Healthcare Assistant - Overnight in Watford

Hours: 37.5 per week (part time hours considered)

Location: Rennie Grove Peace Geographical Area

Salary: Rennie Grove Peace Band 3 - £24,937 - £26,598 per annum (pro rata)

Closing date: 07 September 2026 at 12 noon

Interview date: 17 September 2026

What you will do:

This role is part of our Community Hospice at Home Service, which delivers compassionate, end-of-life care to people in their own homes during the final weeks of life. You don’t need formal medical experience to apply – just a caring nature, compassion, and a genuine desire to help and support others at the end of their lives. Full training and support will be provided.

• Provide care and support to patients, families and carers at home during the night.
• Provide support to Hospice at Home nurses at night by working closely together visiting patients in the community over a large geographical area.
• Support the nursing team such as speaking with other healthcare providers.
• Work closely with hospice colleagues and community partners to deliver joined-up care.
• Champion the Rennie Grove Peace philosophy in the local community.
• Develop your skills within HCA knowledge and competency framework, with full support provided.
• Drive between appointments; therefore, a car and full driving licence are essential for this role.

What you will need:

• All candidates must have the right to work in the UK.
• We do not sponsor for this role and due to the minimal hours required for this role, we cannot progress applications for candidates sponsored by another employer.
• Manual handling and/or heavy lifting.
• Full, current valid UK driving licence.
• Access to a vehicle which can be used for work purposes.
• Car insurance, including business cover.
• Disclosure and Barring Services Check: Enhanced Adult and Child Workforce.
• A good level of IT literacy is required, including confidence in using Microsoft Office applications, email, and other digital systems relevant to the role.

For an informal chat about this role contact Amanda Hudson, Business, Operations and Performance Manager - Community Hospice at Home on amanda.hudson@renniegrovepeace.org

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To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed.

Our commitment to Equality and Diversity:

At Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care we strive to continuously demonstrate our values. These values are embedded in our recruitment and selection process, and we are fully committed to equality, diversity and inclusion in both our workforce and within our culture.

If you are disabled and best meet the minimum requirements for the job specification, we will invite you to interview. You can contact us to let us know if you need any adjustments during the recruitment process.

The Company:

The Company has experienced unprecedented growth over the past few years. We have a vast number of employees and provide support to clients from all over the country.

At Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care, we’re all about making every moment matter for our patients and families, and you can play your part in that. We will support people of all ages who are affected by a progressive life-limiting illness (and those who care for them), to live as well as possible by providing choice and ease access to a wide range of palliative care and bereavement services across Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire.

Employee benefits overview:

• We offer competitive salaries. All roles are benchmarked against the external market and against the NHS pay structure for Clinical employees.
• Plan your future with our Pension scheme options. Standard Life scheme with matched contributions; up to 7% (with a min of 4% employee contribution) or options for continuation in the NHS pension scheme for eligible staff.
• Protected with Life Assurance: 2x salary paid in the event of death for eligible employees up to age 75.
• Family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, adoption and paternity pay. Pro-rata for part-time roles.
• We pay professional registration fees for eligible employees in clinical roles.
• We reimburse your travel expenses. Eligible employees can claim travel expenses for mileage that qualifies for payment (subject to HMRC rules).
• Additional employee discounts available including retail, entertainment and services discounts, including the Blue Light Card (subject to purchase of membership).

Achieving a work-life balance is important. We want you to enjoy your work and take valuable time out to relax and be with your loved ones. We enable this through the following:

• Flexible working including hybrid, part time, job share (depending on role requirements).
• Generous holiday entitlement: 27 days per annum, plus bank holidays. Increasing to 30 days at 5 years and 33 days at 10 years’ service. (Pro-rata for part-time roles)
• Birthday leave and religious holidays. We are mindful of individual requests.

Your health and wellbeing is important, and we offer you options to support you in maintaining your health:

• Health Cash Plan: Rennie Grove Peace funded membership for you and up to four children. Membership can be extended to include your partner, at the employee’s expense.
• Employee Assistance Programme – free 24/7 confidential service, offering unlimited access to advice, information, coaching and counselling, where appropriate.

We are committed to supporting your personal growth and development and we provide a range of opportunities, including:

• Comprehensive induction programme to help you settle in quickly.
• Regular development conversations with your Line Manager.
• Training and development opportunities including externally funded courses and coaching, where appropriate.
• Specialist palliative training for clinicians and non-clinicians.
• Clinical supervision training and mentoring for clinicians.
• Protected and dedicated time given to learning and developing.
• Employee Voice – fantastic opportunities to join collaborative focus groups.
• Opportunity to develop through our exciting programme of fundraising events and social occasions.