Hospice at Home Care Assistant

We are currently seeking a Hospice at Home Care Assistant to support our nurses on home visits. As a Hospice at Home Care Assistant, you will be an integral part of Rainbows' Hospice at Home Team, delivering high-quality clinical care to babies, children, and young people with life‑limiting and life‑threatening conditions in the comfort of their own homes.

Location: Based at Rainbows Hospice with the requirement to travel across the East Midlands, covering Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. Therefore, a driving license is required for this role.

Hours of work: Monday to Sunday 8.00am to 6.00pm. Please note flexibility is required to meet the needs of families, including occasional work outside normal hours such as staying on shift due to end‑of‑life needs.

Main duties of the job:

• Your role will include supporting families by providing respite care and emotional support, as well as assisting in the delivery of palliative and end‑of‑life care.
• This is a truly meaningful position where you will make a real difference to the lives of families at the most difficult times, working closely with our nursing team to ensure compassionate, person‑centred care.
• Within this role you will receive on‑the‑job training, working alongside an experienced Nurse, learning clinical skills as well as non‑clinical skills of memory making, providing families with keepsakes of their baby, child or young person.

About us:

Here at Rainbows Children's Hospice, we provide specialist palliative care and end‑of‑life support to over 750 Babies, Children, and Young People living with life‑limiting and life‑threatening conditions, as well as approximately 3,000 people, including families, siblings, and carers, across the East Midlands. Simply put, we’re here to brighten short lives and support families, wherever they are.

Job responsibilities:

• To provide support alongside a Nurse in delivering excellent short break, palliative, end‑of‑life care within the home and care after death.
• To report to the Lead Nurse any concerns surrounding the care, condition or behaviour of the baby, child, young person and/or family.
• To ensure all procedures are carried out in accordance with local and national policies in force within the Hospice.
• To contribute positively to the establishment of good communication and relations between staff and take personal responsibility for adherence to the same.
• To ensure accurate and contemporaneous record keeping and observe confidentiality of such records at all times.

Further requirements can be found by downloading the Job Description. Specialist training and development opportunities and working within a supportive team which specialist knowledge.

Eligibility to join blue light card discount scheme and Company Shop. Life Assurance. 27 days holiday plus bank holiday allowance but expectation to work bank holidays in this role. Contributory pension scheme. Free access to an employee assistance programme. Affordable meals at the Hospice, Lark Rise, Loughborough. Free Tea, Coffee and Fruit whilst at the Hospice. Wellbeing support and access to Mental Health First Aiders.

For further information about this role and the responsibilities please contact Tracy Shearer, Lead Nurse Hospice at Home, on tracy.shearer@rainbows.co.uk. To apply for the role please click apply now to complete an online application form. If you require an alternative method of applying or would like to discuss reasonable adjustments further, please contact the Recruitment Team at recruitment@rainbows.co.uk.

This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check and comprehensive pre‑employment screening, including employment referencing covering the past five years. Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications. We encourage candidates to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Person Specification:

• Hold a full UK driving license.
• NVQ Level 2/3 in care or equivalent experience.
• Experience with children and/or young people (0‑19 years) with complex needs.
• Experience of liaising with families and/or health care providers regarding child/young person care.
• Demonstrates high standard of clinical care.
• Ability to work as a team.
• Ability to seek guidance when appropriate.
• Awareness of safeguarding procedures.
• Commitment to equal opportunities and anti‑discrimination.
• Ability to use own initiative on patient care needs.
• Ability to teach and support other team members.
• Experience of working in the community.
• Experience of using SystmOne electronic care record system or similar.

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.