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Senior Team Healthcare Assistant (Harrogate), Harrogate, £31,422.07
Employment Type
Full Time
Application Start Date
10-10-2025
Application End Date
03-11-2025
Location
Harrogate
Country
United Kingdom
Work Style
On-site
Industry
Healthcare services
Category
Healthcare
Position
Nursing
Experience
See job description
Education
See job description
Description
Senior Healthcare Assistant (IPU)
Permanent Contract
Location: Saint Michaels Hospice, Crimple House, Harrogate
Hours: Full-time role, 37.5 hours per week (24 hours shift pattern, 5 over 7 including nights and weekends)
Salary: £31,422.07 per annum (45% of hours need to be in unsocial hours)
Brand: Saint Michael’s Hospice and Herriot Hospice
Closing date: Monday 3rd November 2025 (the advert may close early if we receive a sufficient number of suitable applications)
We are an independent charity powered by local communities. Every day, we help to improve quality of life for people living with terminal illness, bereavement and mental health concerns, because our belief is that no one should suffer. Our incredible teams work together to make this happen.
About the role
Are you a dedicated and experienced Healthcare Assistant (HCA) ready to take the next meaningful step in your career? If you're already in a leadership role and looking to specialise in palliative care, we’d love to hear from you.
At Saint Michael’s Hospice in Harrogate, we’re committed to providing expert, compassionate care to people at the end of life. As part of our Inpatient Unit team, you’ll have the opportunity to make a genuine difference, supporting patients and their families with empathy, dignity, and respect in a peaceful and welcoming environment.
We're currently seeking a Senior Team HCA to take on a vital leadership role. This position offers the chance to guide and inspire a team, contribute to service development, and provide high-quality, person-centred care at one of life’s most important stages.
Your Role as a Senior Healthcare Assistant
- Lead and coordinate clinical shifts on the inpatient unit, ensuring safe, effective, and compassionate care delivery.
- Line manage, supervise, and mentor HCA and nursing staff, promoting a positive culture of teamwork and professional development.
- Support and guide students and junior colleagues in their learning and practice.
- Deliver and support training and competency-based development within the care team.
- Help implement best practices in complex and specialist palliative care.
- Take a lead role in assessments, planning, and delivery of individualised care in collaboration with patients, families, and the wider team.
- Manage complex symptoms and provide end-of-life care with skill, sensitivity, and compassion.
- Actively contribute to continuous service improvement and quality initiatives.
- Be a visible role model for excellence in person-centred care.
What We’re Looking For:
We’re seeking someone who brings both heart and leadership to the role:
- Significant experience in palliative care, oncology, or an acute clinical setting.
- Demonstrated leadership ability and experience managing clinical teams.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Confidence and emotional resilience in handling complex or sensitive situations.
- Commitment to ongoing professional development and reflective practice.
- Experience delivering individualised care in dynamic, needs-led environments such as ward or complex community settings.
- Ideally, you'll have a background in managing ward logistics or leading within a specialist care area.
- Evidence of formal training or continued professional development in care, particularly palliative care.
At Saint Michael’s Hospice, we believe working in end-of-life care is more than just a job, it’s a vocation. If you are ready to bring comfort, dignity, and peace to those who need it most and to support others doing the same we’d love for you to join us.
How we look after you
- We put people first in all that we do, which includes our own team
- Wellbeing and resilience support with a dedicated team by your side
- Flexible and hybrid working for many roles
- A supportive and caring environment
- Opportunities to grow, develop and progress, with culture of lifelong learning
How to apply:
· Download and read through job description (via the ‘Downloads’ section at the top of the advert) as you will need to tell us how you meet the essential requirements of the role.
· Make sure you answer all supplementary questions as part of your application otherwise your application will be automatically rejected.
· We recommend reading the application pack “Joining Herriot Hospice Homecare, Just ‘B’ and Saint Michael’s” and browsing the “Join our team” pages of our website, which will provide lots of useful information about what it’s like working for us and how the recruitment process works.
· Did you hear about this role from a current employee as part of our recommend a friend scheme? Don’t forget to let us know after clicking apply.
Our values
- We put the people who use our services at the heart of everything we do
- We are caring and compassionate
- We are personal and supportive in our approach
- We engage positively
- We are responsive
- We are driven to do better
- We are fair
- We are professional
- We work collaboratively
- We are accountable
Living out our values
· Our behaviour framework puts our values in the context of our everyday work. See what this includes at saintmichaelshospice.org/behaviour-framework
· We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age, or sexual orientation. As part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, we collect and monitor EDI data of applicants to help us ensure that our policies and procedures are effective in promoting equality. The information you provide in the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion section of the application form will have no bearing on your application, it is only used for diversity monitoring and is not visible to hiring managers.
· We believe that children, young people and adults should never experience abuse of any kind. Our safer recruitment and safeguarding processes help protect those accessing our services. Please see our safeguarding statement on our website: saintmichaelshospice.org/safeguarding-statement
· If you require any support or adjustments to be able to apply for this role, please let us know by emailing people@saintmichaelshospice.org
· We will need to complete satisfactory pre-employment checks before appointing you. These include but are not limited to identity checks, DBS clearance at an appropriate level for the role, verification of right to work in the UK, employment references and employment history. We will cover the cost of these.
Don’t quite meet the requirements for this role? We’d still love to hear from you, please get in touch via people@saintmichaelshospice.org to discuss other opportunities across our family of services.
PLEASE NOTE: Unfortunately, we are not currently able to consider applicants who require sponsorship to work in the UK.
North Yorkshire Hospice Care has a duty to protect those who receive our support. Roles within our organisation are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. All applicants aged 16 or over who are offered employment will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check before the appointment is confirmed. This will include details of cautions, reprimands or final warnings, and convictions. Applicants will not be discriminated against due to convictions and cautions, but will be considered on their merit. Should a successful candidate have any convictions or cautions, the nature of the position and the circumstances and background of the offences will determine if it is possible to proceed with the appointment.
North Yorkshire Hospice Care is a registered charity in England and Wales (518905) with a family of services operating as Herriot Hospice Homecare, Just ‘B’, Saint Michael’s Hospice, and Talking Spaces. North Yorkshire Hospice Care is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales (2121179).
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What we offer you:
- Competitive salary
- Generous 35 days of annual leave (pro rata)
- 8% employer pension contribution
- Wide range of discounts on high street brands and local shops
- Cycle to work scheme
- Recommend a friend bonus