Marie Curie is recruiting a Healthcare Assistant to join the team at its Belfast Hospice inpatient unit, with applications closing on 9 November 2026. The permanent, part-time role is paid on the charity's Clinical Pay Scale Band 2, aligned with Agenda for Change, at £25,272 a year pro rata, plus enhancements.

The post is for 30 hours a week, and the successful candidate must be available for day shifts, night shifts and weekends. The role is based at the Marie Curie Hospice on Kensington Road in Belfast, which provides specialist palliative and end-of-life care for adults, free of charge, including in-patient stays, day procedures and community and outpatient services.

Working as part of a dedicated multidisciplinary team, the Healthcare Assistant will provide personal care, assist with meal delivery and support patients with dignity and respect. The role also involves communicating with families, including navigating sensitive and emotionally difficult conversations with empathy and professionalism, and contributing to holistic care planning and symptom management.

Marie Curie says it is looking for someone with an NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care or an equivalent Level 2 qualification, such as NCFE or BTEC, plus functional skills in numeracy and literacy at Level 2. At least six months of recent care delivery experience in a health or social care setting is preferred, along with knowledge of palliative and end-of-life care. Applicants should be able to plan and prioritise care, respond to changes in a patient's condition, escalate concerns appropriately, and hold person-centred, empathetic conversations. A willingness to work towards a Health and Social Care Level 2 qualification is also expected.

The charity describes itself as the UK's leading end-of-life charity and the largest non-NHS provider of end-of-life care in the country, and the only provider working across all four nations. It says the care it provides is highly valued by patients and their loved ones, but that at present it reaches only around one in ten dying people at the end of life. Its stated mission for the next five years is to close the gap in the number of people missing out on the care they need.

The Belfast hospice helps people with an illness they are likely to die from, and the people close to them, receive specialist care and support. That includes people living with Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia, heart, liver, kidney and lung disease, motor neurone disease, Parkinson's and advanced cancer. The hospice offers short-stay in-patient care, outpatient services and wellbeing services for adults, and accepts referrals from hospital and community palliative care teams as well as GPs.

The package includes 27 days of annual leave plus 11 public holidays, a competitive parental and sick leave policy, continuous professional development, training programmes, a season ticket loan, a defined contribution pension scheme, loan schemes for bikes, computers and satellite navigation systems, an introduce-a-friend scheme, help with eyecare costs, a Blue Light Card, a Benefit-Hub discount scheme and life assurance for all employees.

Applications are made online and must include a CV, with applicants asked to outline their most relevant skills, experience and knowledge against the advert and job description. Interview dates are yet to be confirmed. For an informal discussion about the role, applicants can contact hiring manager Debbie Moore. Marie Curie says every application is personally reviewed by a member of its talent acquisition team, and that it is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, actively encouraging applications from people of all cultures, perspectives and lived experiences. Reasonable adjustments are available throughout the recruitment process.

As the closing date is 9 November 2026, anyone interested should apply without delay through Marie Curie's recruitment portal, where the full job description is also available.