Health Care Assistant - Chalkwell Ward

Job overview

We are looking for individuals with or without experience to work in healthcare, to join the NHS family helping people from your local community.  Healthcare Support Worker opportunities are available in Frailty and Care of the Elderly ward.

No experience? No problem. We will teach you everything you need to know. 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. If this sounds like you, then you already have the skills that make a great Health Care Support Worker.

Right from the time you join us, you will have access to learning, development and training opportunities. As you progress in your NHS career you will acquire the knowledge, skills and confidence you need to provide safe and compassionate patient care.

Mid and South Essex is a great place to work, offering a working environment with an inclusive culture that looks after and values our people and creates a sense of belonging. We encourage applications from people who embrace our values and who will enable us to expand our diverse workforce.

The Healthcare Support Worker role can also lead to a range of career opportunities. With the right support, those who want to can undertake the necessary training to become our future nurses, nursing associates and midwives.

Main duties of the job

As a Health Care Support Worker, you will be a hugely valuable support to our Nursing and Midwifery teams providing care to our patients. Every day will be different and you will work alongside the rest of the team carrying out a wide range of tasks and assisting with care to support the needs of the patients and their families.

• Examples of what you may do as part of your role
• Washing and dressing patients
• Serving meals and feeding patients
• Helping patients to move around
• Making beds
• Talking to patients and their families
• Monitoring patient condition
• Skills and personal attributes needed
• Caring and kind
• Cheerful and friendly
• Keen to support patients with their personal needs including washing and toileting
• Able to follow direct instructions
• Happy to work in a team but also able to use own initiative
• Have good listening and communication skills
• Be well organised

Full time and part time positions are available, and we are open to discuss flexible working arrangements. This opportunity is available for candidates who have the right to work in the UK.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Are you looking for an exciting care role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you.

What we Offer:

• -          Range of opportunities for flexible working -          Strong team ethos -          NHS salary structure and pension -          27 days holiday plus days off for bank holidays worked -          Enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours -          Maternity, paternity and adoption leave -          Childcare vouchers -          Wide range of LGBTI+ initiatives -          Health service discounts and online benefits -          Health and wellbeing support -          Discounts on public transport -          Disability Confident Reasonable adjustment

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.We look forward to your application. Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications.