Job description
We are looking for a couple of enthusiastic Healthcare Assistants to join the Marie Curie team in Cardiff!
Title: Healthcare Assistant
Salary: Marie Curie Clinical Pay Scale, aligned with AFC BAND 2 £22,720 per annum + enhancements depending on candidate experience.
Hours: 24.55 per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Based: Community Based - Cardiff
Closing date: 6th October 2023
Interview date: TBC
What we are looking for:
An exciting opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic Healthcare Assistant to join our team in Cardiff. You will deliver care and support to patients with a terminal diagnosis in the last days of life whilst also 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’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
- Enhancements:
44% x your basic salary per hour paid for Saturdays & weekday night duty (8pm to 6am)
88% x your basic salary per hour paid for Sundays and Public Bank Holidays
Please be aware that you must have right to work in the UK to apply for this position.
For more information or an informal chat please contact Sian Tucker at [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.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early. Agencies need not apply.
This role will be subject to receiving a satisfactory criminal record check.