Healthcare Assistant - Orsett Respiratory

As a Healthcare Assistant you will play a vital role in supporting our Nursing and Midwifery teams to deliver high-quality, compassionate care to patients. Each day will be varied, and you'll work as part of a dedicated team to provide practical and emotional support to patients and their families.

Your duties may include

Assisting patients with personal care, including washing, dressing, and toileting

Supporting patients with mobility and helping them move safely and comfortably

Serving meals and assisting patients with eating and drinking

Making and changing beds, ensuring a clean and comfortable environment

Engaging with patients and their families, offering reassurance and support

Monitoring and reporting changes in a patient's condition to the nursing team

Skills and Personal Attributes

To succeed in this role, you should be:

Caring, kind, and patient-focused

Friendly, approachable, and a good communicator

Able to follow instructions accurately and work as part of a team

Confident to use your initiative when appropriate

Well organised, reliable, and adaptable to a busy clinical environment

Keen to support patients with personal and emotional needs

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 in Healthcare

Skills