Healthcare Assistant

Employer Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Broomfield Town Chelmsford Salary £24,625 per annum ( pro rata for part time) Salary period Yearly Closing 07/04/2025 23:59

Band 3

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest trusts in the country, serving a population of 1.2 million people comprising acute hospital sites at Broomfield in Chelmsford, Basildon and Southend.

We are a well-led, high-performing and innovative organisation determined to provide the best health care services for our local population and working in the best interests of the people we serve.

Job overview

Do you want to make a difference to people’s lives?

We are looking for individuals to join the NHS family helping people from your local community. Healthcare Support Worker band 3 opportunities are available in our Broomfield hospital.

You will provide high quality essential care to patients under the supervision of a Registered Practitioner in a caring, compassionate, and sensitive manner.

If this interests you, apply now.

Main duties of the job

• Chaperon service users and clinicians to get the best outcome during consultations.
• Basic patient care which may include personal hygiene.
• Undertake moving and handling using a safe and correct method.
• Recognise and report possible concerns of patients/relatives/visitors to Registered Practitioners in a timely and appropriate manner.
• Demonstrate effective time management skills to efficiently manage workload, recognising and responding to changing priorities throughout shift and alerting the Registered Practitioner to situations where difficulties are experienced in meeting the care needs of the patients.
• Actively involve the patient, and where applicable families/carers, in their own care, consulting and involving them in decision making regarding their care and well-being consistently placing them at the centre of the health.

Working for our organisation

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest in the country, with a workforce of approximately 15,000 who serve a population of 1.2 million people.

We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best; to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook – if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us.

We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To work effectively as a member of the Outpatient Department, establishing and maintaining professional relationships within the team and with all service users.
• To work flexibly and collaboratively within scope of competence to support the delivery of safe, effective, patient-centered care which meets key performance and quality standards.
• Maintain the dignity, privacy and confidentiality of patients at all times.
• Maintain excellent communication with patients, relatives and members of the multidisciplinary team regarding all aspects of care demonstrating a variety of communication skills as required.
• Maintain a clean environment with due consideration to Health and Safety issues.
• In conjunction with other team members participate in shift and rotational working patterns to ensure provision of a 24/7 service throughout the year.
• Respond appropriately to emergency situations.

Person specification

Experience and skills

• NHS Experience
• Good literacy demonstrated through minimal spelling and grammatical errors throughout application.
• Experience of working with the public.
• Must be keen to learn new skills and flexible in the workplace.
• OPD Experience.

Please be aware as per the new Immigration guidelines we cannot sponsor candidates with a salary (full time or pro Rata) under the current minimum threshold.

Please note, the selection processes at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values. Please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills, and you will be required to declare on your application if AI has been used before submitting your application.

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.