community and to each other.

We are experts in our field. We are professional at all times, aspiring to be the best that we can be in everything that we do.

We are innovative and bold. We respond quickly and creatively to the changing needs of our society within the scope of our human and financial resources.

We respect our community. We exist for our local population, now and into the future, and we believe that we can achieve more together by working in partnership with others.

Date posted

20 March 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary: £14,565.73 a year, £24,276.22 full time equivalent

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

B0508-VC312

Job locations

Halberry Lane, Newport, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, PO30 2ER

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Key Tasks

To deliver high standards of direct patient care under the supervision and direction of qualified employees, ensuring all changes in a patients condition are reported immediately to the Senior Nurse on duty, Sister or Deputy Sister.

Ensure timely and accurate recording of care provided and patient information on SystmOne, in accordance with Mountbatten's procedures.

Work as part of the multi-disciplinary team, contributing to discussions and patient care as required, acting as an advocate for the patients wishes as required.

Ensure that patients and families spiritual, psychological and social needs are met in accordance with their wishes.

Responsibilities

Person Specification

Experience Essential

• Experience of providing personal care and support for patients within care in a hospital, hospice or community setting.

Qualifications Essential

• Good general education.
• NVQ Level 2 in health care, or equivalent experience, or willing to work towards.

Abilities Essential

• To work shift patterns on a rota basis including nights, weekend, bank holidays.

Skills Essential

• Good communication skills to explain complex and sensitive information effectively.
• in both written and oral to both patients, families, carers and other professionals.

Other Essential

• Full Driving Licence.
• Able to complete the manual handling requirements associated with this role.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Mountbatten Isle of Wight

Address

Halberry Lane, Newport, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, PO30 2ER

Employer's website

https://www.mountbatten.org.uk/