Healthcare Assistant - Belfast Hospice Belfast, Northern Ireland
Job description
Are you an experienced Healthcare Assistant looking for a new challenge? We have an amazing opportunity to join our Marie Curie in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Title: Healthcare Assistant Hospice
Salary: Marie Curie Clinical Pay Scale, aligned with AFC BAND 2 £11.45 per hour plus enhancements depending on candidate experience
Hours/Contract: As/When
Contract Type: Permanent
Based: Belfast Hospice
Closing date: 13th October 2023
Interview date: TBC
Marie Curie provides free specialist support and care for patients with cancer and other life limiting conditions, and their families. We aim to give patients the best possible quality of life, meeting their medical, spiritual and social needs, while also providing their families with the emotional support they need.
To join our dedicated, caring team, you'll need an S/NVQ Level 2/3 qualification or an equivalent certificate/diploma, or be willing to work towards it, and relevant experience – ideally within a care setting. Emotional strength and the ability to work on your own are crucial, though we will of course provide excellent on-going training and support. We expect you to have a talent for forging strong empathetic relationships with all kinds of people, whilst providing palliative care. Due to the nature of the role a flexible approach including the ability to work nights is essential, as is access and use of a car is essential and access to a computer and the internet.
What we are looking for:
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work within a team.
- Flexible approach to working patterns
- Recent experience in a health/social care setting An empathy and understanding of issues encountered by patients with palliative care needs
What’s in it for you:
- Continued access to NHS Pension Scheme (subject to eligibility)
- Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Loan schemes for bikes; computers and satellite navigation systems
- Continuous development
- Industry leading training programmes
- Employee Assistance Programme Flexible Working
To view our full job description, please click here
For more information please contact Deirdre Macstoker: [email protected]
Marie Curie is committed to its values, which underpin our work. We take stringent steps to ensure that the people who join our organisation through employment or volunteering, are suitable for their roles and are committed to safeguarding all our people from harm. This includes our staff, volunteers and all those who use or come into contact with our services. We are dedicated to creating not just a safe place to work but also a supportive and rewarding one.
We are committed to a world where everyone can thrive and fulfil their potential. We are devoted to the social justice imperatives and organisational benefits of full diversity, inclusion and equity in the workplace, and are a Stonewall champion. We actively encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, perspectives and lived experiences.
This role will be subject to receiving a satisfactory criminal record check.
Please be aware that this role requires you to have right to work in the UK
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early. Agencies need not apply.
