Hospice at Home Healthcare Assistant (HCA)- Bassetlaw in Mansfield

We are expanding our Hospice at Home service and are seeking compassionate, committed people to join our growing team. This role offers the opportunity to support patients and families in their own homes as the service extends across North Nottinghamshire. This role will be based in Bassetlaw with travel across North Nottinghamshire to meet organisational needs. The specific base locations within this area have yet to be confirmed. The Hospice at Home service provides care for palliative patients seven days a week, from 7am to 9pm. Shifts include a mix of shorter shifts and 12-hour shifts. We offer a range of established part time contracts of 25.5, 26.25, 27, 27.75, 28.75, 30.12, 30.54, 30.62, and 34.5 hours per week. Applicants should state their preferred contracted hours as part of the application process. We’ll be reviewing applications as they come in, so don't delay applying! Although the closing date is 31st of May 2026, we may close the vacancy early if we find the right candidates. We will be in touch with shortlisted applicants.

Main duties of the job

• To provide individual high-quality care for patients in their own homes, including appropriate support for families, in line with hospice policy and agreed care plans.
• Working under the direction of a registered nurse and as part of the Beaumond House team and the End-of-Life Care Together Integrated Hub you will help maintain the standard of excellence, so the philosophy and values of Beaumond House Hospice Care are met.

About us

Beaumond House Hospice supports patients and their loved ones to live as fully as possible across North Nottinghamshire. Ensuring our communities receive the care and comfort they need, free of charge, when every moment matters. Our Care is provided in people's homes across our communities and at the Hospice in Newark. We treat every person with respect. We deliver compassionate, professional care that supports physical, psychological, and spiritual needs. We look for staff and volunteers who protect dignity, safety, and confidentiality. Beaumond House Hospice Care is a registered charity. We provide four In-patient beds, Day Therapy, and Hospice at Home Care. Hospice at Home supports people with palliative and end of life care needs, often in the last weeks and months of life. Our nurses and health care assistants provide assessment, personal care, emotional support, advice, and advance care planning in the persons preferred place of care. We are contactable 24 hours a day, 7 days per week, to provide a friendly ear, general information or to signpost patients, relatives and carers to appropriate resources and services. We also offer 30 days holiday pro rata, (increasing with service up to 32 days) plus Bank Holidays as part of our benefits.

Job responsibilities

• Work under the direct supervision of the RN and in line with the patients care plan, providing care to meet fundamental health care needs.
• This includes assisting patients with toileting, personal care and supporting patients to eat and drink as independently as possible whilst maintaining privacy and dignity at all times.
• After induction and when assessed as competent, undertake visits independently to provide delegated care in line with the written care plan, with clear escalation routes to the RN or Hospice at Home Lead.
• Support patients with medication once you have completed medicines support training and been assessed as competent in line with the hospice medicines policy.
• Provide continuing care for patients and families following death.
• Assist in care after death, respecting spiritual, cultural and religious needs.
• Complete all required documentation and communicate the verification of expected death promptly to the RN, GP, the Integrated Hub and any other relevant professionals.
• Ensure safe custody of the patients property and follow hospice procedures for recording and handing over valuables.
• Act in an impartial, judgemental way and treat every patient as an individual, respecting their choices, wishes, customs, values and beliefs, irrespective of your own.
• Establish and maintain good working relationships with other staff members and volunteers.
• Attend relevant study days and courses, including mandatory training, medicines support, verification of expected death and food hygiene, to gain and maintain the knowledge and skills set out in the knowledge and competency framework.

Person Specification

• At least two years working in a similar role.
• Experience in caring for palliative patients or relevant transferrable experience.
• NVQ or equivalent or a commitment to work towards a qualification in care or end of life care.
• Good telephone and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to work as part of a team and respect for all individuals.
• Flexibility, excellent listening skills and ability to build rapport with others, with a friendly and sensitive approach.
• Driving licence and access to a suitable vehicle with business insurance.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.