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Job requirements
Essential
15 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Other
Full UK Driving License
- Other
Car User with Access to Car for work purposes including Business Insurance
- Experience
Working with people
- Personal Qualities
Willingness to work flexibly within shift patterns including alternate weekends
- Personal Qualities
Excellent communication and interactive skills
- Personal Qualities
Good personal organisational and time management skills
- Personal Qualities
Proactive Approach
- Personal Qualities
Commitment to learning new skills / sharing skills with others
- Personal Qualities
Ability to show initiative
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to deliver hands on patient care in a hospital or home environment
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to follow prescribed care plans including prescribed medication administration
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to collect and record accurate patient information, and verbally report changes in condition in a precise and appropriate manner
- Skills and Abilities
To be computer literate specifically in Microsoft Applications
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to adapt approach and be sensitive to culture and diversity when working within a patients home environment
- Training and Qualification
Good General Education
Desirable
4 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Previously worked i a healthcare setting
- Skills and Abilities
Able to build on knowledge and experience
- Skills and Abilities
Demonstrate problem solving approach
- Training and Qualification
NVQ Level 2 in Care or Equivalent
Job overview
This post applies for City / South Oxfordshire ONLY
An exciting opportunity to join our Crisis Assessment and Response Team and Home Hospice Care Team as a Patient Support Worker has arisen. The post holder will provide care to patients who are in a crisis or required end of life care in their own homes.
Main duties of the job
The Crisis Assessment and Response team (CARe) and Home Hospice Care Team is looking for Healthcare Support Workers to join our community based team.
The CARe / Home Hospice team supports individuals in their own home, or usual place of residence with the overall goal of preventing hospital admissions and supports individuals who are in crisis or require end of life care.
The Crisis Assessment and Response team and Home Hospice Care Team, works alongside Oxford Health as part of the Urgent Community Response pathway and responds to urgent two hour referrals.
The team operates 7 days a week from 7am-10pm and our staff work a mixture of early (7am-3pm) and late (2pm-10pm) shifts, including every other weekend. All staff have a set 4 week rota. Full time (37.5hr)
As the position is community based it is essential that the post holder holds a full UK driving licence.
This post does NOT offer sponsorship.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for all details on the Healthcare Support Worker role within the Crisis Assessment Response and Home Hospice Care Team.
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 Senior Healthcare Support Worker with Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Oxford, England. It is listed as a Band 3 Healthcare support worker role. The advertised salary is £25,760 - £27,476 per annum/pro-rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 03 Nov 2026.
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