Healthcare Assistant - Care Home Services

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; Rayleigh; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holiday

Bank holidays

Pension up to 14.5%

Staff discounts

Season ticket loans

Job summary

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Healthcare Assistant for our NHS Nursing Home in Rayleigh, Essex. You will support residents with daily living needs within a Recovery Model framework and work as part of the nursing team to ensure high standards of care.

The role involves direct resident care, adherence to care plans, and reporting changes to senior staff. Applicants should be enthusiastic, a team player, and capable of managing pressure; sponsorship is not offered

Qualifications

• Must provide direct resident care in a care home setting.
• Support residents with daily living needs as per care plans.
• Report changes to qualified staff promptly.
• Able to work as part of a team and under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Assist in maintaining a tidy, welcoming environment.
• Collaborate with colleagues to improve care quality.
• Plan and implement care programmes with the unit team.
• Keep accurate, confidential resident records under supervision.
• Be flexible, willing to undertake allocated tasks.
• Assist with infection control and housekeeping duties.
• Work shifts including early, late, nights, weekends, holidays.

Skills

Resident care

Activities of daily living

Communication

Team working

Education

NVQ care or equivalent

Basic literacy and numeracy

Care home experience

Job description

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Healthcare Assistant - Care Home Services

The closing date is 27 October 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen for the position of an HCA to work within our NHS Nursing Home based in Rayleigh, Essex. A unique career opportunity to become a key member of the nursing team. You must be enthusiastic, motivated with good communication skills & the ability to work under pressure. You must be a team player & willing to go the extra mile for our residents care.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all of our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately your application form be rejected from the process.

Main duties of the job

The post holder is responsible for undertaking assigned tasks that involve direct resident care in a care home setting.

The post involves supporting individual residents in all aspects of their care including daily living needs as is outlined in the residents individualised care plan. The post holder is responsible for reporting any relevant changes in the resident's condition to the qualified staff. Furthermore the post holder will assist in the physical care and support of people with mental health needs and challenging behaviours, proving person centred care and working within the Recovery Model to enable residents to be become socially inclusive, whilst supporting qualified staff to ensure the highest standards of care are upheld.

About us

Valuing you. Recognising your dedication. At EPUT, we look after you.

• Receive supervision and support to help you fulfil your potential.
• Join an inclusive EPUT community and connect with others through engagement events and equality or champion networks.
• If you need help, we provide mental health and wellbeing services, occupational health advice and counselling.
• 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years' service.
• Excellent pension of up to 14.5% of your pensionable pay.
• Staff discounts include Blue Light Card, NHS discount offers, and staff benefits
• Season ticket loans are interest-free to cover the cost of travelling to and from work via tram, rail, or bus.

Work that wraps around your needs

• Job share: Applications for job shares are welcomed.

Job responsibilities

• Assist and maintaining tidiness, encouraging a welcoming, therapeutic atmosphere, clean environment within the unit
• Responsible for working with your colleagues, seeking to improve the quality of services provided to our residents
• Assist in planning programmes of care together with the unit team. Implementing these plans under the supervision of the designated Supervisor
• Contribute to record keeping under the supervision of a qualified staff member keeping accurate records of residents care with due regard to the confidentiality of information relating to residents. It is the responsibility of the qualified staff to arrange regular reviews and to countersign all entries into records.
• Flexible and co-operative and willing in undertaking allocated realistic team tasks
• Undertake cleaning of spillages, including body fluids in line with Trust infection control policies and procedures
• The role includes working shifts including early, late and nights shifts, weekends and public holidays and rotate to other ward areas as per service need and/or annually.

Education/Qualifications

• Basic literacy and numeracy
• Previous experience of working within a care home
• NVQ care or equivalent

Skills/Experience

• Assisting in the provision and care to residents
• Assisting residents' with all activities of daily living (Hygiene, nutrition etc.)
• Manual handling of residents using lifting aids
• The ability to be aware of when to request assistance from senior and other members of the team.

Knowledge

• Awareness of all infection control issues
• I.T. Literate
• Keep oneself updated in aspects of mandatory training
• Ability to follow clear instructions
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively

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

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust