JOB TITLE: Healthcare Assistant Ward (Nights)
CONTRACT TYPE: 6 Month Fixed Term Contract – 31 May 2026
DEPARTMENT: Ward Team
HOURS: Full time working 37.5 hours per week, part time hours (minimum 23 hours) will be considered
SALARY: £23,902 - £26,017 per annum for 37.5 hours per week (depending on experience)
CLOSING DATE: This advert is rolling, applications will be shortlisted as we receive them. This role may close at any time
INTERVIEW DATE: Interviews will be arranged on a rolling basis
Are you an experienced healthcare assistant? Would you find it rewarding to provide expert personalised care and make a difference when it matters most? Then our Healthcare Assistant role might be for you!
About you:
The successful candidate will have experience delivering care, awareness of health and safety procedures and excellent professional communication skills including managing various barriers to communication. An understanding of compassion, dignity and the ability to work under your own initiative are essential.
Candidates with a Care Certificate, NVQ, or experience in a hospice setting are encouraged to apply, although this is not essential.
This post is offered on a full time basis, working 37.5 hours per week across nights on a shift basis. Some flexibility will be required including some day shift work. Part time hours (minimum 23 hours per week) will be considered for the successful candidate.
This position is offered on a 6 month fixed term contract until 31 May 2026.
When you join St Catherine’s, you’ll be joining a supportive team all working towards a big ambition: that will be here for you through the joyful memories, final goodbyes and moments after. If that sounds like something you’d find fulfilling, please apply today.
Employees at St Catherine’s Hospice can enjoy a variety of benefits including:
- 25 days holiday, increasing with length of service to 30 days + public holidays
- Option to buy or sell up to 1 week of annual leave
- Day off for volunteering
- Day off for moving house
- Blue Light Card
- Cycle to work scheme
- Eye test vouchers
- Generous Pension – Up to 9% employer contributions or honour of NHS pension
- Enhanced maternity/adoption pay
- Life Assurance – 4x basic salary
- Pay enhancement of unsocial hours
- Flu Jabs
- Counselling Offering
- Discounted Gym
- Schwartz rounds
- Wellbeing Supervision (aka clinical supervision)
- Career pathway and progression
This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS check. By applying you are confirming you have read the Enhanced Check Privacy Policy for applicants https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-privacy-policies and understand how DBS will process my personal data and the options available to me for submitting an application.
We are located in Grace Holland Avenue, Pease Pottage, Crawley, West Sussex RH11 9SL.
For a full job description, please click here.
Please note a requirement of all roles at St Catherine’s is to complete mandatory E-learning training and remain compliant with this throughout your employment.
If this role sounds like it could be for you, please apply now.
Please upload either your CV or the St Catherine’s Hospice application form where it asks you to upload your application form, there is no need to complete both.
If you don’t have a CV and would like to complete our application for, this can be found here.
Please ensure you have read our employee and recruitment privacy statement prior to applying for this role.
If you require any additional information or would like to discuss this role further, please give us a call on 01293 447353.