Senior Healthcare Assistant / Healthcare Assistant - Community

Princess Alice Hospice; Esher; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Princess Alice Hospice is looking for experienced Healthcare Assistants to join the Hospice at Home team, providing essential emotional and practical support to patients and their families. This role involves personal care tailored to individual needs, collaboration with nursing staff, and requires excellent communication skills and previous experience in nursing settings.

Benefits

27 days annual leave plus public holidays

Educational and professional development opportunities

Clinical supervision

Employee Assistance Programme

Access to a Group Personal Pension Plan

Free on-site parking

Subsidised meals at on-site restaurant

Wellbeing care programme

Qualifications

• Experience in nursing terminally ill patients or willingness to learn.
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients and families.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care to patients in their homes.
• Work closely with nursing staff to ensure comprehensive patient support.
• Offer emotional support to patients and their families.

Skills

Excellent communication

Interpersonal skills

Education

NVQ 3

Job description

Salary £25 – 27k per annum full time, pro rata, depending on experience (Equivalent to AfC Band 2 - 3) Work Pattern Full Time / Part Time – 37.5 hours / minimum 22.5 hours per week, between Monday and Sunday Location Esher Application Deadline Sunday, June 29, 2025 Interview Date 2025-Jul-07 00:00 Job Profile Job Profile document

Job Summary

About us:

Princess Alice Hospice is one of the top adult hospices in the UK, providing CQC rated outstanding, specialist palliative care and support to a community of more than a million people living in Surrey, South West London and Middlesex.

About the Hospice at Home team:

Our Hospice at Home service brings the skills and expertise of our highly trained and dedicated specialist team directly into our patient’s homes. This allows patients, their families, and carers access to the vital support they need at home, when time matters most.

About the role:

We are looking for experienced, enthusiastic Healthcare Assistants to join our Hospice at Home team, giving our patients, their families, and carers both emotional and practical support to get the vital care they need.

You will work closely with the team to carry out personal care to patients to suit their individual needs, aimed at ensuring more people achieve their preferred place of care. You will work closely with the nursing staff to support both the patient and their surrounding network, providing both practical and emotional support.

About you:

We are looking for individuals with excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You must have experience of working within a nursing team on an In-patient Unit and/or in the Community, and have previous experience in nursing terminally ill patients, or be keen to learn and develop skills looking after terminally ill patients. For the SHCA role an NVQ 3 is essential, Healthcare Assistants with a willingness to learn will receive in house training and support. You may be required to work flexibly across the 7-day working week, but you will not be required to work nights. As you will be visiting patients in the community, you'll need to be a car driver with full driving license.

As well as joining an organisation where you will be able to make a difference for our patients and their families, some of our employee benefits include:

• 27 days’ annual leave plus recognised public holidays - rising to 29 days after 5 years’ service and 33 days after 10 years’ service (pro rata for part time)
• educational and professional development opportunities (we have an on-site Education Team)
• monthly group reflections via Schwartz Rounds sessions
• free on-site parking
• tranquil Hospice grounds
• clinical supervision (regular and we ensure its protected time)
• subsidised meals at our on-site restaurant
• Employee Assistance Programme
• access to the Blue Light Card discount scheme
• Access to a Group Personal Pension Plan (provided by Scottish Widows) plus we also offer an Auto-enrolment pension with NEST. If you have been a member of the NHS Pension Scheme, you may be able to continue your contributions to that scheme during your time at Princess Alice Hospice.
• in-house laundry of uniforms, plus excellent changing facilities (with showers, fresh towels, and hairdryers)
• wellbeing care - we provide a programme of activities, opportunities, and guidance to inspire and support our employees to live a healthy life, at home and at work.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Theresa Gunn,Senior Multi-Professional Team Assistant, via email - [e-mail]

How to apply: To apply for the role please click apply now.

For further information please contact the People Services Team, stating which vacancy you are applying for, by e-mail at [e-mail]

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