Job Description

We're currently recruiting multiple Band 2 Healthcare Assistants to join our well-established community team across Cornwall.
Main duties of the job
As a Band 2 Healthcare Assistant on our Cornwall Night Community Team, you'll be part of a well-established, highly respected service known for delivering compassionate, patient-led, holistic care across the community. Working through the night, you'll provide hands-on support to patients and families during crucial moments, embodying the Marie Curie values with every visit. This role offers the chance to make a meaningful impact while growing your skills within a warm, supportive team.
About us
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.
Details
Date posted
22 December 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 2
Salary
24,465 a year Band 2 24,465 per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
MC030177
Job locations
Community-based
Cornwall
Cornwall
TR14 7DB
Job description
Job responsibilities
Join our expanding Marie Curie night service in Cornwall and be part of a team thats making a real difference - our growth means we can reach and care for even more end-of-life patients across the county, providing comfort and dignity when it matters most. These roles are perfect for compassionate individuals who thrive working independently through the night, delivering high-quality care and support to patients and their loved ones during life's most challenging moments.
Role: End of Life Care Healthcare Assistant (Band 2)
Hours: 22:00pm - 07:00am night shift
Contract: Part-Time Permanent (18, 27 or 36-hour contracts available)
Salary: Band 2 24,465 per annum, in line with NHS Agenda for Change (AFC) + enhancements and Marie Curie employee benefits package
Locations: Central, North and East Cornwall (You will work within a 25-mile radius from your home address)
As these are community-based roles, you will be responsible for planning your own work, responding to changes in patient conditions, prioritising care needs (including hygiene, nutrition and hydration, comfort, monitoring vitals, and more) as detailed in the personalised care plan and ensuring you escalate appropriately to senior staff within the multidisciplinary team in a timely manner.
Qualifications

• National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) Level 2 in Health and Social Care OR an equivalent
• 6 Months care delivery experience (current) in a Health or Social Care Environment.
• Hold a current and valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle which includes business insurance
• Knowledge of palliative and end of life care.
• Hold person centred conversations, Communicate sensitively with the person and those important to them in a nonjudgmental, empathetic, supportive, and professional manner.
• Participate in the assessment, care planning, review and evaluation of holistic care management plans within the multidisciplinary team.
• Undertake risk assessments to support safe delivery of care.

Additional information
What's in it for you:

• Annual leave allowance 27 days plus 8 public holidays (pro rata)
• 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 eye care costs
• Entitled to Marie Curie Blue Light Card
• Entitled to Benefit-Hub Discount Scheme
• Life assurance for all employees

To apply, please send us your most recent CV and a cover letter detailing your experience, how you meet the person specification and why you would like to work for Marie Curie.
Advert closes: 31st January 2025
For more information or an informal chat please contact Kathryn Bowman on Kathryn.Bowman@mariecurie.org.uk
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 are committed to a world where everyone can thrive and fulfil their potential.
We are devoted to the social justice imperatives and organisational benefits of full diversity, inclusion and equity in the workplace, and are a Stonewall champion. We actively encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, perspectives and lived experiences.
We're happy to accommodate any requests for reasonable adjustments. Please email any requests to recruitment@mariecurie.org.uk Job description
Job responsibilities
Join our expanding Marie Curie night service in Cornwall and be part of a team thats making a real difference - our growth means we can reach and care for even more end-of-life patients across the county, providing comfort and dignity when it matters most. These roles are perfect for compassionate individuals who thrive working independently through the night, delivering high-quality care and support to patients and their loved ones during life's most challenging moments.
Role: End of Life Care Healthcare Assistant (Band 2)
Hours: 22:00pm - 07:00am night shift
Contract: Part-Time Permanent (18, 27 or 36-hour contracts available)
Salary: Band 2 24,465 per annum, in line with NHS Agenda for Change (AFC) + enhancements and Marie Curie employee benefits package
Locations: Central, North and East Cornwall (You will work within a 25-mile radius from your home address)
As these are community-based roles, you will be responsible for planning your own work, responding to changes in patient conditions, prioritising care needs (including hygiene, nutrition and hydration, comfort, monitoring vitals, and more) as detailed in the personalised care plan and ensuring you escalate appropriately to senior staff within the multidisciplinary team in a timely manner.
Qualifications

• National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) Level 2 in Health and Social Care OR an equivalent
• 6 Months care delivery experience (current) in a Health or Social Care Environment.
• Hold a current and valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle which includes business insurance
• Knowledge of palliative and end of life care.
• Hold person centred conversations, Communicate sensitively with the person and those important to them in a nonjudgmental, empathetic, supportive, and professional manner.
• Participate in the assessment, care planning, review and evaluation of holistic care management plans within the multidisciplinary team.
• Undertake risk assessments to support safe delivery of care.

Additional information
What's in it for you:

• Annual leave allowance 27 days plus 8 public holidays (pro rata)
• 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 eye care costs
• Entitled to Marie Curie Blue Light Card
• Entitled to Benefit-Hub Discount Scheme
• Life assurance for all employees

To apply, please send us your most recent CV and a cover letter detailing your experience, how you meet the person specification and why you would like to work for Marie Curie.
Advert closes: 31st January 2025
For more information or an informal chat please contact Kathryn Bowman on Kathryn.Bowman@mariecurie.org.uk
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 are committed to a world where everyone can thrive and fulfil their potential.
We are devoted to the social justice imperatives and organisational benefits of full diversity, inclusion and equity in the workplace, and are a Stonewall champion. We actively encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, perspectives and lived experiences.
We're happy to accommodate any requests for reasonable adjustments. Please email any requests to recruitment@mariecurie.org.uk
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) Level 2 in Health and Social Care or equivalent

Experience
Essential

• 6 months care delivery experience in a Health or Social Care Environment
• Knowledge of palliative and end of life care

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) Level 2 in Health and Social Care or equivalent

Experience
Essential

• 6 months care delivery experience in a Health or Social Care Environment
• Knowledge of palliative and end of life care

Skills Required