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Healthcare Assistant Paediatric Outpatients

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Southend, SS0 0RY

Salary

£25,272

Contract

Fixed-Term

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

1 September 2026

1 days left

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Health Care Assistant to join the Paediatric Outpatients Team based at Southend Hospital . The succ...

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Healthcare Assistant to join our Paediatric Outpatients Team.

Our department is committed to delivering high-quality, family-centred care for children and young people, in line with local and national standards. We aim to provide efficient and timely services, following National Service Framework guidance, and continually improve care through audit, research, and evidence-based practice.

The Paediatric Outpatient Department provides a wide range of general and specialist clinics for children and young people aged 0-16 years (excluding Dentistry, Ophthalmology, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, ENT, and Orthopaedics). We support patients requiring outpatient reviews from Paediatricians, General Surgeons, Rheumatology Consultants, Oral Surgeons, Dermatologists, Paediatric Dietitians, and other multidisciplinary specialist teams.

This role offers the opportunity to work within a dedicated team providing high-quality care and support to children, young people, and their families across a diverse range of outpatient services.

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.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Good level of literacy - demonstrated by minimal/no errors in application
  • Evidence or working towards Level 3 qualification in health and social care

Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience of working as a Healthcare Assistant in Paediatrics
  • Previous work experience within Phlebotomy including children and neonates
  • Previous experience performing ECG on children and neonates

Desirable

  • Previous experience of working in a Hospital Outpatient Department

How to apply

Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.

Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

28 August 2026

Last checked

31 August 2026

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About the employer

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Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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