Health Care Assistant

NHS; Basildon; On-site; GBP 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Join the NHS as a Health Care Support Worker in Basildon, where you will play a vital role in supporting patients and families. With training and development opportunities, this position is perfect for those looking to start a career in healthcare. Your kindness and care are the most important qualifications. Full-time and part-time positions available, offering a great working environment and the opportunity to make a difference in your local community.

Benefits

27 days holiday plus bank holidays

NHS salary structure and pension

Enhanced pay for unsocial hours

Childcare vouchers

Health and wellbeing support

Flexible working opportunities

Qualifications

• Must be keen to learn new skills and flexible in the workplace.
• Experience of working with the public is essential.
• Previous experience in healthcare is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide care, assist with washing and dressing patients.
• Serve meals and help patients move around.
• Monitor patient conditions and talk to patients and families.

Skills

Caring and kind

Cheerful and friendly

Good listening and communication skills

Organizational skills

Ability to follow instructions

Education

Healthcare Certificate

Job description

Job summary

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 at our Basildon site.

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.

Mid and South Essex is a great place to work, offering a working environment with an inclusive culture that looks after and values our people and creates a sense of belonging. We encourage applications from people who embrace our values and who will enable us to expand our diverse workforce.

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.

Main duties of the job

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

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.

** We look forward to hearing from you and wish you good luck **

About us

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing 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

Details Date posted

17 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,465 a year per annum (pro rata for part time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

390-DoM-BA-1197

Job locations

Basildon

Basildon

SS16 5NL

Job description Job responsibilities

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 adjustment

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.

Job description Job responsibilities

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 adjustment

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.

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

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

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

Basildon

Basildon

SS16 5NL

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

Basildon

Basildon

SS16 5NL

Employer's website

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