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Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust Hospice at Home Health Care Assistant

The closing date is 18 September 2026

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Job summary

The Hospice at Home Health care Assistant will complement the Hospice at Home Community Team, providing direct care and support to patients with complex palliative care needs within their own home in the last stages of life. The aim of the role is to provide any necessarysupport including personal hygiene care, assisting with dressing and all agreed care under the supervision and guidance of the Band 6 Coordinator. Predominately this will be for patients whowish to be cared for at home .The post holder will be expected to work alone with access to professional advice and guidance when required. The post holder will have specialist palliative care skills in order to support the patient, carers and family.The post holder will have a strong working relationship with other community teams. The post holder will work with the coordinator and the multidisciplinary team, they will also liaisewith multiple stakeholders in order to ensure that the day to day co-ordination and delivery of service is in a timely and professional manner.The post holder will play a key role in ensuring that the patient remains in their place of choice and where possible any hospital admission is avoided.

Main duties of the job

The main duties for this post will be visiting patients in their own home across the whole of Gateshead. Offering agreed packages of personalised care. This will include support will all activities of daily living washing dressing as well as emotional support to patient and families and some domestic work. A flexible approach to the working day will be required due to the fluctuating needs of the service.

Full details of the job requirements can be found in the attached job description.

About us

Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.

Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.

We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.

Our values should be the 'golden thread' which runs through everything we do - they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronymICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.

We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women's Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our 'Balance' programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.

Details

Date posted

04 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£25,760 to £27,476 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

297-8217826

Job locations

Elmwood

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Sherrif Hill, Gateshead

NE9 6SX

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Have the ability to prioritise appropriately, based on clinical need as directed by the caseload holder and/or locality lead Work collaboratively as a team member with colleagues, recognising and valuing each persons contribution to the team. Assist in maintaining own and others health, safety and security and be responsible for reporting and actively co-operating in the application of the Trusts health and safety policies and procedures. E.g. To keep areas used by the patient or nursing / therapy staff clean and orderly. Plan and organise the working environment to maximise on health, safety and clinical interventions. .Flexible and adaptability according to patient and service needPhysical Skills (manual dexterity) Daily use of a keyboard and VDU requiring frequent periods of concentration Accurate record keeping including medical terminology. Able to independently drive to a variety of settings within Gateshead to meet patient and service need. Ability to get in and out of a vehicle on a frequent daily basis. Be able to assist in the therapeutic interventions according to Trust Moving andHandling policy e.g. supporting transfer techniques. Be able to manipulate inert limbs in sometimes restricted space as part of a treatment programme e.g. prescribed exercises/minor wound dressing applications Bending and moving and handling will be a frequent daily occurrence

Job description

Job responsibilities

Have the ability to prioritise appropriately, based on clinical need as directed by the caseload holder and/or locality lead Work collaboratively as a team member with colleagues, recognising and valuing each persons contribution to the team. Assist in maintaining own and others health, safety and security and be responsible for reporting and actively co-operating in the application of the Trusts health and safety policies and procedures. E.g. To keep areas used by the patient or nursing / therapy staff clean and orderly. Plan and organise the working environment to maximise on health, safety and clinical interventions. .Flexible and adaptability according to patient and service needPhysical Skills (manual dexterity) Daily use of a keyboard and VDU requiring frequent periods of concentration Accurate record keeping including medical terminology. Able to independently drive to a variety of settings within Gateshead to meet patient and service need. Ability to get in and out of a vehicle on a frequent daily basis. Be able to assist in the therapeutic interventions according to Trust Moving andHandling policy e.g. supporting transfer techniques. Be able to manipulate inert limbs in sometimes restricted space as part of a treatment programme e.g. prescribed exercises/minor wound dressing applications Bending and moving and handling will be a frequent daily occurrence

Person Specification

Essential qualifications

Essential

• Maths grade 4 / c above or equivalent functional skills
• English grade 4 / c above or equivalent functional skills
• Educated to NVQ level 3 as a minimum in a health and social or equivalent knowledge/experience

Desirable

• Palliative care training courses

Special skills and knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of palliative care
• Experience using computer programmes

Desirable

• Experience working in palliative care
• Experience working in the community
• Experience using community Health computer systems

Person Specification

Essential qualifications

Essential

• Maths grade 4 / c above or equivalent functional skills
• English grade 4 / c above or equivalent functional skills
• Educated to NVQ level 3 as a minimum in a health and social or equivalent knowledge/experience

Desirable

• Palliative care training courses

Special skills and knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of palliative care
• Experience using computer programmes

Desirable

• Experience working in palliative care
• Experience working in the community
• Experience using community Health computer systems

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Elmwood

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Sherrif Hill, Gateshead

NE9 6SX

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.qegateshead.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Elmwood

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Sherrif Hill, Gateshead

NE9 6SX

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.qegateshead.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Team Lead

Dawn Hodgson

[email protected]

01914455131

Details

Date posted

04 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£25,760 to £27,476 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

297-8217826

Job locations

Elmwood

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Sherrif Hill, Gateshead

NE9 6SX

United Kingdom

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