Description:
Are you a compassionate and dedicated Healthcare Assistant looking for a role where your care can make a meaningful difference every day? Join our community team in Birmingham and Solihull and help provide personalised, dignified end-of-life care to people in the comfort of their own homes.
In this rewarding role, you will work as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team, helping people feel safe, comfortable and respected at a highly important time in their lives. You will support individual care plans by assisting with personal care, skin integrity, nutrition and hydration, mobility, rest and sleep, and maintaining a clean and safe care environment.
You will also play an important part in observing and responding to changes in a person’s condition, supporting symptom management within the agreed care plan, and escalating any concerns promptly to registered healthcare professionals. Just as importantly, you will offer calm, sensitive and professional communication to patients and those important to them, helping to preserve dignity, choice and wellbeing.
If you are kind, caring and passionate about person-centred care, this is an opportunity to use your experience to support people and families when it matters most. We would love to hear from you.
- Contract Type: As & When
- Job 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, at £12.92 per hour. Enhanced rates apply for night shifts, weekends, with uplifts of up to 41%, and up to 83% for night shifts worked on Sundays and bank holidays.
- Location: Community-based in Birmingham and Solihull
What we are looking for:
- Recent experience of providing care in a health or social care setting, with the confidence to support people with dignity, compassion and respect.
- An understanding of person-centred care, ideally including palliative or end-of-life care, and a genuine commitment to making a difference to patients and those important to them.
- The ability to communicate sensitively and professionally, recognising when to escalate concerns or changes in a person’s condition to the wider clinical team.
- 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 the ability to use email, online training, mobile technology and care recording systems.
- An NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care, or an equivalent qualification, is desirable but not essential.
- A valid driving license, access to a vehicle with business insurance, and the flexibility to travel up to 25 miles from your home address across Birmingham and Solihull, including during unsocial hours.
Benefits of joining Marie Curie as a Bank Healthcare Assistant:
- Flexible bank shifts, giving you the opportunity to work as and when required while supporting patients overnight in their own homes.
- Mileage allowance of 55p per mile to support travel between community visits.
- Access to industry-leading training and ongoing learning to help you feel confident and supported in delivering high-quality end-of-life care.
- The opportunity to develop your skills as part of a compassionate, values-led team making a real difference to patients and families.
What’s in for you:
- Pension scheme with up to 7.5% employer match
- Marie Curie Group Personal Pension
- Loan schemes for bikes, computers, and satellite navigation
- Support with eye care costs (terms apply)
- Access to Blue Light Card
- Discounts via the Benefit Hub Scheme
- Life assurance