Marie Curie

Healthcare Assistant – Hertfordshire

The closing date is 18 December 2025

Job summary

We are seeking a compassionate and dedicated Healthcare Assistant to join our community team in Hertfordshire and work towards providing holistic, person centred, end of life care and support needs of people in their own homes.

Main duties of the job

Your responsibilities will include monitoring and assisting with the maintenance of patients' skin integrity and personal hygiene, observing and supporting nutritional needs, attending to comfort requirements to facilitate rest and sleep, providing mobility support, and maintaining a clean and orderly care environment.

About us

Marie Curie is the UKs 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 are likely to die from.

Details

Date posted

27 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£12.51 an hour Plus Nighttime enhancements

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

MC030191

Job locations

Herts Valley

Hertfordshire

SG14 1SB


Job description

Job responsibilities

As a Healthcare Assistant you will practice empathetic communication with the patient and those important to them in a supportive, professional manner and provide high quality personal care and support to enhance wellbeing.

Contract: Permanent, Reduced hours

Work Schedule: Night Shifts: Monday to Sunday, including bank holidays

Shift hours: 10:00pm 7:00am

Salary: £12.51 per hour, Plus Nighttime enhancements

Based: Community-based in Hertfordshire (Herts Valley), covering Watford, St Albans, Hemel Hempstead, Tring, Potters Bar, Berkhamsted, Borehamwood, Radlett, Abbots Langley, and Bushey.

What we are looking for:

  • Recent experience delivering care in a health or social care setting, including supporting patients during end-of-life care.
  • Preferred: NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care or equivalent.
  • Be person-centred and compassionate when caring for the person and those important to them.
  • Ability to develop and evaluate care management plans that meet the complex needs of the person, and those important to them.
  • Emotional resilience and the capacity to work independently.
  • A valid driving license and access to a car for travel to peoples homes.

Marie Curie Benefits Package:

  • Defined contribution schemes for Pension(the charity will match your contribution up to 7.5%)
  • Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme
  • Loan schemes for bikes; computers and satellite navigation systems
  • Help with eyecare cost (T &Cs apply)
  • Entitled to Marie Curie Blue Light Card
  • Entitled to Benefit Hub Discount Scheme
  • Life assurance

What's in it for you:

  • Annual leave allowance -27 days plus 8 public holidays (pro-rated)
  • Competitive Policy for parental/sick Leave
  • Continuous Professional development (Marie Curie supports and encourages personal and professional development)
  • Industry leading training programmes
  • Mileage allowance of 45p per mile
  • Generous Enhancements

Advert Closes:18-December-2025

Application Process

To apply, please submit an online application and include a copy of your most recent CV and a cover detailing your experience, how you meet the person specification and why you would like to work for Marie Curie.

For more information or an informal chat please contact ashish.sharma@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

This role will be subject to receiving an enhanced DBS criminal record check.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early.

Agencies need not apply.

Job description

Job responsibilities

As a Healthcare Assistant you will practice empathetic communication with the patient and those important to them in a supportive, professional manner and provide high quality personal care and support to enhance wellbeing.

Contract: Permanent, Reduced hours

Work Schedule: Night Shifts: Monday to Sunday, including bank holidays

Shift hours: 10:00pm 7:00am

Salary: £12.51 per hour, Plus Nighttime enhancements

Based: Community-based in Hertfordshire (Herts Valley), covering Watford, St Albans, Hemel Hempstead, Tring, Potters Bar, Berkhamsted, Borehamwood, Radlett, Abbots Langley, and Bushey.

What we are looking for:

  • Recent experience delivering care in a health or social care setting, including supporting patients during end-of-life care.
  • Preferred: NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care or equivalent.
  • Be person-centred and compassionate when caring for the person and those important to them.
  • Ability to develop and evaluate care management plans that meet the complex needs of the person, and those important to them.
  • Emotional resilience and the capacity to work independently.
  • A valid driving license and access to a car for travel to peoples homes.

Marie Curie Benefits Package:

  • Defined contribution schemes for Pension(the charity will match your contribution up to 7.5%)
  • Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme
  • Loan schemes for bikes; computers and satellite navigation systems
  • Help with eyecare cost (T &Cs apply)
  • Entitled to Marie Curie Blue Light Card
  • Entitled to Benefit Hub Discount Scheme
  • Life assurance

What's in it for you:

  • Annual leave allowance -27 days plus 8 public holidays (pro-rated)
  • Competitive Policy for parental/sick Leave
  • Continuous Professional development (Marie Curie supports and encourages personal and professional development)
  • Industry leading training programmes
  • Mileage allowance of 45p per mile
  • Generous Enhancements

Advert Closes:18-December-2025

Application Process

To apply, please submit an online application and include a copy of your most recent CV and a cover detailing your experience, how you meet the person specification and why you would like to work for Marie Curie.

For more information or an informal chat please contact ashish.sharma@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

This role will be subject to receiving an enhanced DBS criminal record check.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early.

Agencies need not apply.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Desirable

  • NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care or equivalent.

Experience

Essential

  • Recent experience delivering care in a health or social care setting, including supporting patients during end-of-life care.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Desirable

  • NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care or equivalent.

Experience

Essential

  • Recent experience delivering care in a health or social care setting, including supporting patients during end-of-life care.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Marie Curie

Address

Herts Valley

Hertfordshire

SG14 1SB


Employer's website

https://www.mariecurie.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Marie Curie

Address

Herts Valley

Hertfordshire

SG14 1SB


Employer's website

https://www.mariecurie.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Talent Acquisition Advisor

Ashish Sharma

ashish.sharma@mariecurie.org.uk

Details

Date posted

27 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£12.51 an hour Plus Nighttime enhancements

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

MC030191

Job locations

Herts Valley

Hertfordshire

SG14 1SB


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