Health Care Assistants – Inpatient Unit (IPU) -Erdington

Health Care Assistants – Inpatient Unit (IPU)
-Erdington Join our team

Closing date
: 23rd August 2026

Location
:
Erdington Hospice with occasional multi-site working

Hours
: 24 hours part time
Working flexibly over a 7-day rota
Salary
:
Clinical Band 2 £ 24,352 per year full-time (pro rata part-time)
DBS Requirement: Enhanced check with Adult Barring List

Join Our Clinical Team at Birmingham Hospice – where Compassion has Time to Matter

Are you an exceptional Health Care Assistant with palliative care experience in a hospital, hospice, or care home setting?

Do you believe outstanding care is about more than physical support?

Would you love the opportunity to spend more meaningful time with patients, truly making a difference every single day?

Do you want to achieve an NVQ level2 or Care Certificate if not already held?

If so, our Clinical Team at Birmingham Hospice would love to meet you.

As our Health Care Assistant, you’ll work in an environment where quality of care comes first — giving you the time, support, and opportunities to deliver the exceptional care patients and families deserve.

Why Join Birmingham Hospice as a Health Care Assistant?

• Fewer patients per Health Care Assistant — giving you more time to provide truly person-centred care
• Continue your NHS pension and annual leave benefits

• Access to Wagestream which enables employees to access a portion of their wages early

• Free parking at both hospice sites
• 24/7 employee wellbeing support and advice
• Biscuits, tea and toast during shifts
• Subsidised, friendly on-site café
• The chance to make every moment matter for patients and families

Shift Patterns Available –We have a range of flexible vacancies across a 7-day rota. You must be available to work shifts between the hours of 7.30am – 8.00pm and 7.30pm – 8.00am

“After I saw the care my dad received at the hospice, I knew I wanted to work there.”

Barbara Bennett, a Healthcare Assistant at Birmingham Hospice’s Erdington site, was inspired to join the hospice after seeing the expert palliative care her dad, Frederick, received there.

Having worked in healthcare for 30 years, Barbara decided it was time she went into palliative and end of life care after helping to care for her father when he was diagnosed with heart failure, kidney failure and dementia.

The hospice is committed to developing a dynamic and diverse team, representative of the communities it serves. We ask you, therefore, to complete the Equal Opportunities monitoring form to help us in this aim.

We value each person as an individual – whether they are colleagues, patients, family members, carers or supporters, every person matters. We embrace diversity of culture, background and environment knowing it enriches our workplace and our relationships with our local communities. We are committed to building a culture of inclusion and belonging. We would love to hear from you, about what makes you uniquely you and how this opportunity will support you to succeed.

Our values are at the heart of everything we do as we continue in our mission to enable more people from all communities to access the care of their choice at the end of life.