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Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Canvey Island; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holiday + bank holidays (rises

Relocation package £8K

Season ticket loans

Blue Light/NHS discounts

Excellent pension up to 14.5%

Staff benefits

Job summary

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Community palliative care healthcare assistant to support registered nurses in home visits across Canvey Island. You will visit stable patients, take vitals, assist with phlebotomy, continence assessments, and ensure accurate record keeping in the electronic system.

You will work with the team to plan daily visits, receive supervision, and benefit from NHS staff discounts, generous holidays rising to 33 days, a relocation package,

Qualifications

• Strong communication and teamwork abilities.
• Experience with measuring vitals and basic nursing procedures is desirable.
• Ability to document care accurately in electronic records.

Responsibilities

• Visit stable palliative patients in their homes.
• Take blood, measure blood pressure, pulse, and other vitals.
• Order equipment and support continence assessments as needed.
• Document patient care accurately in the electronic record and communicate with the nursing team.

Skills

Communication skills

Vital signs measurement

Phlebotomy

Record keeping

Home visits

Tools

Electronic health records

Job description

Community palliative care healthcare assistant | Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

To support the registered nurses to provide care to palliative care patients in their own homes. You will be allocated visits by the registered nurses to support stable palliative patients at home. Good communication skills are essential for this role.

Phlebotomy, continence assessments, equipment ordering, visiting stable patients in their homes, ability to take and record vital signs, accurate record keeping, mandatory training.

Valuing you. Recognising your dedication. At EPUT, we look after you.

• Receive supervision and support to help you fulfil your potential.
• Join an inclusive EPUT community and connect with others through engagement events and equality or champion networks.
• If you need help, we provide mental health and wellbeing services, occupational health advice and counselling.
• 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years’ service.
• Excellent pension of up to 14.5% of your pensionable pay.
• Staff discounts include Blue Light Card, NHS discount offers, and staff benefits.
• £8K relocation package if you move to Essex to join us
• Season ticket loans are interest-free to cover the cost of travelling to and from work via tram, rail, or bus.

Work that wraps around your needs

• Job share: Applications for job shares are welcomed.

To meet daily in the morning with colleagues to plan day and discuss any issues which have arisen. To visit stable palliative patients in their own homes. To take blood, measure blood pressure, pulse etc. To document patient care accurately in electronic record.

This advert closes on Thursday 29 Oct 2026