Healthcare Assistant - Blenheim Ward
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Southend on Sea, SS0 0RYView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£25,272
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
25 October 2026
5 days leftJob description
We are looking for individuals with or without experience to work in healthcare, to join the NHS family helping people from your local community. Heal...
As aHealthcare Assistant, youwill be a hugely valuable support to our Nursing and Midwifery teams providing care to our patients. Every day will be different and you will work alongside the rest of the team carrying out a wide range of tasks and assisting with care to support the needs of the patients and their families.
Examples of what you may do as part of your role
- - Washing and dressing patients
- Serving meals and feeding patients
- Helping patients to move around
- Making beds
- Talking to patients and their families
- Monitoring patient conditio
Skills and personal attributes needed
- - - Caring and kind
- Cheerful and friendly
- Keen to support patients with their personal needs including washing and toileting
- Able to follow direct instructions
- Happy to work in a team but also able to use own initiative
- Have good listening and communication skills
- Be well organised
Full time and part time positions are available, and we are open to discuss flexible working arrangements.This opportunity is available for candidates who have the right to work in the UK. Applications from underrepresented groups including LGBT+, Ethnic Minority or disabled people are particularly welcome.
The Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS) brings together key health, care, community, and voluntary sector organisations from across our area. Our aim is to work together in partnership to join up health and care services, improving our populations health and wellbeing and reducing health inequalities. One such example of this collaborative work is the launch of our HCA Academy, an ICS initiative between Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) and Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSEFT) to support the incoming Health Care assistant (HCA) workforce. The academy models a 'one workforce' cross system approach to the onboarding, induction, education, and experience of Healthcare Assistants.
Successful candidates to this role will be able to access the additional support provided by the HCA Academy following their induction with MSEFT. This includes development opportunities, pastoral support, staff rewards and access to HCA exclusive resources such as HCA App.
Experience
Essential
- Good literacy demonstrated through minimal spelling and grammatical errors throughout application
- Experience of working with the public
- Must be keen to learn new skills and flexible in the workplace
Desirable
- Previous experience of working in a healthcare setting
- Healthcare Certificate
- Good IT skills
- Working within a team and experience of working in an environment with changing demands and priorities
Presentation and compassion
Essential: - Must be able to care for all matter of patients and remain professional
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
20 October 2026
Last checked
20 October 2026
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