Healthcare Assistant

We are expanding our team across the Orkney Islands and hiring a new Healthcare Assistant to join us at Marie Curie. We are looking for someone from Orkney to support our Hospice Care at Home Service.

We’re looking for a compassionate and dedicated Healthcare Assistant to join our team delivering high-quality, person-centred end-of-life care. You’ll work closely with patients and their loved ones, supporting their physical, emotional, and practical needs as part of a multidisciplinary team.

**Salary**: Marie Curie Clinical Pay Scale Band 2 (aligned with AFC) £12.60 - £13.69 per hour + Island Allowance

**Contract**:As & When, Fixed-Term 12-months

**Based**:Community Based - Orkney, Scotland

**What's in it for you**:

- Annual leave allowance 27 days plus 10 public holidays (pro rata)
- Hybrid working
- Competitive Policy for parental/sick Leave
- Continuous Professional development
- Industry leading training programmes
- Season ticket loan for travelling to and from work
- Defined contribution schemes for Pension
- Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme
- Loan schemes for bikes; computers and satellite navigation systems
- Introduce a friend scheme
- Help with eyecare cost
- Entitled to Marie Curie Blue Light Card
- Entitled to Benefit-Hub Discount Scheme
- Life assurance - for all employees

**What we’re looking for**:

- Experience in a health or social care setting, ideally with palliative or end-of-life care
- NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care (or willingness to work towards it)
- A kind, empathetic approach and excellent communication skills
- Ability to support personal care, mobility, nutrition, and comfort needs
- Willingness to work flexibly, including nights and weekendsCommitment to upholding dignity, respect, and patient choice

**Application Process**

About the Company:
Marie Curie is the UK’s leading end-of-life charity. We are the largest non-NHS provider of end-of-life care in the UK, the only provider across all 4 nations, delivering community nursing and hospice care across the country, while providing information and support on all aspects of dying, death, and bereavement. Our leading research pushes the boundaries of what we know about good end-of-life, and our campaigns fight for a world where everyone gets to have the best possible quality of life while living with an illness, they’re likely to die from.

The care and support we provide is highly valued by the people we care for and their loved ones, but at present we are only reaching around 10% of dying people at the end of life. Right now, one in four people in the UK with a terminal illness, do not get the care or support they deserve at the end of their lives.

We want a different society than the one we live in now. Our mission for the next five years is to close the gap in the number of people missing out on what they need at the end-of-life, through 3 ways:

- Growing and transforming our direct care and support
- Delivering more practical information and support
- Leading in shaping the end-of-life experience

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.

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.