Hospice at Home Care Assistant
| Posting date: | 18 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £23,810.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £23810.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 October 2025 |
| Location: | Loughborough, LE11 2HS |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | B0345-25-0032 |
Summary
Location: Based at Rainbows Hospice with the requirement to travel across the East Midlands, covering Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. Therefore, a driving license is required for this role. Hours of work: Monday to Sunday 8.00am to 6.00pm. Please note flexibility is required to meet the needs of families, including occasional work outside normal hours such as staying on shift due to end of life needs. Our Benefits In addition to Agenda for Change pay scales, we offer a range of benefits including: Opportunity for current NHS pension scheme members to transfer their membership Shift enhancements for unsociable hours Established Training programme that will enable you to comply with NMC registration Specialist training and development opportunities and working within a supportive team which specialist knowledge Time to care for patients: Each baby, child and young person has 1:1 care Eligibility to join blue light card discount scheme and Company Shop. Healthcare Cashback plan. Life Assurance. 27 days holiday Plus bank holiday allowance but expectation to work bank holidays in this role. Contributory pension scheme Free access to an employee assistance programme Affordable meals at the Hospice, Lark Rise, Loughborough. Free Tea, Coffee and Fruit whilst at the Hospice Wellbeing support and access to Mental Health First Aiders Unofficial benefits: Fun events, All staff away days, Guest visitors About the role Some of the key responsibilities include (but not limited to): To provide support alongside a Nurse in delivering excellent short break, palliative and end of life care within the home, To report to the Lead Nurse any concerns surrounding the care, condition or behaviour of the baby, child, young person and/or family. To ensure all procedures are carried out in accordance with local and national policies in force within the Hospice. To contribute positively to the establishment of good communication and relations between staff and take personal responsibility for adherence to the same. To ensure accurate and contemporaneous record keeping and observe confidentiality of such records at all times Further requirements can be found by downloading the Job Description. Requirements Hold a UK driving licence NVQ Level 2/3 in care or equivalent experience Experience with children and/or young people (0-25 years) with complex needs Experience of liaising with families and/or health care providers regarding child/young person care Further requirements can be found by downloading the Person Specification. For further information about this role and the responsibilities please contact Tracy Shearer, Lead Nurse Hospice at Home, on tracy.shearer@rainbows.co.uk To apply for the role please click apply now to complete an online application form. If you require an alternative method of applying or would like to discuss reasonable adjustments further, please contact the Recruitment Team at recruitment@rainbows.co.uk This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check and comprehensive pre-employment screening, including employment referencing covering the past five years. Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications. We encourage candidates to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.