Right to Work. Must demonstrate Right to Work in the UK without sponsorship. Evidence required: Confirmation of status.
Availability for Shift Work. Willingness and availability to work days, nights, weekends, and unsocial hours. Evidence required: Confirmation of shift availability.
Qualifications
Essential:
Care Certificate. Has completed the Care Certificate OR is willing to work towards it. Evidence required: Certificate or statement of willingness.
Communication Skills Experience. Demonstrated experience or formal training in communication skills, such as patient communication, de escalation, or multidisciplinary teamwork. Evidence required: Course names, examples, or scenarios demonstrating communication skills.
Experience
Essential:
Experience as a Healthcare Assistant. Relevant and recent experience working as a Healthcare Assistant in a hospital, hospice, care home, or similar clinical care setting. Evidence required: Description of setting, duties, and duration.
Interest in Specialist Palliative Care. Demonstrated interest or exposure to palliative/end-of-life care. Evidence required: Examples such as previous work, shadowing, voluntary experience, or reflective statements.
Understanding of Safeguarding. Demonstrated understanding of safeguarding principles for adults and children. Evidence required: Previous training or examples of applying safeguarding.
Basic IT competence with evidence of using electronic care records or other digital systems. Evidence required: Systems previously used and purpose (e.g., EMIS, SystmOne, e-rostering, care plans).
Ability to Prioritise and Use Initiative. Experience of independently organising or prioritising care tasks in a busy clinical environment. Evidence required: Examples of when they had to prioritise workload.
Teamwork and Professional Behaviour. Evidence of effective teamwork, confidentiality, and a person centred, empathetic approach. Evidence required: Examples demonstrating teamwork, confidentiality, or compassionate care.
Additional Essential Criteria
Essential:
Right to Work. Must demonstrate Right to Work in the UK without sponsorship. Evidence required: Confirmation of status.
Availability for Shift Work. Willingness and availability to work days, nights, weekends, and unsocial hours. Evidence required: Confirmation of shift availability.
Qualifications
Essential:
Care Certificate. Has completed the Care Certificate OR is willing to work towards it. Evidence required: Certificate or statement of willingness.
Communication Skills Experience. Demonstrated experience or formal training in communication skills, such as patient communication, de escalation, or multidisciplinary teamwork. Evidence required: Course names, examples, or scenarios demonstrating communication skills.
Experience
Essential:
Experience as a Healthcare Assistant. Relevant and recent experience working as a Healthcare Assistant in a hospital, hospice, care home, or similar clinical care setting. Evidence required: Description of setting, duties, and duration.
Interest in Specialist Palliative Care. Demonstrated interest or exposure to palliative/end-of-life care. Evidence required: Examples such as previous work, shadowing, voluntary experience, or reflective statements.
Understanding of Safeguarding. Demonstrated understanding of safeguarding principles for adults and children. Evidence required: Previous training or examples of applying safeguarding.
Basic IT competence with evidence of using electronic care records or other digital systems. Evidence required: Systems previously used and purpose (e.g., EMIS, SystmOne, e-rostering, care plans).
Ability to Prioritise and Use Initiative. Experience of independently organising or prioritising care tasks in a busy clinical environment. Evidence required: Examples of when they had to prioritise workload.
Teamwork and Professional Behaviour. Evidence of effective teamwork, confidentiality, and a person centred, empathetic approach. Evidence required: Examples demonstrating teamwork, confidentiality, or compassionate care.