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 Assistant 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!

Unfortunately, there is no Visa Sponsorship available for this role.

Main duties of the job
As a Healthcare Assistant, 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

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: 20 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 2
Salary: £25,272 a year Per Annum Pro Rata for Part Time
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
Reference number: 390-NR-DOM-SO-9766
Job locations: Southend, Prittlewell chase, Southend on Sea, SS0 0RY, United Kingdom

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. Unfortunately, there is no Visa Sponsorship available for this role.

Person Specification
Experience
Essential

• 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

Desirable

• Previous experience of working in a healthcare setting
• Healthcare Certificate
• Good IT skills
• Working 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

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, Southend on Sea, SS0 0RY, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.mse.nhs.uk

For questions about the job, contact:
Matron, Jennifer Pym, jennifer.pym@nhs.net, 01702435555

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