Senior Palliative Care Outreach Assistant – Community-Based

Marie-Curie; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days’ annual leave plus 8 publichol

Industry-leading training programmes

Blue Light Card eligibility

Benefit Hub discounts

Life assurance

Support with eye care costs

Season ticket and other employee loan

Job summary

Marie Curie is recruiting a Senior Healthcare Assistant to join a new South Liverpool service, working across GP practices, community hubs, and other locations. The role focuses on outreach, signposting, and enabling earlier access to palliative and end-of-life care, collaborating with Clinical Nurse Specialists and primary care teams.

You will contribute to holistic assessment, care planning, symptom management, and compassionate conversations while maintaining high-quality, person-centred care

Qualifications

• Has knowledge and understanding of palliative and end-of-life care.
• Has experience providing care to people with palliative and/or end-of-life care needs, including caring for people who are dying.
• Is comfortable having compassionate and sensitive conversations with people and those important to them about serious illness, palliative care, dying and end-of-life wishes.
• Can build trusting relationships with patients, families and health and care professionals.
• Has experience providing high-quality, person-centred care and support.
• Can recognise changes in a person’s condition and elevate concerns appropriately.
• Is self-motivated and confident working autonomously, planning and prioritising their workload while knowing when to seek support.
• Works well as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Holds a Level 3 qualification in Health and Social Care, or an equivalent Level 3 healthcare qualification.
• Holds a current valid driving licence and has access to a vehicle with business insurance.

Skills

Empathy & communication

Education

Level 3 Health and Social Care

Job description

Marie Curie is recruiting a Senior Healthcare Assistant to join a new South Liverpool service, working across GP practices, community hubs, and other locations. The role focuses on outreach, signposting, and enabling earlier access to palliative and end-of-life care, collaborating with Clinical Nurse Specialists and primary care teams.

You will contribute to holistic assessment, care planning, symptom management, and compassionate conversations while maintaining high-quality, person-centred care