Healthcare Assistant Paediatric Outpatients

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Southend-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Southend-on-Sea is seeking an experienced Health Care Assistant or Phlebotomist to join their Paediatric Outpatients Team. The role involves caring for children aged 0-16 and supporting the efficient operation of the department through clinical and clerical tasks. Successful candidates should be well-organized, caring, and flexible in their working hours, providing essential services alongside multidisciplinary professionals.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Health Care Assistant or Phlebotomist.
• Ability to work with children and families.
• Flexibility to work between 08:00 and 18:00 hours, Monday to Friday.

Responsibilities

• Undertake clinical and clerical procedures.
• Support the efficient running of the Paediatric Outpatient Department.
• Work flexibly according to clinic needs.

Skills

Caring nature

Organizational skills

Job description

Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Health Care Assistant and/or a Health Care Phlebotomist to join the Paediatric Outpatients Team based at Southend Hospital. The successful person will be caring, well-organised and will enjoy working with children and their families. The post involves working in the Paediatric Outpatient Department, which sees children aged 0-16 years of age. If successful you will make a major contribution to the efficient running of the department. Duties will include undertaking both clinical and clerical procedures. The post involves working flexibly Monday to Friday between the hours of 08.00 - 18.00hrs. The clinic timetable varies from week to week, requiring a flexible working pattern to cover the clinic needs. Please note that this vacancy may close early due to number of applications.

Departmental objectives

• To provide a range of services with its foundation in Family Centered Care.
• To provide Paediatric services in line with local and national standards.
• To treat children efficiently and in a timely manner in accordance with the guidance laid out in the National Service Framework 2
• To provide high quality services, evidenced by regular audit, with medical and nursing practice well founded upon the latest available research.

About the Paediatric Outpatient Department

The Paediatric Outpatient Department provides a variety of general and specialist clinics for children and young people requiring paediatric outpatient services between the ages of 0-16 years (with the exception of Dentistry, Ophthalmology, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, ENT and Orthopaedics). The Paediatric Outpatient Department serves children requiring outpatient reviews by Paediatricians, General Surgeons, Rheumatology Consultants, Oral Surgeons, Paediatric Dieticians, Dermatologists and other specialist multidisciplinary professionals.

Working for our organisation

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 population’s 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 workforce̕ 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 the HCA App.

Please note, the selection processes at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values. Please be advised that the use of AI in applications is monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that does not accurately reflect their skills, and you will be required to declare on your application if AI has been used before submitting your application.

Band 3

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population. Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative. We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.