Healthcare Support Worker - Colchester

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Are you passionate about patient care and looking to start or develop your career in healthcare? We are recruiting Senior/Healthcare Support Workers (HCSWs) at Bands 2 & 3, offering fantastic opportunities for career progression into nursing, allied health professions, or specialist areas such as theatres.

Our recruitment approach focuses on supporting your professional growth through Apprenticeship programmes that develop the knowledge, skills, and behaviours needed to deliver high-quality patient care.

We have opportunities across all areas of the Trust, and we welcome applications from individuals with or without prior healthcare experience who are eager to build a career in the NHS.

Our assessment day is designed to establish your skills and experience, and to signpost you to the right pathway. If successful you will be offered one of the following pathways:

  • Recruitment to band 3 for those with relevant previous experience and/or qualifications, and the opportunity to complete a level 3 apprenticeship
  • Recruitment to band 2 to upskill you into clinical care, and the opportunity to complete either a level 3 apprenticeship, or join our level 2 HCSW Academy
  • Recruitment to a band 2 in our HCSW Academy for those new to care or with little prior experience (Please see attached Apprentice Flyer)

Main duties of the job

Applicants must be able to meet & provide the following:

  • Attend an Assessment Day in Colchester on Wednesday, 19th February 2025
  • Commit to a start date of Monday, 7th April 2025
  • Have residency status that allows you to work. Please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship to those offered band 2 roles
  • Meet pre employment requirements including ability to provide references to cover the last three years/satisfactory DBS check & Occupational Health requirement
  • As you will be working shifts including nights you must be 18 or older at commencement

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

Date posted

21 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£23,615 to £25,674 a year pro rata, per annum + unsocial hours payments

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

432-HR2049-24

Job locations

Colchester General Hospital

Colchester

CO4 5JL


Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Customer Care Experience

Desirable

  • Care experience

Knowledge

Essential

  • Awareness of basic human physical, psychological and spiritual needs

Personal skils

Essential

  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Ability to communicate effectively, both in written and verbal communications
  • Ability to work as an effective team member
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Customer Care Experience

Desirable

  • Care experience

Knowledge

Essential

  • Awareness of basic human physical, psychological and spiritual needs

Personal skils

Essential

  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Ability to communicate effectively, both in written and verbal communications
  • Ability to work as an effective team member

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

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester General Hospital

Colchester

CO4 5JL


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester General Hospital

Colchester

CO4 5JL


Employer's website

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


For questions about the job, contact:

Head of Apprenticeships

Debbie McArthur

debbie.McArthur@esneft.nhs.uk

Date posted

21 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£23,615 to £25,674 a year pro rata, per annum + unsocial hours payments

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

432-HR2049-24

Job locations

Colchester General Hospital

Colchester

CO4 5JL


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