Carer - Care at Home
Job Description
Job summary
Do you believe everyone should have the right to care wherever they so wish?
Would you like to be able to support and care for others within their own homes?
Do you have a compassionate and empathetic nature, and a keen interest in palliative and end of life care?
Mountbatten needs kind, caring, committed and dynamic individuals like you to help us achieve our vision and make every moment matter.
A full UK manual driving licence is required for this role.
*Please note: we are not part of the NHS and therefore do not hold a licence to enable visa sponsorship*
Main duties of the job
As a Mountbatten Carer, you will work in accordance with individual care plans written by a named nurse to provide care and support to patients with life limiting illness, their families and carers.
You will work flexibly across all care services provided by Mountbatten which will involve working in patients own homes or other places of care.
As a Mountbatten Carer you will be required to work unsocial hours as required, including weekends/nights and bank holidays.
About us
At Mountbatten, making our employees feel valued is as important to us as making sure that our patients are safe. We are looking for people that live our values to help us make a difference to the thousands of patients and their families who come to us for help and support every year.
Our vision at Mountbatten is of a world where all dying people and those close to them, have access to expert care of the highest quality, provided by compassionate and professional teams.
Our Values
We care about what we do. We appreciate that people are different and we are kind and compassionate to our patients and families, to our local community and to each other
We are experts in our field. We are professional at all times, aspiring to be the best that we can be in everything that we do
We are innovative and bold. We respond quickly and creatively to the changing needs of our society within the scope of our human and financial resources
We respect our community. We exist for our local population, now and into the future, and we believe that we can achieve more together by working in partnership with others
Job responsibilities
- To deliver direct care, treatment and emotional support for patients as required within set protocols/policies in accordance with the patients individual care plan.
- To contribute to the assessment, implementation and monitoring of patients and carers, identifying physical and/or psychological problems and liaising with the appropriate health and social care team members.
- To work in collaboration with colleagues to ensure the delivery of high quality, safe and compassionate care and support.
- To promote and maintain effective liaison with care team and other health and social agencies involved in the patients care.
- To assist in the day to day organisation of the service of carrying out duties as delegated by the Care at Home Team Leader, Clinical Nurse Specialist or Ward Manager - Inpatient Unit.
- To promote Mountbatten services through good communication with health care providers and the general public of the Isle of Wight.
- To ensure that confidentiality of information is maintained at all times.
- To provide respite care for families/carers as directed by the Senior Nurse in accordance with the patient/family/carers needs and care plan.
*PLEASE REFER TO THE ATTACHED JOB DESCRIPTION AND PERSON SPECIFICATION FOR THE FULL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THIS ROLE*
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of providing personal care and support for patients within care in a hospital, hospice or community setting
- Experience of dealing with vulnerable adults in a care setting
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ level 2 in health care or equivalent experience or willingness to work towards
- Good general education
Desirable
- Specialist palliative care training
Abilities
Essential
- To be an effective advocate for the patient within multi-disciplinary teams across all healthcare settings
- To effectively manage own time and workloads
- To work shift patterns on a rota basis including nights, weekend, bank holidays
- To respond to difficult situations in a sensitive manner and to deal with difficult emotional situations
Skills
Essential
- Good communication skills to explain complex and sensitive information effectively in both written and oral to both patients, families, carers and other professionals
- Good IT skills including Microsoft and email applications
- Demonstrate commitment to the patients right to be involved in decision making relating to their health care and ensuring decisions are understood by care teams
Other
Essential
- Full UK manual driving licence
- Able to complete the manual handling requirements associated with this role
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
Mountbatten Isle of Wight
Address
Halberry Lane
Newport
Isle Of Wight
PO30 2ER
United Kingdom
