Healthcare Assistant - End of Life Urgent Care Service

NHS; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative healthcare organization in the United Kingdom is offering an exciting opportunity for a Healthcare Assistant to join the End of Life Urgent Care Service. In this role, you will support community-based patients in their preferred place of care, helping to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions. This position is challenging yet rewarding, allowing you to make a meaningful impact at the end of life. The role offers an attractive employment package, including annual leave and a health plan membership.

Benefits

7 weeks annual leave

Cash back health plan

Responsibilities

• Support community-based end of life patients in their preferred place of care.
• Prevent inappropriate admission to secondary care.
• Provide care for patients in their homes.

Job description

Healthcare Assistant - End of Life Urgent Care Service

Healthcare Assistant - End of Life Urgent Care Service (EOLUCS)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, well-motivated individual who is interested in end-of-life care.

Main duties of the job

St Luke's is delivering on its vision of a Hospice without Walls with the support of its End-of-Life Urgent Care Team. As a Healthcare Assistant for the End-of-Life Urgent Care Service you will assist in supporting community-based end of life (EOL) patients in meeting their preferred place of care/death and prevent inappropriate admission to secondary care.

While this role can be busy and challenging, there is great reward in helping make a real difference at the end of a person\'s life by caring for them in their own home and preferred place of care/death.

We would encourage informal discussions regarding this post with Jo Davis (Deputy Clinical Lead) on 01752 964 200.

Closing Date: Sunday 22 February 2026

2nd Interview Date: To Be Arranged

About us

St Lukes is a friendly, dynamic, and progressive organisation, where innovation and a can-do ethos is championed; we would value those with the desire to work in this specialist area.

As a staff member of St Luke's, you will receive an attractive employment package, which includes 7 weeks annual leave rising with service (inc. bank hols) and membership to a cash back health plan.

Job responsibilities

Please see the job description and person specification attached for further information on this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Please see the job description and person specification attached.

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.

£21,965 a year £23,875 Full-Time Equivalent