Healthcare Assistants

We are recruiting several Healthcare Assistants to join our Hospice Care at Home (Overnight Service), working within a 25 mile radius of home address across North & South of Tyne & Wear, Join the Marie Curie Hospice Care at Home Overnight Service supporting people with a life-limiting illness across North and South of Tyne & Wear - South Tyneside, Sunderland, Newcastle, Gateshead and North Tyneside. As part of the Planned Service you will visit one patient per evening and provide compassionate, one-to-one care in patients homes, and offer practical and emotional support to families at a time when it matters most. Within this rewarding role you'll be working independently overnight, following each patient's established care plan and using your initiative when needed. Duties will include personal care and hygiene support, monitoring symptoms, supporting with medicines in line with the care plan and local guidance, maintaining accurate records, and providing reassurance and emotional support to patients and those close to them. If you have experience in Palliative and end of life care and are confident working in the community or as a lone worker, we'd love to hear

• UK licensed driver with access to a car (business insurance essential)
• Relevant community and/or lone-working experience
• NVQ Level 2/3 qualification (or equivalent certificate/diploma)
• Emotional resilience and confidence working independently (with excellent ongoing training and support provided)
• Recent experience providing care for people with a life-limiting illness or palliative care needs
  
  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.
The care and support we provide is highly valued by the people we care for and their loved ones, but at present we are only reaching around 10% of dying people at the end of life. Right now, one in four people in the UK with a terminal illness, do not get the care or support they deserve at the end of their lives.


• Annual leave allowance 27 days plus 8 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
• 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)