VACANCY: Care Assistant (x4)

SALARY: £19,464-£21,348 (pro rata)

REF: AH 78-22

HOURS: 22.5 (1 post )and 33.75 hours per week (3 posts )

DURATION: Permanent

LOCATION: Ayr

Do you want to care in an environment where you can deliver true person-centred high-quality care?

Do you want to go home after a shift feeling like you have made a difference?

Come and join the hospice team making today matter for patients and families across Ayrshire. We currently have vacancies for Care Assistant posts within our In-Patient Unit.

By joining The Ayrshire Hospice you will have the opportunity to work within the team who aim to make a real difference to people’s life’s by helping provide physical, spiritual and psychosocial care to patients who have a life limiting illness and their families.

We are looking for a compassionate, enthusiastic and hardworking care assistant to come and join our friendly, committed in-patient team at The Ayrshire Hospice to provide individualised and rewarding high-quality care.

We offer great training, support and development to all our staff with regular PDP reviews, reflection sessions and inhouse training. We have an excellent staff to patient ratio which allows staff the ability to give individuals the care they require and provide support to them and their families.

The in-patient unit has 11 beds and accepts referrals for symptom management, MDT assessment, respite and end of life care. We are currently based within East Ayrshire Community Hospital in Cumnock on a temporary basis until the completion of building work within our previous base at Racecourse Road in Ayr (2024). We will then return to a bespoke and specifically designed unit which will have all the requirements to care for our patients in the best way possible.

Informal enquiries can be made by contacting louise.lochrie@ayrshirehospice.org or nicola.watson@ayrshirehospice.org or by telephoning

Please contact HR on 01292 269200 if you need any further information about the application process. Please return completed application forms to recruitment@ayrshirehospice.org

Closing Date: 21st September 2022

Interview Date: 3rd October 2022

Please note CVs are not accepted.

Scottish Charity No. SC011390. Registered Office: 29 Miller Road, Ayr, KA7 2AX