Health Care Assistant - Chelmer ward

NHS; Basildon; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Join the NHS family as a Health Care Support Worker, where you will provide vital support to nursing teams and care for patients. Enjoy flexible working opportunities and a supportive environment that encourages your personal growth and career development. No experience is necessary, and training will be provided to help you succeed and thrive in your role.

Benefits

NHS salary structure and pension

27 days holiday plus bank holidays

Enhanced pay for unsocial hours

Maternity, paternity, and adoption leave

Childcare vouchers

Health service discounts

Health and wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Experience of working with the public.
• Must be keen to learn new skills.
• Flexibility in the workplace.

Responsibilities

• Assisting with personal needs such as washing and dressing patients.
• Serving meals and helping patients move.
• Monitoring patient conditions.

Skills

Caring

Cheerful

Good listener

Communication

Organizational skills

Job description

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 Support Worker opportunities are available in our Chelmer 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.

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.

About us

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.

Details Date posted

17 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,465 a year Per Annum (Pro Rota for Part Time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

390-CTC-BA-2192

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 adjustments

Please see the attached JD for further details of this exciting role.

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 adjustments

Please see the attached JD for further details of this exciting role.

Person Specification Qualifications and 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

heatlh care work experience Essential

• Feedback from line manager

Desirable

• work reference from recent employer

Person Specification Qualifications and 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

heatlh care work experience Essential

• Feedback from line manager

Desirable

• work reference from recent employer

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (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)

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)