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Digitaltidewave; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider as a Health Care Assistant at the Urology Centre. In this role, you will support patients, work collaboratively in a team, and contribute to delivering compassionate care. Opportunities for professional development and a supportive Working environment await you.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with the public.
• Must be keen to learn new skills.
• Good literacy demonstrated through minimal errors.

Responsibilities

• Support patients with urological conditions.
• Communicate essential information to ensure care.
• Assist with patient movement and transfers.

Skills

Good literacy

Public interaction

Flexibility

Education

Healthcare Certificate

Tools

IT skills

Job description

Job role:Health Care Assistant

Company name:NHS Jobs

Salary: £24,937.00 per year

Job Reference: C9390-25-1187

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About the Job:

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits at the Urology Centre at Broomfield Hospital!

As a key member of our dedicated team, you’ll work alongside the Multidisciplinary Team to manage daily clinics and investigations, supporting patients with urological conditions.

Join the heart of the ward team, building strong, supportive connections with colleagues to deliver top-notch, compassionate care. Work hand-in-hand with skilled professionals to enhance clinical practices, creating a safe, welcoming environment for all.

And, be a guiding light for patients and their families, helping them navigate the emotional journey of illness or injury with empathy and understanding.

Main duties of the job

As the Healthcare Assistant within the Urology Team, you will:

• Champion equality by honouring each patient’s unique beliefs and identity, ensuring they feel respected and understood.
• Communicate essential information to the right team members, ensuring smooth coordination and seamless care.
• Carry out and precisely record clinical observations, capturing vital patient data to support quality care.
• Safely assist with patient movement and handling, using correct procedures to ensure their comfort and safety.
• Facilitate smooth transfers of patients between hospital departments, making each transition as seamless as possible.
• Be a compassionate presence for patients experiencing acute illness and provide support to relatives in challenging moments.
• Additionally, embrace flexibility by performing any other duties assigned by management, always within the scope of this essential role.

About us

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Job description

Job responsibilities

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 ourHCA 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 HCA App.

For a full list of role responsibilities and the qualities we are looking for, please see the attached job description and person specification.

We look forward to your application!

Person Specification

Qualifications & experience

Essential

• Good literacy demonstrated through minimal spelling and grammatical errors throughout application
• Experience of working with the public
• Must be keen to learn new skills and flexible in the workplace

Desirable

• Healthcare Certificate
• Good IT skills

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