Healthcare Assistant | Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 16 Gorffennaf 2025 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £24,937 Per Annum (Pro rata for Part Time) |
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 15 Awst 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Southend, SS0 0RY |
| Cwmni: | Southend University Hospital NHS Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7263519/390-MED-SO-1215 |
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The Health Care Assistant will function as part of the multi-disciplinary team within the ward or department to provide a seamless service & high quality care to patients under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse.
The HCA is expected to undertake care to meet the needs of the patients, working within the Trust’s policies and procedures and the philosophy of the ward. Working collaboratively as part of the ward team, it is expected that the Health Care Assistant will continue to develop their own capabilities and knowledge of nursing tasks in line with the Trust’s career pathway.
Within your role your duties will be:
·Demonstrate a variety of communications skills in accordance with the client group
·Implement patient care plans as instructed by a Registered Nurse
·Assist in the admission process
·To assist patients with personal hygiene
·To assist patients with eating and drinking
·Enable patients to access appropriate toilet facilities, collecting and disposing of body waste
·Testing blood sugars and urine specimens & accurately record results
·Preparing equipment for aseptic procedures as instructed
·Taking of vital signs, pain scores and monitoring of wound sites on instruction from the Registered Nurse. Accurately recording the results and reporting significant findings
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.
For more information regarding the role, please refer to our job description.
We look forward to your application.
This advert closes on Monday 21 Jul 2025