Healthcare Assistant Scottish Borders

Marie-Curie; Eyemouth; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 29,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave + 10 holidays (PT

Training programmes

Season ticket loan

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Job summary

Marie Curie is seeking a compassionate Healthcare Assistant to join our overnight community-based service across the Scottish Borders, covering Eyemouth and surrounding areas. You will provide one-to-one care in patients' homes, ensuring comfort, safety and dignity while supporting families.

The role is part-time, night shifts, with a focus on end-of-life care and symptom management. Full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle are required. Training and benefits are provided.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 6 months’ care experience in health or social care.
• Full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle.
• NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care (or willingness to work towards).
• A nurturing and compassionate approach with excellent communication skills.
• Ability to work independently while being an integral part of a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Access visit schedules and patient details via the electronic tablet system at the start of each shift.
• Contact patients and their families prior to arrival to confirm the visit and provide reassurance.
• Attend patients’ homes and communicate effectively with both the patient and their loved ones, as well as liaise with the out-of-hours clinical service.
• Deliver high-quality, person-centred care tailored to individual needs, including pain and symptom management, pressure area care and monitoring and supporting fluid intake.
• Accurately document all care provided and observations in the patient’s electronic records.
• Work independently on a one-to-one basis within the patient’s home, ensuring safety, dignity and professionalism at all times.
• Provide overnight support to a single patient, offering companionship and monitoring for any signs of deterioration.
• Escalate any concerns or changes in the patient’s condition to the out-of-hours service promptly.
• Deliver sensitive and respectful care following a patient’s death, including personal care and preparation of the body.
• Notify the out-of-hours service in the event of a patient passing during the night and complete all required documentation.

Skills

Care experience

Driving licence

Compassionate approach

Communication skills

Independent working

Education

NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care

Job description

• Compensation: GBP 26,696 - GBP 28,988 - yearly

Company Description

Marie Curie is the UK’s leading end-of-life charity. We are the largest non-NHS provider of end-of-life care in the UK, the only provider across all 4 nations, delivering community nursing and hospice care across the country, while providing information and support on all aspects of dying, death, and bereavement. Our leading research pushes the boundaries of what we know about good end-of-life, and our campaigns fight for a world where everyone gets to have the best possible quality of life while living with an illness, they’re likely to die from.

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

We want a different society than the one we live in now. Our mission for the next five years is to close the gap in the number of people missing out on what they need at the end-of-life, through 3 ways:

• Growing and transforming our direct care and support
• Delivering more practical information and support
• Leading in shaping the end-of-life experience

Job Description

Make a difference when it matters most

Are you a compassionate Healthcare Assistant looking for a role where your care can make a truly meaningful difference?

Marie Curie is looking for dedicated Healthcare Assistant to join our community-based overnight service across the Scottish Borders, supporting people living with a terminal illness in the comfort and familiarity of their own homes. Covering communities including Galashiels, Coldstream, Eyemouth, Cockburnspath, Hawick, Jedburgh and Lauder, you’ll typically provide care within a 25-mile radius of your home.

Working overnight, you’ll provide compassionate, person-centred care that helps patients feel safe, comfortable and supported. Just as importantly, your presence will offer reassurance to families and those close to them, knowing their loved one is receiving skilled and dignified care throughout the night.

You’ll work as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team, helping us make sure that every person receives the care, dignity and compassion they deserve at the end of life.

This is more than a Healthcare Assistant role. It’s an opportunity to make a real difference to people in your local community when they need you most.

If you share our commitment to compassionate, person-centred care, we’d love to hear from you.

What you will be doing

• Access visit schedules and patient details via the electronic tablet system at the start of each shift.
• Contact patients and their families prior to arrival to confirm the visit and provide reassurance.
• Attend patients’ homes and communicate effectively with both the patient and their loved ones, as well as liaise with the out-of-hours clinical service.
• Deliver high-quality, person-centred care tailored to individual needs, including:pain and symptom management, pressure area care and monitoring and supporting fluid intake.
• Accurately document all care provided and observations in the patient’s electronic records.
• Work independently on a one-to-one basis within the patient’s home, ensuring safety, dignity and professionalism at all times.
• Provide overnight support to a single patient, offering companionship and monitoring for any signs of deterioration.
• Escalate any concerns or changes in the patient’s condition to the out-of-hours service promptly.
• Deliver sensitive and respectful care following a patient’s death, including personal care and preparation of the body.
• Notify the out-of-hours service in the event of a patient passing during the night and complete all required documentation.

What we’re looking for

• Minimum of6 months’ experiencedelivering care in a health or social care setting
• Full UK driving licenceand access to your own vehicle
• NVQ Level 2 qualification in Health and Social Care(or equivalent), or a willingness to work towards this qualification
• Anurturing and compassionate approach, with excellent communication skills
• The ability towork independentlywhile being an integral part of a multidisciplinary team

Salary

Marie Curie Clinical Pay Scale Band2 £26,696 to £28,988 per annum pro rata with generious enhancements which include44% x your basic salary per hour paid for Saturdays & weekday night duty (8pm to 6am)

88% x your basic salary per hour paid for Sundays and Public Bank Holidays

Contract

Permanent part time 18 hours per week (2 night shifts per week across a day service 10pm to 7.00am)

Based

Community Based (Based from home traveling within a 25-mile radius across the Scottish Borders)

Benefits You’ll Love

• Annual leave allowance 27 days plus 10 public holidays (pro rata)
• Competitive Policy for parental/sick Leave
• Industry leading training programmes
• Season ticket loan for travelling to and from work
• Defined contribution schemes for Pension
• Loan schemes for bikes; computers and satellite navigation systems
• Introduce a friend scheme
• Help with eyecare cost
• Entitled to Marie Curie Blue Light Card
• Entitled to Benefit-Hub Discount Scheme
• Life assurance – for all employees

Close date for applications

8th November 2026

Interview Dates

To Be confirmed

We are happy to make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process. If you require any support, please contact us at [e-mail].

Every application we receive is personally reviewed by a member of our Talent Acquisition team, and in return, we ask that your application authentically reflects you — your experience, perspective and voice.

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