Community Band 3 Healthcare Assistant
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time
- Posted
- 11/09/2026
- Closes
- 27/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves working as a Band 3 Healthcare Assistant, delivering high-quality end-of-life care to patients in their homes or the in-patient unit. You will work under the direction of a registered nurse, performing various care tasks, assisting with daily needs, and managing medicines after training. The position requires effective communication with patients, relatives, and carers, while maintaining confidentiality and ensuring patient rights are upheld. You will also report changes in patient condition and support nutritional needs.
Key responsibilities
- Perform a range of care tasks in accordance with the ECH competency profile.
- Assist in the implementation and delivery of patient care such as toileting, washing, mouth care and dressing.
- Be competent in providing skin care dressings and managing the dying phase, following training.
- Facilitate medicines management processes, following thorough training and competency sign off.
- Communicate effectively with patients, relatives, and carers, maintaining confidentiality and upholding patient rights.
- Report changes in a patient's condition to a member of the Hospice Team/patients GP/ District Nurse.
Essential criteria
- The experience of working in a community setting or similar environment.
- Previous experience in healthcare.
- Level 2 healthcare (e.g. NVQ)
- The willingness and ability to carry out further training and complete the Hospices competency assessment.
- Good communication, numeracy, and IT skills.
- The ability and desire to work independently and within a team.
- Willing to demonstrate your flexibility to work unsociable hours on an advanced rota.
- Be able to demonstrate commitment towards various quality and care standards.
- The ability to work effectively in various emotionally and demanding situations.
- The ability to use your own initiative.
- Ability to travel freely/ daily across the East Cheshire Hospice catchment area.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge and understanding of palliative care when nursing patients at end of life.
- Level 3 healthcare qualification.
- Basic IT skills.
- Basic numeracy skills.
- Knowledge and understanding of palliative care when nursing patients at end of life.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £25,760 – £27,476 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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East Cheshire Hospice
Community Band 3 Healthcare Assistant
The closing date is 27 September 2026
Job summary
The purpose of this
role at East Cheshire Hospice, is to work under the direction of a registered
nurse both independently, and as part of a team, to deliver high-quality end of
life care to patients who have been admitted to our In-patient unit, or those
living at home or in their normal place of residence requiring palliative care.
Main duties of the job
Typical tasks will include:
- To perform a range of care tasks in accordance with the ECH
competency profile for this role.
- To assist in the implementation and delivery
of patient care such as toileting, washing, mouth care and dressing.
- To be competent in providing skin care
dressings, following training as well as managing the dying phase.
- To facilitate medicines management processes,
following thorough training and competency sign off, and adhering to Hospice
processes.
- To communicate effectively with patients, relatives,
and carers.
- To always maintain patient confidentiality.
- To ensure various patients rights and choices
are adhered to, that care choices are followed, and privacy and dignity is
maintained.
- To carry out various light domestic duties in
patients homes.
- To report changes in a patients condition to
a member of the Hospice Team/patients GP/ District Nurse
- To be
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