Job location: Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care Geographical areas - Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire, WD17 3PH, United Kingdom
Advertised salary: £13.21 per hour
Closing date: 02/11/2026

Description
The role of 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 working across a 7 day week.
• 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 2 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.

What you will do

• Demonstrate and maintain consistently high standards of individualised personal care and support under guidance of Management.
• Work alongside the patient’s families and/or health care professionals, maintaining an approach that incorporates physical, psychological, social and spiritual aspects of care in accordance with the Rennie Grove Peace philosophy.
• Observe and report changes in the patient’s symptoms, conditions and circumstances to the management and notify other healthcare professionals as necessary.
• Work in accordance with the patient’s agreed care plan.
• Responsible for identifying and acting on any risk of safeguarding to patients and their families in accordance with the Rennie Grove Peace policies.

What you will need

• All candidates must have the right to work in the UK.
• 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.
• Manual handling and/or heavy lifting.
• Full, current valid UK driving licence.
• Access to a vehicle which can be used for work purposes.
• Car insurance, including business cover.
• Disclosure and Barring Services Check: Enhanced – child and adult.
• A good level of IT literacy is required, including confidence in using Microsoft Office applications, email, and other digital systems relevant to the role

Contact
For an informal chat about this role contact Sharon Parkins, RPCS Manager at Sharon.parkins@renniegrovepeace.org or Ursula Reeve, RPCS Manager at Ursula.reeve@renniegrovepeace.org

Further information about Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care and the Healthcare Assistant role is available via the company portal.

Are you ready to make a difference?
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received. 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. If you are disabled and best meet the minimum requirements for the job specification, we will invite you to interview. You can contact us to let us know if you need any adjustments during the recruitment process.