Healthcare Assistant - Stafford and Stoke

Join Marie Curie's community team in Staffordshire and Stoke to provide personalised, dignified end-of-life care to people in the comfort of their own homes. The role involves working as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team, helping people feel safe, comfortable and respected. Contract type: permanent, 18 hours per week, worked across 2 shifts. Night shifts from 10:00 PM to 7:00 AM, Monday to Sunday including Bank Holiday. Salary: Marie Curie Pay Scale Band 2 (aligned with AFC), £12.92 per hour, with enhanced pay for unsocial hours; total hourly rate including enhancement is £18.22 for eligible weekday and Saturday night shifts and £23.64 for eligible Sunday and Bank Holiday shifts. This role will be subject to receiving an enhanced DBS criminal record check. Agencies need not apply.

Responsibilities

Support individual care plans by assisting with personal care, skin integrity, nutrition and hydration, mobility, rest and sleep; Maintain a clean and safe care environment; Observe and respond to changes in a person's condition; Support symptom management within the agreed care plan; Escalate concerns promptly to registered healthcare professionals; Offer calm, sensitive and professional communication to patients and those important to them, helping to preserve dignity, choice and wellbeing

Requirements

Recent experience of providing care in a health or social care setting; An understanding of person-centred care, ideally including palliative or end-of-life care; The ability to communicate sensitively and professionally, recognising when to escalate concerns; A caring, flexible and resilient approach, with the ability to work independently while remaining part of a supportive multidisciplinary team; Good basic IT skills, including email, online training, mobile technology and care recording systems; A valid driving licence, access to a vehicle with business insurance, and flexibility to travel up to 25 miles from your home address across Staffordshire and Stoke, including during unsocial hours

Nice to have

An NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care, or an equivalent qualification

Benefits

Enhanced pay for night shifts, weekends and public holidays; Mileage allowance of 55p per mile; Access to industry-leading training and ongoing learning; Defined contribution pension scheme (charity matches contributions up to 7.5%); Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme; Help with eyecare cost (T&C's apply); Benefit Hub Discount Scheme; 15% discount in Marie Curie shops; Marie Curie Blue Light Card; Annual leave of 27 days plus 8 public holidays; Annual leave aligned to NHS (subject to eligibility); Continuous Professional Development; Life Assurance