Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Health Care Assistant - Day Surgery Unit

The closing date is 16 January 2026

Job summary

Are you enthusiastic, motivated, and ready to make a real difference in patient care? We're recruiting for HCAs to join our friendly and dynamic team in the Day Surgery Unit based at Southend Hospital

Our departments provides high-quality, safe, and effective care.

You will be part of a busy, supportive environment, working with surgical patients throughout their peri-operative and post-operative journey. We cover a range of specialities.

We are proactive in supporting your training and professional development, offering ongoing learning opportunities to help you grow. To succeed, you'll need to be a clear communicator, a team player, and bring a professional yet approachable attitude.

So, if this sounds like the role for you, please apply today.

Main duties of the job

If successful, you will:

Be responsible for ensuring the highest possible standards of cleanliness within the clinical area and ensure all staff are familiar with escalation procedures for additional cleaning.
Be accountable by making sure you can answer for your actions or omissions.
Promote and uphold the privacy, dignity, rights, health and wellbeing of people who use health and care services.
Work in collaboration with other colleagues to ensure the delivery of high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare, care and support.

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.

Date posted

07 January 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

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

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

390-TAC-SO-6215

Job locations

Southend

Prittlewell Chase

Westcliff on Sea

SS0 0RY

Job description

Job responsibilities

Are you looking for an exciting role in 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 note we cannot offer Visa Sponsorship for this role and we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Are you looking for an exciting role in 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 note we cannot offer Visa Sponsorship for this role and we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Good level of literacy demonstrated through minimal mistakes on application form
Completion of care certificate.
Good level of general education i.e. GCSE level or equivalent including English and Maths

Desirable

NVQ in healthcare

Experience

Essential

Experience working with the public
Experience working in healthcare

Desirable

Experience working in Hospital Theatres Department

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Good level of literacy demonstrated through minimal mistakes on application form
Completion of care certificate.
Good level of general education i.e. GCSE level or equivalent including English and Maths

Desirable

NVQ in healthcare

Experience

Essential

Experience working with the public
Experience working in healthcare

Desirable

Experience working in Hospital Theatres Department

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.

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)