Healthcare Assistant | Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Southend University Hospital NHS Trust; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A local NHS trust in Chelmsford is seeking individuals for Healthcare Support Worker roles in Critical Care. This position welcomes candidates with or without experience, as training will be provided. Ideal applicants should possess a caring nature and a desire to assist patients and their families. Key responsibilities include supporting patients with personal care, rehabilitation activities, and collaborating with the healthcare team. The position offers supportive resources through the HCA Academy for successful candidates.

Benefits

Onsite training and support from the HCA Academy

Development opportunities and staff rewards

Qualifications

• No experience required, onsite training provided.
• Caring and kind demeanor essential for supporting patients and their families.

Responsibilities

• Support patients with hygiene and personal care needs.
• Assist with rehabilitation activities to promote patient independence.
• Work with a multidisciplinary team to maintain high care standards.
• Communicate effectively with patients, families, and colleagues.
• Ability to work independently and manage time effectively.

Job description

Job Overview

We are looking for individuals with or without experience to work within Critical Care, to join the NHS family helping people from your local community. Healthcare support worker opportunities are available at Broomfield Critical Care unit, no experience no problem onsite training will be given. 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.

Responsibilities

• Support patients with basic healthcare needs, including hygiene, personal care, and daily living activities.
• Assist with rehabilitation activities as directed by clinical staff, promoting patient independence and recovery.
• Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to ensure high standards of care are maintained.
• Communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, and their families to support patient wellbeing and understanding.
• Demonstrate the ability to work both as part of a team and independently, following instructions accurately and managing time effectively.

Benefits

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 IC S 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.

Next Steps

Are you looking for an exciting new role 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.

This advert closes on Friday 17 Oct 2025