Job Description

Are you a dedicated and experienced Healthcare Assistant (HCA) ready to take the next meaningful step in your career? If you're already in a leadership role and looking to specialise in palliative care, wed love to hear from you.
At Saint Michaels Hospice in Harrogate, were committed to providing expert, compassionate care to people at the end of life. As part of our Inpatient Unit team, youll have the opportunity to make a genuine difference, supporting patients and their families with empathy, dignity, and respect in a peaceful and welcoming environment.
We're currently seeking a Senior Team HCA to take on a vital leadership role. This position offers the chance to guide and inspire a team, contribute to service development, and provide high-quality, person-centred care at one of lifes most important stages.
Main duties of the job
Your Role as a Senior Healthcare Assistant

• Lead and coordinate clinical shifts on the inpatient unit, ensuring safe, effective, and compassionate care delivery.
• Line manage, supervise, and mentor HCA and nursing staff, promoting a positive culture of teamwork and professional development.
• Support and guide students and junior colleagues in their learning and practice.
• Deliver and support training and competency-based development within the care team.
• Help implement best practices in complex and specialist palliative care.
• Take a lead role in assessments, planning, and delivery of individualised care in collaboration with patients, families, and the wider team.
• Manage complex symptoms and provide end-of-life care with skill, sensitivity, and compassion.
• Actively contribute to continuous service improvement and quality initiatives.
• Be a visible role model for excellence in person-centred care.

About us

• We put people first in all that we do, which includes our own team
• Wellbeing and resilience support with a dedicated team by your side
• Flexible and hybrid working for many roles
• A supportive and caring environment
• Opportunities to grow, develop and progress, with culture of lifelong learning

How to apply:
Please click Apply and you will be forwarded to the vacancy page on our website. Click on the role and this will open the application form.
Download and read through job description(via the Downloads section at the top of the advert)as you will need to tell us how you meet the essential requirements of the role.
Make sure you answer all supplementary questions as part of your application otherwise your application will be automatically rejected.
We recommend reading the application pack Joining Herriot Hospice Homecare, Just B and Saint Michaels and browsing the Join our team pages of our website, which will provide lots of useful information about what its like working for us and how the recruitment process works.
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Details
Date posted
16 October 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
31,422.07 a year 45% of hours need to be in unsocial hours
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Flexible working
Reference number
B0009-25-0013
Job locations
St. Michaels Hospice
Hornbeam Park Avenue
Harrogate
North Yorkshire
HG2 8NA
Job description
Job responsibilities
Your Role as a Senior Healthcare Assistant

• Lead and coordinate clinical shifts on the inpatient unit, ensuring safe, effective, and compassionate care delivery.
• Line manage, supervise, and mentor HCA and nursing staff, promoting a positive culture of teamwork and professional development.
• Support and guide students and junior colleagues in their learning and practice.
• Deliver and support training and competency-based development within the care team.
• Help implement best practices in complex and specialist palliative care.
• Take a lead role in assessments, planning, and delivery of individualised care in collaboration with patients, families, and the wider team.
• Manage complex symptoms and provide end-of-life care with skill, sensitivity, and compassion.
• Actively contribute to continuous service improvement and quality initiatives.
• Be a visible role model for excellence in person-centred care.

See job description attached. Job description
Job responsibilities
Your Role as a Senior Healthcare Assistant

• Lead and coordinate clinical shifts on the inpatient unit, ensuring safe, effective, and compassionate care delivery.
• Line manage, supervise, and mentor HCA and nursing staff, promoting a positive culture of teamwork and professional development.
• Support and guide students and junior colleagues in their learning and practice.
• Deliver and support training and competency-based development within the care team.
• Help implement best practices in complex and specialist palliative care.
• Take a lead role in assessments, planning, and delivery of individualised care in collaboration with patients, families, and the wider team.
• Manage complex symptoms and provide end-of-life care with skill, sensitivity, and compassion.
• Actively contribute to continuous service improvement and quality initiatives.
• Be a visible role model for excellence in person-centred care.

See job description attached.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• See person specification attached.

Desirable

• See person specification attached.

Experience
Essential

• See person specification attached.

Desirable

• See person specification attached.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• See person specification attached.

Desirable

• See person specification attached.

Experience
Essential

• See person specification attached.

Desirable

• See person specification attached.

Skills Required