Healthcare Assistant | Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Uttlesford; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Uttlesford is seeking a Healthcare Assistant to work on an older adult inpatient ward. The role involves providing care under supervision, assisting patients with daily living activities, and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team. The ideal candidate is motivated, empathetic, and has experience in healthcare or social care. This position offers various benefits, including NHS discounts and flexible working options.

Benefits

Season Ticket Loans

NHS discounts for staff

Excellent Training facilities and opportunities

Buying and Selling annual leave scheme

Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work

Day One Flexible Employer

Qualifications

• Experience of assisting patients with daily living activities and supporting their health.
• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team and follow care plans.

Responsibilities

• Assist the professional team in providing care for patients.
• Maintain relationships with patients and their families.
• Report any abnormalities or incidents to senior staff.

Skills

Communication skills

Ability to work collaboratively

Empathy

Flexibility

Education

Experience in healthcare or social care

Job description

Overview

The successful candidate will be responsible for assisting the professional team in providing care for patients in an older adult inpatient ward. You will work from time to time without direct supervision but under the supervision of a qualified team member, implementing and assisting with the evaluation of individual plans of care for patients and in their management and care under the guidance of the ward manager.

You will be expected to work collaboratively with key partner organisations, service users, carers, clinicians and other practitioners within the multidisciplinary team in delivering services; providing a 7 day a week, 24 hours a day service for 365 days a year working shifts as appropriate and as rostered.

Please note that this role outline serves to provide an illustrative example of the duties and responsibilities you may be expected to undertake during the course of your normal duties. It is not an exhaustive list and you will therefore be required to undertake other responsibilities and duties that are considered to be commensurate with the band.

Core Clinical Function

• Maintain effective relationships with patients, their relatives and other carers
• Maintain effective relationships with members of the multidisciplinary team, Trust and other statutory and voluntary organisations
• Implement prescribed nursing care to patients, taking into account physical, psychological, emotional and spiritual needs
• Fulfil the role of Associate/Co Worker under the supervision of a qualified nurse/clinician
• Report and record the results of implemented plans of care in the appropriate and agreed format
• Contribute to the management and support of patients who exhibit challenging behaviour. Participate in interventions relating to the management of violence and aggression including de-escalation techniques and the use of physical intervention (TASI techniques) as necessary, under the supervision of a qualified nurse
• Assist patients with Activities of Daily Living, including personal hygiene and dietary intake, with due regard to the philosophy of “normalisation”

Additional Information

• Motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower.
• Benefits and development opportunities include:
  • Season Ticket Loans
  • NHS discounts for staff
  • Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
  • Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
  • The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
  • Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
  • Day One Flexible Employer

The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment.

Staff Bank

Join our Staff Bank

What is Staff Bank?
Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able to offer safe and effective care at all times.

All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank; however, this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.

If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.

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 will be rejected from the process.

Please note this vacancy requires a face to face interview with the Recruiting Manager. Applicants that are unable to attend a face to face interview need not apply.

This may close early if sufficient number of applications have been received.

Typical Duties

• Help individuals to maintain independence from others by assisting the development of daily living, domestic, communication and social skills
• Assist qualified staff in the physical monitoring of a patient’s health, including monitoring of blood pressure, pulse, temperature, respiration, weight, drug and alcohol screening (after appropriate training)
• Undertake duties necessary to maintain a safe environment free from unnecessary hazards
• Report to senior staff any abnormalities, accidents, untoward incidents or observations relating to a patient or patient’s care
• Contribute to maintaining a safe and therapeutic environment for patient, relatives, carers and staff
• Maintain confidentiality of information according to Trust policy
• Ensure that the patient’s dignity and privacy is maintained
• Ensure effective communication with patients, carers, visitors and staff

The Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS) brings together key health, care, community, and voluntary sector organisations. Our aim is to join up health and care services, improving health and wellbeing and reducing health inequalities. One example is the 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 onboarding, induction, education and experience of Healthcare Assistants.

To support this ‘one workforce model’ the successful candidate will be required to attend a 5-day face-to-face Induction Programme at the MSE ICS Education Hub at Brentwood Community Hospital. Your start date will fall on one of two HCA Academy induction dates discussed during the recruitment process.

The HCA Academy Induction programme is designed to train and support the successful candidate through the early stages of employment at EPUT and will provide opportunities to enhance skills, knowledge and experience. Further information will be provided post interview. This will be followed by a further 5-day EPUT corporate/mandatory training welcome (delivery may be face to face or virtual).

This advert closes on Friday 12 Sep 2025