Healthcare Assistant
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Chelmsford, CM1 7ET
Salary
£25,760
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
2 September 2026
2 days left
Job description
Do you want to make a difference to people's lives? We are looking for individuals with or without experience to join the NHS family helping people fr...
As a Healthcare Assistant, you will 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:
- Helping a team of nurses and doctors to run clinics.
- Keeping accurate appointment records and documentation.
- Helping out in minor operations theatre
- Carrying out basic wound care
- Talking to patients and their families
- Monitoring patient waiting areas
- Skills and personal attributes needed
- Caring and kind
- Cheerful and friendly
- Keen to support patients with their personal needs including 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.
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust
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.
Skills
Essential
- Good literacy demonstrated through minimal spelling and grammatical errors throughout application
- Must be keen to learn new skills and flexible in the workplace
Desirable
- Healthcare Certificate
- Good IT skills
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with the public
Desirable
- Previous plastic surgery experience
- Working within a team and experience of working in an environment with changing demands and priorities
- Experience working in healthcare setting
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
28 August 2026
Last checked
31 August 2026
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