Healthcare Assistant - Bradford IPU

This is an excellent opportunity for a Healthcare Assistant to join our In-Patient Unit at Bradford Hospice. Apply today if you are looking for a career where you can provide truly holistic, person-centred care to patients and their families at a time when it matters most.

Main duties of the job

As a Healthcare Assistant with the Marie Curie team at Bradford Hospice In-patients Unit, you'll be supporting patients and families in their time of greatest need. We provide free specialist palliative care and support to patients with life limiting illness whilst offering vital emotional support for their families.

Job responsibilities

We are recruiting for a Healthcare Assistant to join the In-patients Unit at Bradford Hospice.

Hours: Full Time 37.5 hours per week (Days 7.30am - 8pm, Nights 7.30pm - 8am)

Salary: Marie Curie Pay Scale, aligned with AFC Band 2 £23,615 per annum + enhancements

Closing Date: 3rd March 2025

With experience of End of Life care, you're ready and able to make a real difference. Ours is a one-to-one approach to care, so you're sure to enjoy plenty of meaningful contact with patients and their families - usually in their own homes. Working without close supervision, you'll have the opportunity to use your own initiative in line with the patient's established care plan. You'll be required to carry out a range of care duties including helping patients meet their hygiene needs, monitoring symptoms, assisting with medications, keeping detailed records, and providing emotional support to the patient and their families.

What we're looking for:

• S/NVQ Level 2/3 qualification or an equivalent certificate/diploma is required
• Emotional strength and the ability to work on your own are crucial, though we will of course provide excellent on-going training and support
• Recent experience of providing care and caring for people with life limiting illness or palliative care needs in a health/social care setting

What's in it for you:

• Annual leave allowance 27 days plus 8 public holidays (pro rata)
• Competitive Policy for parental/sick Leave
• Industry leading training programmes
• Season ticket loan for travelling to and from work
• Defined contribution schemes for Pension
• Loan schemes for bikes; computers and satellite navigation systems
• Introduce a friend scheme
• Entitled to Marie Curie Blue Light Card
• Entitled to Benefit-Hub Discount Scheme
• Life assurance for all employees
• 41% x your basic salary per hour paid for Saturdays & weekday night duty (8pm to 6am)
• 83% x your basic salary per hour paid for Sundays and Public Bank Holidays

To apply, please send us your most recent CV and a cover letter detailing your experience, how you meet the person specification and why you would like to work for Marie Curie.

Person Specification

Experience

• Recent professional experience of providing care and caring for dying patients.

Qualifications

• National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) Level 2 in Health and Social Care OR an equivalent alternative Level 2 Qualification i.e. NCFE level 2 Certificate in Healthcare Support Services, BTEC level 2 Health and Social Care.
• Functional skills at level 2 in numeracy and literacy or equivalent
• National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) Level 3 in Health and Social Care OR an acceptable, alternative Level 3 Qualification
• Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.