Healthcare Assistant – Hospice at Home
35 Hours per week
Salary £27,332 (pro rata)
Hospice at Home Team at Trinity Hospice requires a Healthcare Assistant to provide flexible provision of the service 7 days per week 9pm – 8am
At Trinity Hospice, we support people to live as well as possible during the last year of life, surrounded by the people, comforts and familiarity of home. We are looking for a caring, compassionate and dedicated Healthcare Assistant to join our Hospice at Home team, helping deliver exceptional end of life care to patients and their families across the community.
About the Role
As a Healthcare Assistant within our Hospice at Home Service, you will work alongside Registered Nurses and other healthcare professionals to provide practical, emotional and psychological support to patients whose preferred place of care is home. You will play an important role in helping patients remain comfortable, safe and supported while ensuring families and carers receive guidance, reassurance and compassionate care throughout their journey.
No two days are the same. You will provide hands-on personal care, support symptom management under the direction of registered professionals, contribute to care planning and work closely with GPs, District Nurses and wider community teams to ensure patients receive coordinated, person-centred care.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Providing high-quality personal care and emotional support to patients in their own homes.
- Supporting patients and families during the last year of life.
- Working alongside Registered Nurses to help manage symptoms and maintain comfort.
- Communicating effectively with healthcare professionals to ensure seamless care.
- Participating in multidisciplinary team working and patient handovers.
- Supporting relatives and carers as patients approach the end of life.
- Providing care after death and supporting families sensitively and compassionately.
- Maintaining accurate documentation and contributing to the delivery of safe, high-quality care.
What We’re Looking For
We are seeking someone who is:
- Compassionate, kind and patient-focused.
- Calm and professional in sensitive situations.
- An excellent communicator with strong interpersonal skills.
- Able to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Organised, reliable and committed to high standards of care.
- Passionate about making a meaningful difference to patients and families.
Why Join Trinity Hospice?
This is a truly rewarding opportunity to support people at one of the most significant times in their lives. You’ll become part of a dedicated and supportive team that shares a commitment to excellence, compassion and dignity in end of life care.
We are committed to supporting your development through ongoing training, learning opportunities and annual personal development reviews, helping you build specialist skills within palliative and end of life care.
The service operates flexibly across a 24-hour rota to meet the needs of patients and families, offering a varied and fulfilling role within a highly respected hospice service.
If you are passionate about delivering outstanding care and want to make a genuine difference every day, we’d love to hear from you.
Join Trinity Hospice and help bring specialist hospice care into the homes of those who need it most.
Our Staff Benefits:
- 38 days annual leave each year, pro rata (inclusive of Bank Holidays)
- Various Health and Wellbeing benefits including access to complementary therapy and counselling.
- Free car parking on site
- Pension scheme or NHS Pensions can be transferred
- Maternity/Paternity benefits
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Julie Humphreys – julie.humphreys2@nhs.net
To apply for this role please visit NHS Jobs (please note – Trinity Hospice is not part of the NHS but utilise the NHS vacancy platform)
https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/ Job Reference J181-B0270-26-00-16
Closing Date: 15 October 2026
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