Hours: 36 hours per week, over 7 days.
Holiday: 28 days (pro-rata) including public holidays
Salary: £13.17 per hour rising to £13.71 per hour on achievement of SVQ 2 (SCQF Level 6) qualification in Health & Social Care
Sponsorship: Not applicable for this vacancy
Closing date: Monday 1 September 2025.
Sunflower Care at Home Service is developing an Inverness-based service that supports end of life care for people with both cancer and non-cancer conditions.
It is a privilege to care for a person at the end of their life. If you are compassionate and caring and looking for a rewarding job that offers personal and professional fulfilment and development and comes with excellent training and great opportunities, join the Sunflower Care at Home Practitioner team and make a real difference.
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A SUNFLOWER CARE AT HOME PRACTITIONER
Reporting to the Sunflower Care at Home Manager, you can expect your working day to include the following:
- Supporting family members and other professionals to provide excellent holistic, person-centred, palliative care.
- Supporting Service Users with their physical and emotional needs.
- Assisting with personal care, toileting, bathing, dressing and meals
WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU
To succeed in the role of Care at Home Practitioner you will be:
- Experienced in providing exceptional, holistic, person-centred care and support.
- Passionate about helping people.
- Compassionate, caring, and resilient.
- Respectful, sensitive and have an empathic approach.
- An excellent communicator who is comfortable talking to and working with family members and people from different professions.
- You’ll be great at keeping records, too.
- Take a pride in what you do.
- SVQ 2 Health and Social Care or equivalent – or willingness to work towards this.
- Full Driving Licence and a vehicle to use.
- Dedicated and passionate about making a real difference to people’s lives.
WHAT WE OFFER
You will have access to a benefits package we believe truly works for our people and enhances our overall culture...
- Access to The Blue light discount scheme giving access to fifteen thousand discounts across well-known retailers and local businesses across a large span of categories.
- Free HSF Health Care Cash Plan corporate membership to help reimburse you up to 100% for a wide range of health care costs.
- Free access to our employee assistance program that provides you with counselling services, financial advice, mental health support and more to help overcome any personal or workplace challenges.
- Generous holiday entitlement
- Flexible working arrangements
- Pension with additional contribution matching
- Discounted meals in our By The River Cafe
Plus, access to many more schemes and enhanced benefits.
A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential.
This post is subject to a PVG check.
Informal enquiries can be made to Shirley Jack, Sunflower Home Care Officer (PCRS) on s.jack@highlandhospice.org.uk or 01463 243132.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
Highland Hospice is an equal opportunity employer. We believe in hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive, people-first culture. We accept and celebrate our team for who they are and welcome people of all races, disabilities, sex, gender identities and reassignment, sexual orientation, ages, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. We keep our recruitment process simple and consider applicants on their abilities alone to ensure a fair interview process. If at any point throughout our process you require reasonable adjustments, please contact Recruitment@highlandhospice.org.uk