Job Description

Healthcare Assistant
Hours: Full time and Part time hours (Bank workering will be considered)
Location: In the Community within the Rennie Grove Peace Locality - Herfordshire Area (Tring, Harpenden, St Albans, Watford and surrounding areas)
Salary: Rennie Grove Peace Band 3 - 24,625 - 25,674 per annum (pro rata)
Closing date: 27 October 2025 at 12 noon
Interview date: 05 November 2025

• The role of RPCS Healthcare Assistant is in place to provide end of life care to patients in their own homes in the final weeks of life.

• We are looking for caring staff who could provide personal care to patients in their last weeks of life.

• If you think this is you then we can offer a variety of shift patterns to suit you, working across a 7 day week.

• Your normal hours of work will be a varied shift pattern (between 7am-11pm) on a rota basis from Sunday to Saturday.

• You will be visiting patients living in your local area, who wish to be cared for in their own home.

• You will provide support with washing, dressing, nutrition, and skin care.

• During your visit you will spend time talking to patients and their relatives, using your skills to ascertain the best possible care for the individual.

• Visits are mainly provided by two carers, but there are times when you will visit alone, so you must have access to your own car.

• Experience is not essential as training will be given but ideally you will have had some experience of prior caring i.e. for a dying relative, childcare etc.

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All candidates must have the right to work in the UK.
Please note, we do not sponsor for this role and due to the minimal hours required for this role, we cannot progress applications for candidates sponsored by another employer.
If successful, you'll join on the first working Monday of the month so we can best support you with our structured induction programme.
Please click on the attached link for further information about Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care.
https://renniegrovepeace.org/our-care-and-support/
If you would like to get more of an understanding of what we do or would like to have an informal chat please contact the RPCS Manager - Sharon Parkins at
Applications will be reviewed and invited to interview as received. We reserve the right to close the advert at any time, therefore we encourage applicants to apply as soon as possible.
To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate to this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed.
Our commitment to Equality and Diversity
At Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care we strive to continuously demonstrate our values. These values are embedded in our recruitment and selection process and we are fully committed to equality, diversity and inclusion in both our workforce and within our culture.
The Company has experienced unprecedented growth over the past few years. We have a vast number of employees, and provide support to clients from all over the country.
Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care. Registered Charity no. 1201713

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