Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Healthcare Assistant - Blenheim Ward

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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 Support Worker opportunities are available in Blenheim 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 Worker, 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 conditio

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

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.

Details

Date posted

21 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,465 a year Per Annum Pro Rata for Part Time

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

390-DoM-SO-8266

Job locations

Southend

Prittlewell chase

Southend on Sea

SS0 0RY


Job description

Job responsibilities

For more details on this varied and rewarding role, please see the attached job description.

** We look forward to hearing from you and wish you good luck **

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more details on this varied and rewarding role, please see the attached job description.

** We look forward to hearing from you and wish you good luck **

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • oGood literacy demonstrated through minimal spelling and grammatical errors throughout application
  • oExperience of working with the public
  • oMust be keen to learn new skills and flexible in the workplace

Desirable

  • oPrevious experience of working in a healthcare setting
  • oHealthcare Certificate
  • oGood IT skills
  • oWorking within a team and experience of working in an environment with changing demands and priorities

presentation and compassion

Essential

  • Must be able to care for all matter of patients and remain professional

Desirable

  • previous health care experience
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • oGood literacy demonstrated through minimal spelling and grammatical errors throughout application
  • oExperience of working with the public
  • oMust be keen to learn new skills and flexible in the workplace

Desirable

  • oPrevious experience of working in a healthcare setting
  • oHealthcare Certificate
  • oGood IT skills
  • oWorking within a team and experience of working in an environment with changing demands and priorities

presentation and compassion

Essential

  • Must be able to care for all matter of patients and remain professional

Desirable

  • previous health care experience

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Southend

Prittlewell chase

Southend 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

Southend 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

Benjamin Lewis

benjamin.lewis4@NHS.NET

01702385022

Details

Date posted

21 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,465 a year Per Annum Pro Rata for Part Time

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

390-DoM-SO-8266

Job locations

Southend

Prittlewell chase

Southend on Sea

SS0 0RY


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