Band 3

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust (SCFT) is the largest community healthcare provider in Sussex.

• Over 5,000 full and part time staff, with 4,000 people registered on our bank
• Medical, nursing and therapeutic care provided to over 9,000 children and adults a day
• July 2018 Care Quality Commission (CQC) rating of 'Good' with 'Outstanding' features
• Flexible working patterns offered across our services
• BAME, Disability, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
• Disability Confident Employer - Level 2

Healthcare Assistant, 0.5WTE, 18.75 hours per week

We have a great opportunity for an experienced Healthcare Assistant to join our award-winning End of Life Hub, ECHO. This is a unique collaboration with partners across coastal West Sussex, including our two local hospices, the acute Trust, and a specialist Macmillan team.

We provide a single point of access for end of life coordination which provides triage, navigation and signposting to appropriate sources of care and support for patients in the last year of their life. This is a non patient-facing role.

The aim of this service is to provide a responsive, dynamic, flexible partnership approach for patients registered to the service.

We are looking for a person who has experience in community care in any setting, has excellent clinical and communication skills, and wants to help make a difference to patients who are in their final stages of life. Palliative care experience would be an advantage. This post is office based and is a six month contract to cover maternity leave.

You will be passionate about end of life care and have a good knowledge of frailty, with the ability to learn and develop as needed. Excellent organisational and communication skills are essential. You will be part of an expanding team based in Lancing, and the role will predominantly be one of telephone triage, liaison and coordination of existing and new patients in their last year of life.

The service covers seven days a week, 24 hours a day.

So, if you're looking for that next challenge, and want to make a difference to patients and those close to them in their final stage of life, then we want to hear from you.

This post may close earlier than the published closing date if sufficient applications are received.

Correspondence relating to this vacancy will be conducted electronically. If you have not heard from us within two weeks please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please ensure that you check your emails, including your junk folder, on a regular basis. References will be requested electronically as well; please ensure you provide correct contact details for referees.

Documents to download

• JD & PS for ECHO HCA ( PDF , 474.9 KB )
• JD & PS for ECHO HCA ( PDF , 474.9 KB )
• About Us ( PDF , 743.4 KB )
• Staff Benefits Brochure ( PDF , 484.5 KB )