Job requirements
Essential
4 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Essential
Good communication skills
- Essential and desirable
Previous community experience
- Essential and desirable
Previous experience in health or social care
- Essential and desirable
IT literacy
Desirable
4 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Essential
Lone working experience
- Essential and desirable
Experience of SystmOne
- Essential and desirable
Clinical skills such as phlebotomy, wound care
- Essential and desirable
Experience with palliative care patients
Job overview
To support the registered nurses to provide care to palliative care patients in their own homes. You will be allocated visits by the registered nurses to support stable palliative patients at home. Good communication skills are essential for this role.
Main duties of the job
Phlebotomy, continence assessments, equipment ordering, visiting stable patients in their homes, ability to take and record vital signs, accurate record keeping, mandatory training.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To meet daily in the morning with colleagues to plan day and discuss any issues which have arisen. To visit stable palliative patients in their own homes. To take blood, measure blood pressure, pulse etc. To document patient care accurately in electronic record.
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Community palliative care healthcare assistant with Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust in Rochford, England. It is listed as a Band 3 Healthcare assistant role. The advertised salary is £25,760 - £27,476 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 29 Oct 2026.
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