Healthcare Assistant - Overnight Service
Core
Deliver compassionate, person-centred overnight care to patients at the end of life in their homes, focusing on comfort, dignity, and symptom management.
Role type
Healthcare Assistant (Palliative Care)
Builds
Holistic support for patients and families during end-of-life journeys
Domain
Healthcare / Social Care / End-of-Life Care
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Pain and symptom management, pressure area care, fluid intake monitoring, personal care, body preparation after death, independent working, communication with families and clinical services
Preferred skills
NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care, UK driving licence, own vehicle
Technologies
Electronic tablet system, electronic patient records
Responsibilities
Access visit schedules and patient details via electronic tablet, contact patients and families prior to arrival, deliver high-quality care including pain management and monitoring, accurately document care and observations, work independently one-to-one in patient homes, provide overnight companionship and monitor for deterioration, escalate concerns to out-of-hours service, deliver sensitive care following patient death including body preparation, notify out-of-hours service of death and complete documentation