Healthcare Assistant – Hertfordshire

Marie Curie; North Hertfordshire; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading end-of-life charity in the United Kingdom is seeking a compassionate Healthcare Assistant to provide person-centred, end-of-life care in the community. The role involves supporting patients' personal care, emotional needs, and comfort while working night shifts. Candidates should have recent care experience, preferably with an NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care. This position offers competitive benefits, including professional development, mileage allowances, and more.

Benefits

27 days annual leave plus 8 public holidays

Mileage allowance of 45p per mile

Continuous professional development support

Loan schemes for bikes and computers

Life assurance

Qualifications

• Recent experience delivering care in a health or social care setting, including supporting patients during end-of-life care.
• Ability to develop and evaluate care management plans that meet the complex needs of patients.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and assist with patients' personal hygiene and comfort requirements.
• Provide mobility support and maintain a clean care environment.
• Practice empathetic communication with patients and their families.

Skills

Compassionate care

Emotional resilience

Person-centred care

Communication skills

Education

NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care or equivalent

Job description

We are seeking a compassionate and dedicated Healthcare Assistant to join our community team in Hertfordshire and work towards providing holistic, person centred, end of life care and support needs of people in their own homes.

Main duties of the job

Your responsibilities will include monitoring and assisting with the maintenance of patients' skin integrity and personal hygiene, observing and supporting nutritional needs, attending to comfort requirements to facilitate rest and sleep, providing mobility support, and maintaining a clean and orderly care environment.

About us

Marie Curie is the UKs leading end-of-life charity. Weare the largest non-NHS provider of end-of-life care in the UK, the onlyprovider across all 4 nations, delivering community nursing and hospice careacross the country, while providing information and support on all aspects ofdying, death, and bereavement.Our leading research pushes the boundariesof what we know about good end-of-life, and our campaigns fight for a worldwhere everyone gets to have the best possible quality of life while living withan illness, theyre likely to die from.

The care and support we provide is highly valued by thepeople we care for and their loved ones, but at present we are only reachingaround 10% of dying people at the end of life.Right now, one infour people in the UK with a terminal illness, do not get the care or supportthey deserve at the end of their lives.

We providefree specialist care and support to patients with terminal illnesses whilstoffering vital emotional support for their families. It's all about giving themthe best possible quality of life. The support we offer is tailored to meetindividuals' medical, social, spiritual and emotional needs.

We want a differentsociety than the one we live in now. Our mission for the next five years is toclose the gap in the number of people missing out on what they need at theend-of-life.

Job responsibilities

As aHealthcare Assistant you will practice empathetic communication with thepatient and those important to them in a supportive, professional manner andprovide high quality personal care and support to enhance wellbeing.

Contract: Permanent, Reduced hours

Work Schedule: Night Shifts: Monday to Sunday, including bankholidays

Shift hours: 10:00pm7:00am

Based: Community-based in Hertfordshire (HertsValley), covering Watford, St Albans, Hemel Hempstead, Tring, Potters Bar,Berkhamsted, Borehamwood, Radlett, Abbots Langley, and Bushey.

Whatwe are looking for:

• Recent experience delivering care in ahealth or social care setting, including supporting patients during end-of-lifecare.
• Preferred: NVQ Level 2 in Health andSocial Care or equivalent.
• Be person-centred and compassionatewhen caring for the person and those important to them.
• Ability to develop and evaluate caremanagement plans that meet the complex needs of the person, and those importantto them.
• Emotionalresilience and the capacity to work independently.
• Avalid driving license and access to a car for travel to peoples homes.
• Defined contribution schemes for Pension(the charity will match your contribution up to 7.5%)
• Loan schemes for bikes; computers and satellite navigation systems
• Help with eyecare cost (T &Cs apply)
• Entitled to Marie Curie Blue Light Card
• Entitled to Benefit Hub Discount Scheme
• Life assurance

What's in it for you:

• Annual leave allowance -27 days plus 8 public holidays(pro-rated)
• Competitive Policy for parental/sick Leave
• Continuous Professional development (Marie Curie supports andencourages personal and professional development)
• Industry leading training programmes
• Mileage allowanceof 45p per mile

Advert Closes:4-January-2026

Application Process

To apply,please submit an online application and include a copy of your mostrecent CV detailing your experience, how you meet the personspecification and why you would like to work for Marie Curie.

For moreinformation or an informal chat please contact [e-mail]

Marie Curie is committed to its values, whichunderpin our work. We take stringent stepsto ensure that the people who join our organisation through employment orvolunteering, are suitable for their roles and are committed to safeguardingall our people from harm. This includes our staff, volunteers and all those whouse or come into contact with our services. We are dedicated to creating notjust a safe place to work but also a supportive and rewarding one.

We are committed to a world where everyone canthrive and fulfil their potential. We are devoted to the social justiceimperatives and organisational benefits of full diversity, inclusion, andequity in the workplace, and are a Stonewall champion. We actively encourageand welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, perspectives andlived experiences.

We're happy toaccommodate any requests for reasonable adjustments. Please email any requeststo [e-mail]

This role will be subject to receiving an enhanced DBScriminal record check.

Wereserve the right to close this vacancy early.

Agenciesneed not apply.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) Level 2 in Health and Social Care OR an equivalent alternative Level 2 Qualification

Experience

• Recent experience delivering care in a health or social care setting, including supporting patients during end-of-life care.

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.