Healthcare Assistant Paediatric Outpatients

NHS; Southend-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is seeking an experienced Healthcare Assistant for the Paediatric Outpatients Team at Southend Hospital. The role involves caring for children aged 0-16 and performing clinical tasks. Candidates should have experience in pediatrics and phlebotomy. This position offers a competitive salary and requires flexible working hours from Monday to Friday.

Qualifications

• Good level of literacy - demonstrated by minimal/no errors in application.
• Evidence of working towards Level 3 qualification in health and social care.

Responsibilities

• Caring for children aged 0-16 in the outpatient department.
• Performing clinical and clerical procedures.
• Working flexibly Monday to Friday.

Skills

Previous experience of working as a Healthcare Assistant in Paediatrics

Previous work experience within Phlebotomy

Good level of literacy

Experience performing ECG on children

Education

Level 3 qualification in health and social care

Job description

Healthcare Assistant Paediatric Outpatients

The closing date is 30 September 2025.

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.

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Health Care Assistant and/or a Health Care Phlebotomist to join the Paediatric Outpatients Team.

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.

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 Dietitians, Dermatologists and other specialist multidisciplinary professionals.

About us

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 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 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.

Job responsibilities

Are you looking for an exciting Healthcare Assistant Paediatric Outpatients 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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Good level of literacy - demonstrated by minimal/no errors in application
• Evidence of working towards Level 3 qualification in health and social care

Experience

• Previous experience of working as a Healthcare Assistant in Paediatrics
• Previous work experience within Phlebotomy including children and neonates
• Previous experience performing ECG on children and neonates
• Previous experience of working in a Hospital Outpatient Department

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

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

£24,937 to £26,598 a year (Pro Rata for Part Time)