Bank Senior Healthcare Assistant – Palliative Care Hub
St John’s Hospice, Moggerhanger,
Bedford MK44 3RJ
£12.02 per hour (excluding enhancements)
Bank Hours
12-hour shifts.
Full (UK only) driving licence essential
About the role:
Predominately phone Senior Health Care Assistant roles are available, as well as our Care at Home Palliative Senior Health Care Assistants
Within this role you will work in the community providing outstanding palliative and end of life care to patients within their own homes. The support we offer is tailored to meet individuals' medical, social, spiritual and emotional needs. The service runs 7 days per week, 24 hours per day.
About you:
• A full driving licence (UK only) and access to your own vehicle – Essential
• 1+ Years’ experience in a care setting – Essential
• You will need to be able to demonstrate the ability to work well within a team as well as on your own, use initiative, organise your workload and have excellent communication skills.
• You must be IT literate as this role requires remote working with a laptop
About Us
Be there when it matters!
There has never been a more important time to provide high quality, specialist end-of-life care to support patients and their families.
Who are we:
• We are St John’s Hospice, in Moggerhanger, Bedfordshire.
• We are a CQC Outstanding rated hospice and provide compassionate and expert care in the hospice and the community.
• We are a close and supportive team looking to welcome new people and new ideas.
• We offer you the time to holistically care for your patients and their families.
• We offer palliative training and many educational opportunities.
• We have a peaceful environment surrounded by beautiful gardens, fields and visiting wildlife.
• Our aim at St Johns is to retain, support and develop our teams whilst providing outstanding care.
We are always eager to welcome potential candidates into the hospice for a visit either before applying or during the application process. Please do contact us to arrange a visit.
We have many other benefits:
• Corporate discount with hundreds of retailers and services
• Competitive enhanced pay for nights (30%), weekends (30%) & public holidays (60%)
• Staff discount of 10% on new goods online at shop.sueryder.org
• Cash referral bonus scheme
• Free onsite parking
• Free uniform
• Greatly subsidised hot and cold food from the in-house kitchen.
• Structured induction programme and learning and development opportunities
For more of our employee benefits please visit our website:
We aim to give all candidates the opportunity to perform at their best during our recruitment and interview process so please let us know if you require any adjustments made. Please see more details on the link below: