# Healthcare Assistant - Blenheim Ward > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/healthcare-assistant-blenheim-ward/913f3bcf-ce81-456e-9947-6f02855e18b5 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/healthcare-assistant-blenheim-ward/913f3bcf-ce81-456e-9947-6f02855e18b5.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Southend University Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Healthcare assistant - **Grade:** Band 2 - **Salary:** £25,272 Per Annum Pro Rata for Part Time - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week (Day and night shifts, weekdays and weekends.) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-25T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-20T14:50:45.013Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Essex/Southend_on_Sea/Mid_South_Essex_NHS_Foundation_Trust/HCA/HCA-v8216581 - **Employer website:** https://www.southend.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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 Assistant opportunities are available in Blenheim 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. So, if you are interested in starting a Career in Care, please apply today! Unfortunately, there is no Visa Sponsorship available for this role. ### Main duties of the job As a Healthcare Assistant, 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 conditio - Washing and dressing patients - Serving meals and feeding patients - Helping patients to move around - Making beds - Talking to patients and their families - Monitoring patient conditio 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 - 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 - 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. Applications from underrepresented groups including LGBT+, Ethnic Minority or disabled people are particularly welcome. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For more details on this varied and rewarding role, please see the attached job description. ** We look forward to hearing from you and wish you good luck ** Unfortunately, there is no Visa Sponsorship available for this role ### Applicant requirements This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### 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** - - Previous experience of working in a healthcare setting - - Healthcare Certificate - - Good IT skills - - Working within a team and experience of working in an environment with changing demands and priorities ### presentation and compassion **Essential** - Must be able to care for all matter of patients and remain professional ## Documents - [privacy policy (pdf, 441.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2077) - [afc pay poster 26/27 (pdf, 44.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2504) - [trust 10 year strategy (pdf, 2.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2947) - [applicant ms teams checklist (pdf, 560.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2943) - [general statements afc - v5.2 (pdf, 592.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2979) - [leadership and management framework (pdf, 120.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2880) - [jd updated_hca - blenheim ward - dom - so - b2 -new (docx, 213.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10710687) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references.