Healthcare Assistant East Riding of Yorkshire in Beverley

Healthcare Assistant East Riding of Yorkshire

We are currently recruiting Healthcare Assistants to join our Hospice Care at Home Overnight Service in the East Riding of Yorkshire covering Beverley, Bridlington, Hornsea, Goole, Withernsea and surrounding areas.

Main duties of the job

As a Healthcare Assistant in the Marie Curie Hospice Care atHome Overnight Service across the East Riding of Yorkshire including Beverley,Bridlington, Hornsea, Goole, Withernsea and surrounding areas you\’ll provide one to one specialist palliative care to people with life limiting illnesses in their own homes. The role centres on delivering compassionate personal support, monitoring symptoms, assisting with medications, and maintaining accurate records, while offering essential emotional support to both patients and their families during an especially difficult time.

Your experience in end of life care enables you to work independently and use your initiative, following each patients established care plan. The nature of the service ensures meaningful contact with patients and families, helping them feel supported, safe and cared for throughout the night.

About us

Marie Curie is the UKs leading end-of-life charity. We are the largest non-NHS provider of end-of-life care in the UK, the only provider across all 4 nations, delivering community nursing and hospice care across the country, while providing information and support on all aspects of dying, death, and bereavement. Our leading research pushes the boundaries of what we know about good end-of-life, and our campaigns fight for a world where everyone gets to have the best possible quality of life while living with an illness they are likely to die from.

The care and support we provide is highly valued by the people we care for and their loved ones, but at present we are only reaching around 10% of dying people at the end of life. Right now, one in four people in the UK with a terminal illness, do not get the care or support they deserve at the end of their lives.

Job responsibilities

We are currently recruiting Healthcare Assistants to join our Hospice Care at Home Overnight Service in the East Riding of Yorkshire covering Beverley, Bridlington, Hornsea, Goole, Withernsea and surrounding areas.

Hours: Part Time 36 hours, various 9 hour night shifts (10 pm – 7 am) available.

Advert closes: 23rd February 2026

Interview Dates: TBC

As a Healthcare Assistant with the Marie Curie Hospice Care at Home Overnight Service in the East Riding of Yorkshire covering Beverley, Bridlington, Hornsea, Goole, Withernsea and surrounding areas, you\’ll be supporting patients and families in their time of greatest need. We provide free specialist palliative care and support to patients with life limiting illness whilst offering vital emotional support for their families.

With experience of End of Life care, you\’re ready and able to make a real difference. Ours is a one-to-one approach to care, so you\’re sure to enjoy plenty of meaningful contact with patients and their families – usually in their own homes. Working without close supervision, you\’ll have the opportunity to use your own initiative in line with the patient\’s established care plan. You\’ll be required to carry out a range of care duties including helping patients meet their hygiene needs, monitoring symptoms, assisting with medications and keeping detailed records and emotional support to the patient and their families.

What were looking for:

• Relevant community experience
• S/NVQ Level 2/3 qualification or an equivalent certificate/diploma is required
• Emotional strength and the ability to work on your own are crucial, though we will of course provide excellent on-going training and support
• Recent experience of providing care and caring for people with life limiting illness or palliative care needs
• Be a UK licensed driver with access to a car and business insurance is essential

What\’s in it for you:

• Annual leave allowance 27 days plus 8 public holidays (pro rata)
• Competitive Policy for parental/sick Leave
• Industry leading training programmes
• Season ticket loan for travelling to and from work
• Defined contribution schemes for Pension
• Loan schemes for bikes; computers and satellite navigation systems
• Help with eye care costs
• Entitled to Marie Curie Blue Light Card
• Entitled to Benefit Hub Discount Scheme
• Life assurance for all employees
• 41% x your basic salary per hour paid for Saturdays & weekday night duty (8pm to 6am)and
• 83% x your basic salary per hour paid for Sundays and Public Bank Holidays

To apply, please upload your most recent CV detailing your experience, how you meet the person specification and why you would like to work for Marie Curie.

Additional information

At Marie Curie, our values are central to everything we do. They guide how we care for people, how we work together, and how we make decisions every day. We are committed to creating a workplace that is safe for everyone staff and volunteers alike supportive, inclusive and rewarding. We provide care for all, and that commitment extends beyond the people we serve. We actively consider our impact on the planet, embedding sustainability into everyday decisions to create a lasting, positive difference for the individuals we care for and the world we share.

We believe everyone should have the opportunity to thrive and fulfil their potential. Marie Curie is deeply committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, recognising both the social justice imperative and the strength a diverse workforce brings. We actively encourage applications from people of all cultures, perspectives and lived experiences.

We are happy to make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process. If you require any support, please contact us at recruitment@mariecurie.org.uk.

Every application we receive is personally reviewed by a member of my Talent Acquisition team, and in return, we ask that your application authentically reflects you your experience, perspective and voice.

This role will be subject to receiving an enhanced DBS criminal record check.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early. Agencies need not apply.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) Level 2 in Health and Social Care OR an equivalent alternative Level 2 Qualification i.e. NCFE level 2 Certificate in Healthcare Support Services, BTEC level 2 Health and Social Care.
• Functional skills at level 2 in numeracy and literacy or equivalent
• National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) Level 3 in Health and Social Care OR an acceptable, alternative Level 3 Qualification
• Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

Experience

• Recent experience of providing care and caring for people with life limiting illness or palliative care needs

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.