Healthcare Assistant - Overnight

Healthcare Assistant

Hours: 19 per week (2 x 9.5 hour shifts per week, worked 21:15 – 07:15 with 30 min break)

Location: Rennie Grove Peace Geographical Area

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

Closing date: 17 November 2026 at 12 noon

Interview date: 25 November 2026

What you’ll do

Provide personal care with dignity: washing, toileting, mouth and skin care, nutrition and hydration, comfort at the end of life.

Work to each patient's care plan; notice and report changes in condition or family need promptly to the registered professional.

Once signed off in the workbook, carry out delegated clinical duties: observations (blood pressure, oxygen saturation, blood glucose), urinalysis, IPOS reviews, simple wound dressings, syringe driver safety checks.

Record the care you give accurately and promptly in the electronic patient record.

Work under the direction of a registered professional; act on your own initiative within delegated tasks, with supervision accessible including when working alone in patients' homes, with phone support always available.

What you’ll bring

Experience of caring for people, paid or unpaid

Care Certificate, or a health and social care qualification at level 2 or above

Can communicate clearly and kindly with patients, families and colleagues, including where there are barriers to understanding and where people are distressed

Can work reliably under direction, carries out delegated duties and reports concerns

Can understand safeguarding, dignity and confidentiality

Has basic IT skills and willingness to use the electronic patient record after training

Can show how they work in line with RGP's values: compassionate, supportive, inclusive and collaborative, with examples that match RGP's behavioural indicators.

Experience of palliative or end of life care; experience of clinical observations or phlebotomy

What we’ll grow in you

Level 3 health and social care qualification, or completion of the RGP HCA competency workbook within twelve months with our support

Our commitment to you

Induction, basic life support and moving and handling in your first two months; online mandatory training within twelve weeks; the workbook agreed at your first probation meeting, with each extended duty signed off individually by the registered nurse or practice educator. In return: a named supervisor, the practice educator's support through the workbook, funded completion of the Care Certificate and workbook, and an IPR that looks at your next step every year.

The role will suit someone who

Is caring and empathetic with a passion to provide excellent personalised care.

A dedicated team player.

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 Check Adult & Child Workforce with Adult & Child Barring Lists

* 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 & Performance Manager – Community Hospice at Home on [email protected]

Please click on the attached link for further information about Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care - https://renniegrovepeace.org/our-care-and-support/

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We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.

To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate to 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 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.

Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care. Registered Charity no. 1201713

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