Dr Kershaw's Hospice Careers and Employment

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Dr Kershaw's Hospice provides free, specialist, end-of-life and palliative care (an area of healthcare that focuses on relieving and preventing the suffering of patients) for adults with life-limiting illnesses in Oldham and its surrounding areas in a peaceful and homely environment. The Hospice opened in 1989 following the conversion and development of a 1930s cottage hospital originally built with a legacy from Dr John Kershaw, a local GP.

As an independent Hospice and a registered charity...

As an independent Hospice and a registered charity (Charity No. 1105924), Dr Kershaw’s is partially funded by the Oldham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), circa £1.13m per year. However, the majority of the £3.6m annual budget is supported by fundraising activities, donations, legacies, income from the Hospice shops and revenue from the Hospice lottery.

The Hospice has a team of dedicated clinical staff including doctors, nurses, health care assistants and care givers who support patients in the Hospice’s In-Patient Unit and Well-Being Centre (day patient facility), along with supporting patients in the community through their Hospice at Home service and Caring Hands, the Hospice’s domiciliary service.

Dr Kershaw’s Hospice has undergone a number of building programmes, with the most recent being the development of our newly opened state-of-the-art In-Patient Unit (IPU). The new IPU will provide expanded, modernised patient facilities combined with transformed gardens and woodlands.

The Hospice serves a population of some 235,000 people drawn from Oldham and its surrounding districts and has a close working relationship with Oldham CCG, Pennine Care NHS Trust and Northern Care Alliance NHS Group.

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staff nurse in Oldham

on 24 March 2016

Used to be pleasant place to work before changes to policies

Working as a staff nurse at present. I enjoy working in a caring environment. However, I am getting bored and need a new challenge. I am finding the changing shift patterns very unsatisfactory and these are having an impact on work life balance.

Health Care Assistant in Oldham, Greater Manchester

on 4 May 2023

Very poor moral- beware

It's a shame to write this but I left in March due to tye poor moral. Basic pay and poor attitude from both staff and management. To say its a charity no one seems to care. The service to users is great but lacks in areas.

Manager in Oldham, Greater Manchester

on 11 May 2020

Stay away

Do not wirk here, I worked in the office and its awful, the bosses are hateful and spiteful. More of a business than a charity and has lost its soul as a charity to be proud of in the local area

Sales Manager in Oldham

on 10 August 2019

Amazing

To work knowing you are helping the hospice provide quality care for those who are terminally ill is so rewarding it has to be one of the best Companies I have worked for I have changed my role due to family commitments but if I could go back I would definitely

Work Experience Placement in oldham

on 16 April 2018

brilliant work experice

enjoyed learning new skills the staff was very friendly i loved spending my Thursday working in both shops i enjoyed the till work better then the self fliing

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