Healthcare Assistant West Midlands IPU

Healthcare Assistant West Midlands IPU Solihull, England

Marie Curie
Full Time Solihull, England 21318 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

Are you looking to take your career into a fresh direction? Why not join the Marie Curie team at West Midland Hospice working as a Healthcare Assistant in the IPU.

Title: Healthcare Assistant Hospice

Salary: Marie Curie Clinical Pay Scale, aligned with AFC BAND 2 £21,318 per annum, pro rata, plus enhancements.

Hours/Contract: Full Time, Permanent, Days and Nights

Based: West Midlands Hospice, Marsh Lane

Closing date: 16th April 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.

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
  • Plus Enhancement
  • 41% x your basic salary per hour paid for Saturdays & weekday night duty (8pm to 6am)

    83% x your basic salary per hour paid for Sundays and Public Bank Holidays

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

To view the full job description, please click here.

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.

For more information please email Maxine Koke [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 enhanced criminal record check.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early. Agencies need not apply.


Every day of your life matters – from the first to the last. When you work for Marie Curie, you understand that better than ever. We’re a passionate, committed and diverse team of more than 4,400 staff and 12,000 volunteers, here for people living with any terminal illness, and their families. We offer expert care, guidance and support, to help them get the most from the time they have left.

Everyone knows our daffodil, but it’s our warmth, creativity and care that touch lives. Here, we take the time to really get to know the people we care for and those who love them. And we do whatever it takes to give them the final days and hours they deserve.

Healthcare Assistant West Midlands IPU
Marie Curie

mariecurie.org.uk
London, United Kingdom
Jane Collins
$100 to $500 million (USD)
1001 to 5000 Employees
Non-profit Organisation
Grantmaking & Charitable Foundations
1948
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