Health Care Assistant

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Chelmsford seeks a Health Care Assistant to support patient care in a bustling clinical environment. Candidates should possess excellent communication skills, be caring, and have prior healthcare experience. The position offers opportunities for professional growth and working in an inclusive environment. £24,937 to £26,598 annually, with pro-rated options for part-time roles.

Qualifications

• Previous HSCW experience.
• Previous experience in Urgent and Emergency Care.
• Experienced in plaster cast application, venipuncture, and wound closure.

Responsibilities

• Undertaking observations, ECGs, and urine samples.
• Transferring patients between clinical areas.
• Supporting patients requiring x-ray or transfers.
• Talking to patients and their families.
• Monitoring patient conditions and escalating concerns.

Skills

Caring and kind

Cheerful and friendly

Good listening and communication skills

Well organised

Ability to escalate concerns

Job description

Overview

Go back Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Health Care Assistant

The closing date is 01 October 2025

We are currently recruiting for Band 3 Health Care Assistant to help maintain our high standard of care. The successful candidates will be able to cope in a busy and dynamic clinic environment, working alongside nursing and medical staff, to help with patient flow.

Right from the time you join us, you will have access to learning, development and training opportunities. As you progress in your role 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 provides an exciting opportunity to learn extended skills, such as application of plaster casts, wound closure techniques, venipuncture and much more. It is a fast paced clinical area, with great learning opportunities, two days are never the same.

Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications.

No VISA sponsorship available for this role

Main duties of the job

As a Health Care Support Worker, you will be a hugely valuable support to our team 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 the flow patients through the service.

• Undertaking observations, ECGs and urine samples
• Transferring patients to other clinical areas
• Application of plaster casts
• Undertaking wound closure
• Supporting patients requiring x-ray or transfers between the Emergency Department
• Talking to patients and their families
• Monitoring patient conditions and escalating concerns

Skills and personal attributes

• Caring and kind
• Cheerful and friendly
• 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
• Ability to escalate concerns

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.

Job responsibilities

Are you looking for an exciting Health Care Assistantrole using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you.

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.

We look forward to your application.

Person Specification

Experience

• Previous HSCW experience
• Previous experience in Urgent and Emergency Care

Skills

• Previous experience working in a busy clinical area
• Experienced in plaster cast application, Venepuncture and wound closure

Knowledge

• Knowledge of NEWS2 scoring and observations recording
• Knowledge of electronic systems within the trust

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 name

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

£24,937 to £26,598 a year (Pro Rata for Part Time)