Healthcare Assistant (Bank)

Location: Saint Michael’s Hospice, Crimple House, Harrogate

Hours: Bank contract working Early, Late, Twilight and nights shifts, 7 days a week

£12.83 per hour

Closing date: 31/5/25 (the advert may close early if we receive a sufficient number of suitable applications)

Interviews will take place at Crimple House, Harrogate in June

Do you want to be part of an organisation that makes a real difference to our local communities? Our family of services including Herriot Hospice Homecare, Just ‘B’ and Saint Michael’s Hospice provide vital support to people when they need it most. Our vision is of a community where everyone gets the care they need, want and deserve You can help make that a reality.

We are an independent charity powered by local communities. Every day, help to improve quality of life for people living with terminal illness, bereavement and mental health concerns, because our belief is that no one should suffer. Our incredible teams work together to make this happen, whether that’s as a counsellor, nurse, receptionist, fundraiser or one of many other essential roles.

About the role

A Health Care Assistant works within the Inpatient Unit alongside other Health Care Professionals, providing an excellent standard of care to patients with palliative and end of life care needs whilst also offering vital emotional support to their families.

Our Health Care Assistants provide a patient-centred and holistic approach to the care they deliver, this may include assisting to meet hygiene needs, monitoring symptoms, basic wound care, developing clinical skills whilst working closely with the registered nurses.

Our staff to patient ratio allows Health Care Assistants to spend time with patients and their families to ensure great care is given and we are able to make a difference.

What you’ll be doing:

·        Working as part of a wider MDT to provide individualized, holistic care to inpatients in Crimple House.

·        Providing excellent standards of personal care to patients.

·        Helping patients and their loved ones with emotional and practical support.

What we’re looking for:

• Caring, compassionate and enthusiastic people.
• Experience isn’t as essential as being motivated and passionate about developing your specialist palliative care knowledge and skills.
• Great communication skills.
• Someone who enjoys working within a team.
• A focussed individual with a desire to meet high standards of care for our patients.

What we offer you:

• Competitive salary
• Generous 35 days of annual leave (pro rata)
• 8% employer pension contribution
• Wide range of discounts on high street brands and local shops
• Cycle to work scheme
• Recommend a friend bonus

How we look after you

• We put people first in all that we do, which includes our own team
• Wellbeing and resilience support with a dedicated team by your side
• Flexible and hybrid working for many roles
• A supportive and caring environment
• Opportunities to grow, develop and progress, with culture of lifelong learning

PLEASE NOTE: Unfortunately, we are not currently able to consider applicants who require sponsorship to work in the UK.

Don’t quite meet the requirements for this role? We’d still love to hear from you, please get in touch via people@saintmichaelshospice.org to discuss other opportunities across our family of services.

How to apply:

·        Please click Apply and you will be forwarded to our website, where a full job description is available (via the ‘Document Available’ button at the top of the advert).

·        Make sure you answer all supplementary questions as part of your application. If you don’t, we’ll have to automatically reject your application.

·        Have you been recommended to this role by a current employee as part of our recommend a friend scheme? Don’t forget to let us know after clicking apply.

Our values:                              

• We put the people who use our services at the heart of everything we do
• We are caring and compassionate
• We are personal and supportive in our approach
• We engage positively
• We are responsive
• We are driven to do better
• We are fair
• We are professional
• We work collaboratively
• We are accountable

Living out our values

·        Our behaviour framework puts our values in the context of our everyday work. See what this includes at saintmichaelshospice.org/behaviour-framework

·        We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age, or sexual orientation and from users of mental health services. This is part of our commitment to equality and reflecting the diversity of our communities.

·        We believe that children, young people and adults should never experience abuse of any kind.  Our safer recruitment and safeguarding processes help protect those accessing our services, please see our safeguarding statement on our website: https://saintmichaelshospice.org/safeguarding-statement/

·        If you require any support or adjustments to be able to apply for this role, please let us know by emailing people@saintmichaelshospice.org

·        We will need to complete satisfactory pre-employment checks before appointing you. These include but are not limited to identity checks, DBS clearance at an appropriate level for the role, verification of right to work in the UK, employment references and employment history. We will cover the cost of these.

For more information on the role, please contact us on people@saintmichaelshospice.org or on 01423 200 145 and we can arrange for you to have an informal discussion with a member of the team.

North Yorkshire Hospice Care is a registered charity in England and Wales (518905) with a family of services operating as Herriot Hospice Homecare, Just ‘B’, Saint Michael’s Hospice, and Talking Spaces. North Yorkshire Hospice Care is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales (2121179).