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Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Healthcare Assistant

The closing date is 16 June 2025

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Job summary

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 in Benfleet 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.

So, if you are interested in starting a Career in Care, please apply today!

Main duties of the job

As aHealth Care Support Assistant, youwill 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.

About us

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.

Details

Date posted

11 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 a year Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

390-DoM-SO-8226

Job locations

Southend

Prittlewell Chase

Westcliff on sea

SS0 0RY


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see job description attached if any questions please call ward manager.

Sue-Ellen Machipisa

Ward manager

Benfleet ward

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see job description attached if any questions please call ward manager.

Sue-Ellen Machipisa

Ward manager

Benfleet ward

Person Specification

Interview

Essential

  • o Good literacy demonstrated through minimal spelling
  • Experience of working with the public
  • o Must be keen to learn new skills and flexible in the workplace

Desirable

  • Previous experience of working in a healthcare setting
  • Working within a team and experience of working in an environment with changing demands and priorities

interview

Essential

  • Must be able to look after all patients and remain professional at all times

Desirable

  • Previous experience of working in a healthcare setting
Person Specification

Interview

Essential

  • o Good literacy demonstrated through minimal spelling
  • Experience of working with the public
  • o Must be keen to learn new skills and flexible in the workplace

Desirable

  • Previous experience of working in a healthcare setting
  • Working within a team and experience of working in an environment with changing demands and priorities

interview

Essential

  • Must be able to look after all patients and remain professional at all times

Desirable

  • Previous experience of working in a healthcare setting

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Southend

Prittlewell Chase

Westcliff on sea

SS0 0RY


Employer's website

https://www.mse.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Southend

Prittlewell Chase

Westcliff on sea

SS0 0RY


Employer's website

https://www.mse.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Ward Manager

Sue-ellen Machipisa

sue-ellen.kasese@nhs.net

0170231917

Details

Date posted

11 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 a year Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

390-DoM-SO-8226

Job locations

Southend

Prittlewell Chase

Westcliff on sea

SS0 0RY


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