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About the Role
Marie Curie is seeking a dedicated Healthcare Assistant to join our Hospice Care at Home team in Kirklees on an as-and-when basis, providing compassionate, person-centred care to individuals at the end of life.
Responsibilities
- Join the Marie Curie Hospice Care at Home Overnight Service, supporting people with a life-limiting illness across Kirklees.
- Visit one patient per evening and provide compassionate, one-to-one care in patients’ homes.
- Offer practical and emotional support to families at a time when it matters most.
- Work independently overnight, following each patient’s established care plan and using your initiative when needed.
- Provide personal care and hygiene support.
- Monitor symptoms and support with medicines in line with the care plan and local guidance.
- Maintain accurate records.
- Provide reassurance and emotional support to patients and those close to them.
Requirements
- Minimum of 6 months’ experience delivering care in a health or social care setting.
- Full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle.
- NVQ Level 2 qualification in Health and Social Care (or equivalent), or a willingness to work towards this qualification.
- A nurturing and compassionate approach, with excellent communication skills.
- The ability to work independently while being an integral part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Enhanced DBS criminal record check.
Skills
- Palliative and end of life care
- Community working
- Lone working
- Compassionate care
- Person-centred care
- Practical support
- Emotional support
- Independent working
- Initiative
- Personal care
- Hygiene support
- Symptom monitoring
- Medicine support
- Record maintenance
- Reassurance
- Communication skills
Location
- Kirklees
- Community Based (traveling within a 25 mile radius across Kirklees)
Work Type
- As and when basis
- Night Shifts
- Occasional day shifts
Experience Level
- Minimum of 6 months’ experience delivering care in a health or social care setting
Education Level
- NVQ Level 2 qualification in Health and Social Care (or equivalent)
- Willingness to work towards NVQ Level 2 qualification
Salary/Compensations
- £12.92 per hour
- Enhancements - £18.22 Saturday and weekday nights
- Enhancements - £23.64 for Sunday and Bank Holiday nights
Benefits
- Annual leave allowance 27 days plus 10 public holidays (pro rata)
- Competitive Policy for parental/sick Leave
- Continuous Professional development
- Industry leading training programmes
- Season ticket loan for travelling to and from work
- Defined contribution schemes for Pension
- Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme
- Loan schemes for bikes; computers and satellite navigation systems
- Introduce a friend scheme
- Help with eyecare cost
- Entitled to Marie Curie Blue Light Card
- Entitled to Benefit-Hub Discount Scheme
- Life assurance – for all employees
- Generous enhancements (between the hours of 8 pm and 6 am)
- 41% Saturday and weekday nights
- 83% Sundays and Bank Holidays
About the Company
- Marie Curie is the UK’s leading end-of-life charity.
- We are the largest non-NHS provider of end-of-life care in the UK, the only provider across all 4 nations, delivering community nursing and hospice care across the country, while providing information and support on all aspects of dying, death, and bereavement.
- Our leading research pushes the boundaries of what we know about good end-of-life, and our campaigns fight for a world where everyone gets to have the best possible quality of life while living with an illness, they’re likely to die from.
- We want a different society than the one we live in now.
- Our mission for the next five years is to close the gap in the number of people missing out on what they need at the end-of-life, through 3 ways: Growing and transforming our direct care and support, Delivering more practical information and support, Leading in shaping the end-of-life experience.
Equal Opportunity
- We are committed to creating a workplace that is safe for everyone — staff and volunteers alike — supportive, inclusive and rewarding.
- We actively consider our impact on the planet, embedding sustainability into everyday decisions to create a lasting, positive difference for the individuals we care for and the world we share.
- We believe everyone should have the opportunity to thrive and fulfil their potential.
- Marie Curie is deeply committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, recognising both the social justice imperative and the strength a diverse workforce brings.
- We actively encourage applications from people of all cultures, perspectives and lived experiences.
- We are happy to make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.