# Senior Healthcare Support Worker - Clacton > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-healthcare-support-worker-clacton/6d621e93-42ea-445a-bc3a-f4ab80929bc5 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-healthcare-support-worker-clacton/6d621e93-42ea-445a-bc3a-f4ab80929bc5.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Colchester General Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Healthcare support worker - **Salary:** £25760.00 to £27476.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-11T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-01T16:28:57.885Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8337902 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8337902?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.esneft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for Health Care Support Workers to join the newly formed Durban ward located at Clacton and District Community Hospital. Durban ward is a 26 bedded until which will provide Community step up and step down to patients who have a North East Essex GP. Community Hospital wards within North East Essex provide care for patients who do not require acute nursing intervention and who needs cannot be met at home. They also provide palliative or end of life care, recovery from acute illness, rehabilitation and IVABs. Durban ward is planned to open in November 2026 to help support flow during seasonal pressures. Due to the trusts ambition to support a "home First" approach, the ward has potential to transition after the inter period to a Same Day Assessment Unit, providing rapid assessment, diagnostics, and treatment for appropriate patients, reducing avoidable admissions to the Colchester acute site. We welcome applications from individuals with prior NHS/healthcare experience. As a Healthcare Support Worker, you are required to work a rota pattern. You must be able to work a variety of shifts, including days, nights and weekends including Bank Holidays such as Christmas Day. NHS Care Certificate is required for this role - if you do not have a care certificate but have care experience you maybe suitable for a band 2 role. ### Main duties of the job To assist the Registered Nurses to care for the patient to ensure their physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs are met To assist the patient to perform activities of daily living in accordance with their plan of care, e.g. personal hygiene, dressing, toileting, feeding, oral hydration, positioning, mouth-care etc To perform and accurately record clinical observations as required and report changes to the Registered Nurse immediately To be responsible for ensuring own infection control practice is in line with Trust Infection Control policies, including approved hand-washing technique. To ensure that all communication and care provision maintains the dignity and respect of all patients and their carers/relatives To clean and prepare areas for new admissions/transfers ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description. ### 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 ### Knowledge **Essential** - Awareness of physical, psychological and spiritual needs of patient's relatives and carers. - Awareness of the nature of the carers role in assisting patients to fulfil basic human needs - Knowledge of clinical procedures and observations - Knowledge of relevant legislation **Desirable** - Understanding of risk management, health and safety issues, including safe manual handling. ### Experience **Essential** - Previous experience in an healthcare setting **Desirable** - Experience within an acute care setting ### Qualifications **Essential** - Care certificate achieved - Evidence of completed competencies as part of a professional portfolio - NVQ level 3 or equivalent **Desirable** - Evidence of functional skills or willingness to undertake - Willingness to undertake further study ## Documents - [staff networks (pdf, 230.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2724) - [dbs information (pdf, 272.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1262) - [esneft values and behaviours (pdf, 74.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2146) - [value of joining nhs pension (pdf, 125.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2404) - [job description & person specification (doc, 74.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10661763) ## 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. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.