Job responsibilities
About Us:
St Christophers Hospice was founded in 1967 by Dame Cicely Saunders, and formed part of the modern hospice movement. Proudly celebrating over 50 years and with a turnover of over £20 million, we provide invaluable care and support to over 6,000 people across the five London Boroughs of Bromley, Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark.
Your new role:
Joining our team means becoming part of a compassionate and supportive service, dedicated to delivering high-quality care. Gaining valuable experience and working as part of a wider multidisciplinary workforce, enriching your skills in holistic palliative and end-of-life care and with training opportunities which nurture and value your contributions.
We can offer a stimulating and rewarding career, with an opportunity to make real differences to the lives and experiences of people living with life-limiting and terminal illnesses. You will be able to support patients and families with both their emotional and practical needs, within the comfort of their own homes.
We are looking for an emotionally and physically resilient individual, to join our small Choose Home Team - Supporting those whom wish to remain at home (across five London Boroughs), at end of life.
This involves providing community-based personal care as part of a short-term emergency bridging service, until FastTrack (or alternative) arrangements are sought. This can also include visiting people at points of care crisis, with no equipment or microenvironment yet in place - working creatively, to remain solution-focussed. Choose Home also provides a variety of ad-hoc interventions, including: Occasional last offices, skill-sharing for families/other care staff and transitional support following recent discharges from the hospice inpatient unit and local hospitals.
To succeed in the role:
The successful candidate(s) will be compassionate, flexible, reliable and motivated in providing a high-quality care service toward our local communities. As well as having: A good level of education- Including NVQ L2/3 in Health and Social care, or equivalent- And recent experience of working a HCA role (EG. Providing personal care) within a Health and Social Care environment, or similar.
You will be confident working both independently and as a team, including the ability to establish good working relationships across the broader organisation.
In addition, you will benefit from access to some excellent training and development opportunities, a number of staff health and wellbeing schemes, a competitive contributory pension scheme and Life Assurance scheme with generous beneficiary plan. You will also have access to free off-street parking nearby, and an onsite staff canteen.
Please Note: Candidate(s) must hold a full UK driving license- Please see our full person spec.
Please have a look at our website for further information on all aspects of St Christophers at www.stchristophers.org.uk and to apply for this position, please click the Apply Online button below
Closing Date: 8th August 2025
In the event we receive a high volume of applications, we reserve the right to close the job earlier than the initial closing date.
