Healthcare Assistant Community

Spotted in Ely; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 24,000 - GBP 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A charitable healthcare provider in Cambridge is seeking Healthcare Assistants to join their Hospice at Home Team. The role involves providing compassionate care for patients in their homes across Cambridgeshire. Flexible working hours are available, with both full-time and part-time positions offered. Benefits include NHS pension scheme membership, annual leave enhancements, ongoing training, and mileage expense rates. Candidates should have prior experience as a Healthcare Assistant and meet all necessary eligibility checks. This position offers a starting salary of £24,937, subject to qualifications and experience.

Benefits

NHS matched annual leave

Employee Assistance programmes

Ongoing training and development

Access to free parking

Qualifications

• Previous experience working as a Healthcare Assistant within a hospital or community setting.
• Ability to work directly and alone with patients in their homes.

Responsibilities

• Provide practical and holistic care to patients and families in their homes.
• Work flexibly to meet patient needs across various locations.

Skills

Experience as a Healthcare Assistant

Ability to work flexible hours

Job description

About the Role

We are looking for Healthcare Assistants to join our Hospice at Home Team! These are Community roles based from our Hospice in Cambridge, working in patients home across Cambridgeshire. We have full and part time positions available and would be happy to discuss working hours as part of the interview.

The Hospice at Home service cares for patients across Cambridgeshire who choose to remain in their own home in their last weeks of life. We are holistic in our approach and the care is tailored to each person’s specific needs. The compassionate team of Nurses and Healthcare Assistants provide practical and holistic care supporting patients and their families in their homes. You will work directly and alone with patients and families in their own homes, on a shift basis over 7 days.

Benefits

We offer a range of benefits to our staff, including the option to retain membership to the NHS Pension scheme (subject to conditions.) Other benefits include:

• NHS matched annual leave
• Enhancements paid on top of basic salary for unsociable hours
• Family friendly leave
• Access to lease car services
• Employee Assistance programmes
• Long Service Awards
• Discounts at our onsite bistro
• Access to free parking
• Ongoing training and development

Colleagues working within our Hospice at Home (HaH) team cover a wide geographical area, from Tydd St Giles in the North of the county down to Saffron Walden in the South, and everywhere in between. Although allocated to either the South team (Cambridge) or North team (Wisbech) base, colleagues work flexibly as one team in order to meet patient needs wherever they may be. For this reason, we are pleased to offer mileage expense rates in excess of HMRC as well as a lease car option. Whilst every effort is made to allocate patients close to where you live, this is not always possible we ask all of our colleagues to be flexible and attend patients wherever they are located.

Requirements

The successful candidate will have previous experience working as a Healthcare Assistant within a hospital or community setting.

Please note that, this role is subject to an Enhanced DBS check with Adult and Child Barred lists.

Salary

Starting salary of £24,937 with opportunities to progress to £26,598. Please note that the salary quoted is based on full time hours and will be pro-rata’d for part time posts. As a Charity with limited funds, it is usual practice for new starters to commence on the minimum of the salary band for the role. Exceptionally, and only for candidates demonstrating significant strengths relevant to the role, may we be able to negotiate on this.

Equal Opportunity

We are a Disability Confident employer, and welcome applications from candidates with disabilities. If you would like support to apply, please contact the HR Team by [e-mail] and we will be happy to help.

Arthur Rank Hospice Charity does not hold a sponsor licence; therefore, we are unable to offer sponsorship to individuals who do not currently have the right to work in the UK, or that require sponsorship as a condition of an existing visa.

We are committed to inclusivity, respect, fairness, engagement and equality of opportunity for our patients and their families, our staff and trustees, our volunteers and our supporters. We value the strength that comes with difference and the positive contribution that diversity brings to our community. Therefore, candidates with a disability that meet the minimum criteria will be guaranteed an interview. We are also working to increase diversity throughout the organisation, and we particularly welcome applications from BAME people who are currently under-represented.

Arthur Rank Hospice Charity is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults who draw on care and support and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.