Healthcare Assistant - Baddow Ward | Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 06 Awst 2025 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £24,465 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time) |
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 05 Medi 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Chelmsford, CM1 7ET |
| Cwmni: | Southend University Hospital NHS Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7344108/390-DoM-BR-9796 |
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Do you want to make a difference to people’s lives?
We are looking for individuals with or without experience to work in healthcare, to join the NHS family helping people from your local community. Healthcare Assistant opportunities are available on Baddow Ward.
No experience? No problem. We will teach you everything you need to know. To us, it is more important that you are a caring and kind person with a genuine desire to help and support patients and their families. If this sounds like you, then you already have the skills that make a great Health Care Support Worker.
Right from the time you join us, you will have access to learning, development and training opportunities. As you progress in your NHS career you will acquire the knowledge, skills and confidence you need to provide safe and compassionate patient care.
Mid and South Essex is a great place to work, offering a working environment with an inclusive culture that looks after and values our people and creates a sense of belonging. We encourage applications from people who embrace our values and who will enable us to expand our diverse workforce.
The Healthcare Assistant role can also lead to a range of career opportunities. With the right support, those who want to can undertake the necessary training to become our future nurses, nursing associates and midwives.
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
Washing and dressing patients
Serving meals and feeding patients
Helping patients to move around
Making beds
Talking to patients and their families
Monitoring patient condition
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.
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.
We look forward to your application.
Please refer to attached Job Description for a full list of responsibilities.
Please be aware that we reserve the right to close the vacancy early should a suitable number of applications be received.
Unfortunately, no sponsorship is available for this role.
This advert closes on Friday 8 Aug 2025