Hospice at Home Health Care Assistant
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 04/09/2026
- Closes
- 18/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role involves providing direct care and support to patients with complex palliative care needs in their own homes during the last stages of life. The post holder will assist with personal hygiene, dressing, and other agreed care under supervision, working alone with access to professional advice. The aim is to support patients to remain in their place of choice and avoid hospital admission. The role requires working flexibly across Gateshead, offering personalised care and emotional support to patients and families.
Essential criteria
- 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 criteria
- Palliative care training courses
- Special skills and knowledge
- Knowledge of palliative care
- Experience using computer programmes
- Experience working in palliative care
- Experience working in the community
- Experience using community Health computer systems
- Essential qualifications
- 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
- Palliative care training courses
- Special skills and knowledge
- Knowledge of palliative care
- Experience using computer programmes
- Experience working in palliative care
- Experience working in the community
- Experience using community Health computer systems
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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Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust
Hospice at Home Health Care Assistant
The closing date is 18 September 2026
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
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