RAPID PERSONALISED CARE SERVICE (RPCS) – HEALTH CARE ASSISTANT

• Hours: Full time or Part time

• Location: In the community within the Rennie Grove Peace Locality – Hertfordshire Area (Tring, Harpenden, St Albans, Watford and surrounding areas)

• Salary: Rennie Grove Peace Band 3 - £24,625 - £25,674 per annum (pro rata)
• Closing date: 29 June 2025 at 12 noon
• Interview date: Rolling interviews
• The role of RPCS Health Care Assistant is in place to provide end of life care to patients in their own homes in the final weeks of life.
• We are looking for caring staff who could provide personal care to patients in their last weeks of life.
• If you think this is you then we can offer a variety of shift patterns to suit you, working across a 7 day week.
• Your normal hours of work will be a varied shift pattern (between 7am-11pm) on a rota basis from Sunday to Saturday.
• You will be visiting patients living in your local area, who wish to be cared for in their own home.
• You will provide support with washing, dressing, nutrition, and skin care.
• During your visit you will spend time talking to patients and their relatives, using your skills to ascertain the best possible care for the individual.
• Visits are mainly provided by two carers, but there are times when you will visit alone, so you must have access to your own car.
• Experience is not essential as training will be given but ideally you will have had some experience of prior caring i.e. for a dying relative, childcare etc.

If you would like to get more of an understanding of what we do or would like to have an informal chat please contact the RPCS Manager - Sharon Parkins at sharon.parkins@renniegrovepeace.org

TO ENSURE FAIRNESS AND CONSISTENCY IN SELECTING THE BEST CANDIDATE FOR THE ROLE, ALL APPLICATIONS ARE ANONYMISED UP UNTIL AN INTERVIEW HAS BEEN CONFIRMED.

Applications will be reviewed and invited to interview as received. We reserve the right to close the advert at any time, therefore we encourage applicants to apply as soon as possible.
If successful, you’ll join on the first working Monday of the month so we can best support you with our structured induction programme.