Healthcare Assistant - Westcliff-on-Sea, United Kingdom - Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
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Westcliff-on-Sea, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Our dynamic, caring and highly-motivated team is looking for colleagues who can communicate clearly and empathetically with patients and relatives as well as other team members.


No two days in the department are ever the same, so we can guarantee a varied and interesting workload, in return, we would need someone with excellent organisational skills, the capability to prioritise a busy workload, masses of professionalism, good teamwork skills and an ability to work under pressure.


Our Emergency Department is a challenging but rewarding place to work, with no 2 days being the same, where the team is supportive, friendly and motivational.


Your role involves working as part of our 'ED Family' to deliver hands on patient care to a high standard and reporting any concerns to registered nursing team/Clinicians.


You will be expected to perform phlebotomy and cannulation, alongside being confident in carrying out assessments and appropriate escalation and as part of the ED team it is essential to have excellent communication skills and be able to work as part of a team.


You'll need excellent communication skills and, of course, a passion for caring and will work alongside a team with a band 7 leading the team, the department runs a fixed 4 week Rota.


You will be need to able to cope in a busy and dynamic environment working alongside qualified practitioners, delivering hands on care in a patient centered manner, recording observations and escalating concerns to the qualified practitioners.


Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest trusts in the country, serving a population of 1.2 million people.

Our newly formed Trust, comprising acute hospital sites at Broomfield in Chelmsford, Basildon and Southend, is determined to provide the best health services for its local population.

We are a well-led, high-performing and innovative organisation working in the best interests of the people we serve.


With a workforce of approximately 15,000 staff, we can now do more and go further in delivering health services to our local communities.

Patients will experience improved care as well as fewer delays and cancellations. We are able to provide more once-in-a-lifetime specialist care region-wide. With our new trust size will come more opportunities for development, research, networking and innovation.


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.


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

Are you an experienced Healthcare Assistant looking to work in our Emergency Department, then we want to hear from you?

Please see the attached job description for a full list of responsibilities; but duties include
- direct patient care
- assessment

  • ECGs
- phlebotomy
- cannulation
- wound care
- patient transfers
- delivering holistic patient centered care
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