What do we do?
The Martlets is a charity that supports adults, including their families, living in Brighton and Hove and the surrounding areas who need supportive care and may also be approaching the end of their lives. We may be involved from the time an illness is diagnosed up to the time a person dies. We are proud of the high quality clinical care we provide. As well as meeting medical needs we also work to meet the emotional, spiritual, social, and practical needs of patients and their families and carers. We can offer this in our 18-bed ward, in our day services, and in patients’ homes. We also offer counselling and support for patients and families through the illness and afterwards.
Anyone who works for us could, no matter what job they do, come into contact with people with incurable or life-limiting illnesses or with someone who has lost a relative or friend. We rely on all our staff to help us ensure that patients and their families are treated with dignity and respect in all that we do.
We excel at providing high quality care, we expect commitment to this from all our clinical and other staff, and support them in this aim with development and study opportunities. Our success in providing high quality care is exemplified in what patients and family say - one example below:
"My daughter was admitted from the hospital to the hospice to manage pain, she was there for 2 weeks and sadly passed away at Martlets who treated her with great care and compassion and most of all respect. They were also wonderful to me and the rest of the family. My heartfelt thanks goes out to them all"
Why work for us?
’It’s a lovely place to work, it has such a good atmosphere and high standards of care’
‘I value the flexibility which helps me balance work and life – people give a lot back to the Martlets because of this’.
‘It’s a friendly and positive atmosphere to work in. You get the chance to work with lots of different people and to get involved in lots of fun activities’
Job roles at the Martlets include:
- Nurses, Nursing Auxiliaries
- Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists
- Housekeeping and cleaning
- Administrative and office roles, finance, human resources
- Fundraising
- Maintenance
- Social work, benefits support, counsellors
- Shop roles
- Warehouse and driver roles
What we offer:
We offer a Living Wage, which is more than the minimum wage set by the Government.
ANNUAL LEAVE
Generous 27 days plus 8 bank holidays. This increases by one day for every 10, 20, 30 years of service.
WORK/LIFE BALANCE
We try to support staff in having a healthy work/life balance. Over half our staff work part time and the majority are worked flexibly.
PAID CARERS LEAVE
In times of emergency we can provide up to one week of contracted hours of paid care leave in a rolling 12 month period.
STAFF SUPPORT
Confidential face to face or telephone counselling for individuals, couples and families.
HEALTH CARE PLAN
A non-contributory health care plan for staff, giving set cash allowances to help pay for a range of routine health care expenses.
JOB EVALUATED ROLES
Roles are job evaluated to ensure they are in line with similar organisations. Our competency framework supports progression.
CAR PARKING
On-site car parking at the Hospice and no charges for parking in the surrounding roads
PENSION
Group personal pension with matched employer contributions up to 7.5%.
SICK PAY
Generous sick pay and occupational health support.
GIVE AS YOU EARN
You can elect to contribute to a charity of your choice directly from your salary through the Give As You Earn scheme.
CHILDCARE VOUCHERS
Childcare vouchers are exempt from National Insurance contributions.
SERVICE AWARDS
To recognise loyalty, we annually hold a Long service awards ceremony and afternoon tea.
SUBSIDISED MEALS
Subsidised meals available at the Hospice.
TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT
We are committed to offering our staff training to support them with their development.
STAFF ENGAGEMENT
We encourage our staff to participate in fun activities and fundraising events such as our Midnight Walk.