A Healthcare Assistant post in Marie Curie's community team, which covers central and south Oxfordshire. The work is personal end-of-life care in patients' own homes, following individual care plans and watching for changes in a person's condition. It is night work only, three shifts a week on a permanent 24.5-hour contract, and it needs a driving licence and access to an insured vehicle for travel between visits. An enhanced DBS check applies.
What the job involves
- Assist with personal care within individual care plans
- Support skin integrity, nutrition and hydration, mobility, and rest and sleep
- Keep a clean and safe care environment
- Observe and respond to changes in a person's condition
- Support symptom management within the agreed care plan
- Escalate concerns promptly to registered healthcare professionals
- Communicate calmly and sensitively with patients and loved ones, preserving dignity, choice and wellbeing
- Work within a multidisciplinary team to help people feel safe, comfortable and respected
What’s required
Experience
- Recent experience of providing care in a health or social care setting
- Confidence to support people with dignity, compassion and respect
Skills & knowledge
- Understanding of person-centred care
- Sensitive, professional communication, including recognising when to elevate concerns
- Caring, flexible and resilient approach, working independently and within a team
- Good basic IT skills: email, online training, mobile technology and care recording systems
Checks & eligibility
- Enhanced DBS check
- Valid driving licence
- Access to a vehicle with business insurance
Other
- Live within a 25-mile radius of central Oxfordshire
- Able to travel up to 25 miles across central and south Oxfordshire
Nice to have
- NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care, or an equivalent qualification
- Recent professional experience of providing care for dying people
- Understanding of palliative or end-of-life care
What’s offered
- Mileage allowance of 55p per mile
- 27 days annual leave plus 8 public holidays (pro rata), and NHS-aligned annual leave subject to eligibility
- Pension scheme with up to 7.5% employer match, including Marie Curie Group Personal Pension
- Life assurance
- Access to industry-leading training and ongoing learning
- Loan schemes for bikes, computers and satellite navigation
- Support with eye care costs (terms apply)
- Blue Light Card access and Benefit Hub discounts
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
