Healthcare Assistant - Chelmsford, United Kingdom - Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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Chelmsford, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Do you want to make a difference to people's lives?

We are looking for individuals with or without experience to work in healthcare, to join the NHS family helping people from your local community.

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.

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.

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

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

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest in the country, with a workforce of approximately 15,000 who serve a population of 1.2 million people.

We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be.

Yes, experience is important but so is outlook - if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us.

We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress.

**We look forward to hearing from you and wish you good luck