Healthcare Assistant - Buckinghamshire

We invite qualified candidates to become part of our multidisciplinary community team in Buckinghamshire as a Healthcare Assistant. This role involves providing holistic, person-centred end-of-life care and support to individuals and their families, ensuring that they receive compassionate and thorough assistance during essential periods.

Your duties will include monitoring and maintaining patients' skin integrity and personal hygiene, supporting their nutritional needs, ensuring they get adequate rest and sleep, and assisting with mobility. You will also help keep the care environment clean and organised and provide essential support in symptom management.

You will demonstrate empathetic and professional communication with patients and their significant others, consistently providing high-quality personal care and support to enhance overall wellbeing.

If you are passionate about making a difference in peoples' lives, we would love to hear from you.

Contract:               Permanent, available as full-time or reduced hours; multiple openings

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

Shift hours:           10:00pm – 6:30am

Salary:                   Marie Curie Clinical Pay Scale (Aligned with AFC) £24,465 per Annum (prorated), Plus Night-time Enhancements

Based:                   Community-based in Buckinghamshire

What we are looking for: 

• Recent experience providing care in a Health or Social Care Environment, including caring for patients at the end of life.  
• NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care or equivalent is preferred.
• 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.
• Possession of valid driving license, access to a car, and be willing to drive up to 25 miles.

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 & C’s 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 

To view the job description, please click here

Advert Closes: 4-January-2026

Application Process 

To apply, submit an online application with your CV and preferably a cover letter explaining your relevant experience, how you meet the person specification, and why you want to join Marie Curie

For more information or an informal chat please contact [email protected]