Healthcare Assistant - Blackpool
Core
Provide high-quality, person-centred palliative and end-of-life care to patients in their homes during night shifts, ensuring comfort, safety, and dignity.
Role type
Community Healthcare Assistant (Palliative Care)
Builds
Personal and clinical care activities for patients receiving care at home
Domain
Healthcare / Social Care / End-of-Life Care
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Person-centred care delivery, hygiene support, nutrition and hydration support, patient observation, escalation of concerns, independent lone working, night shift availability, IT proficiency (Microsoft Office), valid UK driving licence
Preferred skills
Understanding of palliative care components, open and sensitive communication, flexibility to work across different projects in the North-West
Responsibilities
Manage own workload as a lone worker, respond to changing patient needs throughout the night, deliver personal and clinical care activities, recognize when concerns need escalation to senior clinicians
Seniority
Entry-level / Junior
