Senior Healthcare Assistant - Hospice

Senior Healthcare Assistant - Hospice at Home

Torquay, TQ2 5LS

Contract Type:
Full Time & Part Time Available - Permanent

Contract Details:
These are rotational posts covering days and nights

Salary:
Band B £25,034 to £26,598 per annum, pro rata, depending on experience

Permanent

‘It is a privilege to enter a home and support a patient and their loved ones’

Could you help us to provide care to patients at the end of their lives?

Our Hospice at Home team are passionate about providing the highest quality of care and support to a patient and their loved ones. Our Senior Healthcare Assistants (SHCAs) work as part of a caring, inclusive and supportive team all with the same passion, compassion, knowledge and skills to support both the patient and their loved ones in their own homes at a difficult and precious time.

To be successful in this role you will need proven care experience, an NVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent, and be passionate about providing good quality palliative care to people in their own homes. You will also be an excellent communicator and able to work well on your own, within a very supportive team.

We provide free parking on site, uniforms, excellent induction, meaningful annual reviews and the encouragement to develop your skills and progress your career if you wish. We work together with passion and pride in an environment where people are caring, considerate, inclusive and welcoming. It can be tough. We don’t shy away from that. But you’ll see the importance and impact of your work and feel recognised and part of something remarkable.

This role covers shifts across 7 days a week.

If you want to feel personal fulfilment from a career with real meaning, consider Rowcroft Hospice. We offer purposeful work in a uniquely progressive environment.

Rowcroft Hospice is an independent charity that provides comfort, support and specialist care to over 2,000 patients and their loved ones across South Devon each year. Our Vision is to make every day the best day possible for patients, and those closest to them, living with life‑limiting illnesses in South Devon.

Take a look here to find out what our team says about working at Rowcroft and the employee benefits on offer.

For more Information

Please see below to download the Job Description and Person Specification for this role.

For more information or an informal discussion about the role please contact Vernon Davis
, Hospice at Home Team Leader, on or or via email at vernon.

Closing date: 11:59 pm Sunday 15 February 2026

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Contract Type Full Time & Part Time Available - Permanent

Contract Details These are rotational posts covering days and nights

Salary Band B £25,034 to £26,598 per annum, pro rata, depending on experience