NHS Jobs
Job role: Healthcare Assistant
Salary: £24,465.00 per hour
Company name: NHS Jobs
Job Location: United Kingdom
Job Sector: Healthcare
Job reference: B0516-25-0179
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About the Job:
- As a Healthcare Assistant with Marie Curie at University Hospitals Plymouth, you’ll be an essential part of the multidisciplinary team, delivering compassionate, person-centred care to patients approaching the end of life.
- Your role will involve supporting patients with their personal care needs, including hygiene, nutrition, mobility, and comfort, always maintaining dignity and respect.
- You’ll assist with holistic assessments and care planning, monitor skin integrity, help with rest and sleep, and ensure a clean and safe environment for patients.
- You’ll communicate sensitively with patients and their loved ones, reporting concerns promptly and supporting their choices and wishes.
- Working closely with registered nurses and other healthcare professionals, you’ll help manage symptoms, observe and report changes in condition, and contribute to advance care planning.
- By providing high standards of care and emotional support during life’s most challenging moments, you’ll make a meaningful difference to patients and those important to them.
Requirements
• NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care OR an equivalent alternative Level 2 Qualification
• Recent experience in caring for and supporting patients at the end of life
• Someone who understands the importance of prioritising a patient’s care, comfort and privacy
• A clear, appropriate and sensitive communicator who can make informed decisions in a timely manner, confident in having difficult conversations
• A passion, knowledge and understanding of how to deliver person-centred care
• The ability to remain calm in stressful situations
• Experience working within a Multidisciplinary team, assisting in curating individual assessments and advanced care plans
What’s in it for you:
• Annual leave allowance up to 27 days plus 8 public holidays
• Competitive Policy for parental/sick Leave
• Continuous Professional development
• Industry leading training programmes
• Season ticket loan for travelling to and from work
• Defined contribution schemes for Pension
• Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme
• Loan schemes for bikes; computers and satellite navigation systems
• Introduce a friend scheme
• Help with childcare cost (T & Cs apply)
• Entitled to Marie Curie Blue Light Card
• Entitled to Benefit-Hub Discount Scheme
• Life assurance for all employees
Additional Information
For more information please contact [email protected]
Advert closes on 31st October 2025.
To apply for this job please visit findajob.dwp.gov.uk.
