Healthcare Assistant - Pre Assessment | Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 28 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,937 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 April 2026 |
| Location: | Westcliff on Sea, SS0 0RY |
| Company: | Southend University Hospital NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7736885/390-TAC-SO-6253 |
Summary
We are looking looking for a Healthcare Assistant to join our friendly Pre-Assessment team on a permanent basis.
Right from the time you join us, you will have access to learning, development and training opportunities; including the the opportunity to enroll in the Apprenticeship program or foundation degreeas required and pursue Nursing Career pathway
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.
So, if you are a caring and kind person with a genuine desire to help and support patients and their families, we want to hear from you today.
No VISA sponsorship available for this role
Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications.
If successful, you will:
• Meet and greet the patients to the department and manage their care in the treatment room ensuring patient dignity, respect and confidentiality
• Accurately document outcomes from the appointment and update electronic records
• Provide theatre team with consumables and equipment
• Answer telephones and bleeps as necessary, taking messages accurately, recording and delivering them as
• Ensure treatment room is clean and tidy.
• Clean, Date Check and Stock up trolleys and shelves
• Ensure adequate stock of consumables. Is available in the treatment rooms on a daily basis
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.
Are you looking for an exciting role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you.
For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.
We look forward to your application.
Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications.
This advert closes on Monday 30 Mar 2026