Healthcare Assistant

**Salary**:Marie Curie Clinical Pay Scale Band 2 (aligned with AFC) £11.95 - £12.97 per hour + Enhancement

**Hours**: As & When

**Contract Type**:Permanent

**Location**:Scottish Borders - within a 25 mile radius of your home address

**Closing date**:26th May 2024

**Interview date**:TBC

This is an exciting opportunity for a Healthcare Assistant to join our team and help deliver care and support to people with a life limiting illnesses whilst also offering vital emotional support for their families. 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.

**Marie Curie Benefits Package**
- Season ticket loan -for travelling to and from work.
- Defined contribution schemes for Pension (the charity will match your contribution up to 7.5%)
- Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme
- Loan schemes for bikes; computers and satellite navigation systems
- Introduce a friend scheme.
- Help with childcare cost (TC apply)
- Entitled under Marie Curie Blue Light Card
- Entitled to Benefit-Hub Discount Scheme.
- Life assurance - for all employees

**What’s in it for you**:

- Season ticket loan
- Continuous development
- Industry leading training programmes
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Flexible Working
- Generous enhancements:

- 44% x your basic salary per hour paid for Saturdays & weekday night duty (8pm to 6am) £17.21 - £18.68 per hour
- 88% x your basic salary per hour paid for Sundays and Public Bank Holidays £22.47 - £24.38 per hour

**What we are looking for**:

- Relevant community experience
- S/NVQ Level 2/3 qualification or an equivalent certificate/diploma is desirable
- Emotional strength and the ability to work on your own are crucial, though we will of course provide excellent on-going training and support.
- Licence to drive in the UK and access to a vehicle covered for business use are essential

With experience of End of Life care, you're ready and able to make a real difference. 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.

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 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.