Healthcare Assistant (Hybrid Role)

Herriot Hospice Homecare and Saint Michael’s Hospice

Location: Community and Harrogate or Thirsk Inpatient Unit (Harrogate until The Lambert in Thirsk is operational)

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Working pattern: Various - at least 45% in unsocial hours, including weekends, nights and bank holidays

Permanent contract

£14.91 per hour

45p mileage (Community only)

Closing date: 4^th June 2025 (the advert may close early if we receive a sufficient number of suitable applications)

Interviews will take place in Harrogate on a date to be confirmed.

Are you an experienced Healthcare Assistant looking to be involved in providing an excellent standard of care to patients with palliative and end of life care needs? 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

Working under the direction and supervision of the Community and IPU Service Managers; you will work in collaboration with the District Nurses and Specialist Palliative Care Team, our HOME team of experienced HCAs and the MDT of Medics, Nurses and HCAs on IPU. You will deliver personal cares, emotional support and a calming presence to people at the end of their lives, in both the home of our community patients throughout North Yorkshire, and the IPU at either Crimple House, Harrogate or The Lambert, Thirsk.

This role is a hybrid position; therefore, you must be willing to work between the community and IPU when required.

Visits in the Community will be variable times and lengths each day. Shifts on IPU will include Earlies, Lates, Twilights and Night shifts.

Candidates are required to hold a full driving license and have access to their own vehicle to travel between patients’ homes in the community.

What we’re looking for:

• Caring, compassionate and enthusiastic people
• Experienced in a care environment
• Be motivated and passionate about developing your specialist palliative care knowledge and skills
• Great communication and documentation skills
• Someone who enjoys working within a team, but has the confidence of working independently
• Knowledge of Infection Prevention, Safeguarding and Health and Safety will also be required

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).