Healthcare Assistant

2 weeks ago


Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Full time
Do you want to make a difference to people's lives?


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 Theatre Admission and Day Stay Unit A301, TADSU.

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.

Right from the time you join us, you will have access to learning, development and training opportunities.

As you progress in your NHS career you will acquire the knowledge, skills and confidence you need to provide safe and compassionate patient care.

The Healthcare Support Worker role can also lead to a range of career opportunities.

With the right support, those who want to can undertake the necessary training to become our future nurses, nursing associates and midwives.


As a Health Care Support Worker, you will 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


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.


What we Offer:

  • Range of opportunities for flexible working
  • Strong team ethos
  • NHS salary structure and pension
  • 27 days holiday plus days off for bank holidays worked
  • Enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
  • Maternity, paternity and adoption leave
  • Childcare vouchers
  • Wide range of LGBTI+ initiatives
  • Health service discounts and online benefits
  • Health and wellbeing support
  • Discounts on public transport
  • Disability Confident Reasonable adjustments
**We look forward to hearing from you and wish you good luck
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