We are looking for enthusiastic dedicated health-care workers to join our team, providing care at home in our local catchment area. In this role you will make a lasting difference to the lives of people through care that will have a positive impact on the patient, and the community for many years to come.

The Rapid Personalised Care Service (RPCS) is designed to offer care for a period of up to 12 weeks to enable patients with specialist palliative care needs to be cared for at home.

One of our current Community Carers said about the role:

“It is such a privilege to support patients to stay at home towards the end of their life. To have a peaceful, pain free death at home, surrounded by family, is what many wish for and I feel blessed to be a part of a team that makes this possible”.

You will be delivering a high standard of compassionate care to patients in their own home, providing personal care and support to help to keep them at home, and allows us to reach more patients, helping them to achieve their preferred place of care, and death at home with the peace, dignity and serenity we know we can provide, giving family and friends support, and time to be together. As a palliative care provider we reduce pain symptoms and discomfort for patients, and support their welfare with an individually agreed plan, at a difficult time in their lives.

To work as a member of the team, delivering a high standard of compassionate personal care to patients in their own home including, supporting with washing, dressing, mouth care and medication administration.

For our staff we place great importance on practice development, clinical supervision and ongoing education. We are also committed to giving you more flexibility and control over your working life.

You will work covering rostered visits 7 days a week between 8am and 10pm.

We are passionate and committed to providing free care to  over 2000 local people and their families. We have been inspected and rated ‘outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission and you could be a part of this too.

The team comradery throughout the organisation, along with our hospice values, makes for a  truly inspiring and supportive place of work. We offer a broad range of education and training opportunities and we always encourage personal development.

• Previous experience in an equivalent role.
• Competence to deliver direct and intimate personal care.
• To be able to work independently and as part of a team.
• Good organisational skills.
• Ability to work effectively in an emotionally demanding environment.
• Caring and empathetic approach
• Excellent listening and interpersonal skills
• Good team player who is willing to learn new skills
• Ability to work with confidential sensitive information & understand boundaries 
• Flexible to work across 7 days a week on a rota basis
• Confident under pressure
• Car owner and driver

The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced level DBS check

• 27 days Annual Leave per annum plus Bank Holidays (pro rata)
• Ability to transfer existing NHS pension (subject to qualifying conditions) or join our company pension scheme with employer contribution.
• Structured induction 
• Supportive team environment 
• Free onsite parking
• On-going education programme
• Wide range of free training courses
• On-site home cooked food served at a reasonable rate in our bistro.

• Respect and follow the Hospice’s values.
• You will be expected to comply with Health and Safety, Fire and Infection Control regulations and Hospice policies. You will need to complete all mandatory training.
• Safeguarding: Act in a manner at all times to safeguard the interests of individual patients/clients and their families and justify public trust and confidence in the Hospice of St Francis
• Confidentiality: Protect patient data and follow our Confidentiality policies & procedures at all times, both during employment and after the termination of employment.