Job overview

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and passionate Homecare Support Worker, to work from The Countess of Brecknock Hospice in Andover, supporting our patients within their home setting. 

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the fantastic team who work within The Countess of Brecknock Hospice, caring for palliative patients at all different stages of their disease trajectory. 

This is an autonomous role that requires community working, and the ability to drive, providing care for patients within their own homes. 

Main duties of the job

The role of Health care Support Worker, is to assist and support patients in their own home, alongside allied health care professionals ensuring optimal care for our patients. The delivery of high quality, effective  and compassionate care is essential to this role, and echo's the HHFT values. 

Main duties include:

• Providing personal care for patients in their own home, inclusive of moving and handling, basic wound care, catheter care, education to family/key members involved in care.
• Liaising with healthcare professionals within the multi-disciplinary. team, advocating for patients within our care.
• Supporting the inpatient unit in-between care calls.
• Supporting the Nursing and Occupational team with aspects of care. 
• Providing support to relatives and other key members involved in the patients care.
•  Timely and prompt care delivery which includes following lone worker policy and following appropriate lines of escalation. 

Working for our organisation

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Tackling Climate Change: Hampshire Hospitals aims to embed sustainability and net zero carbon principles into the delivery of care across all its services. To find out more, search HHFT Climate Action or [email protected].