Main area: Respiratory, Medicine
Grade Band: 2
Contract: Permanent
Able to work both day and night shifts
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Able to work days and nights)
Job ref: 390-MED-BA-1134
Employer: Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Orsett Ward, Basildon
Town: Basildon
Salary: £23,615 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 31/01/2025 23:59
Healthcare Assistant - Orsett Respiratory
Band 2
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 comprising acute hospital sites at Broomfield in Chelmsford, Basildon and Southend.
We are a well-led, high-performing and innovative organisation determined to provide the best health care services for our local population and working in the best interests of the people we serve.
Job overview
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. Healthcare Support Worker opportunities are available in *insert areas*
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
* Talking to patients and their families
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
* Good listening and communication skills
* Well organised
Full-time and part-time positions are available, and we are open to discussing 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.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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
* Wide range of LGBTI+ initiatives
* Health service discounts and online benefits
* Health and wellbeing support
* Discounts on public transport
* Disability Confident Reasonable adjustment
The Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS) brings together key health, care, community, and voluntary sector organisations from across our area. Our aim is to work together in partnership to join up health and care services, improving our populations health and wellbeing and reducing health inequalities.
Successful candidates to this role will be able to access the additional support provided by the HCA Academy following their induction with MSEFT. This includes development opportunities, pastoral support, staff rewards and access to HCA exclusive resources such as HCA App.
Person specification
Qualifications & Skills
* 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
* Previous experience of working in a healthcare setting
* Working within a team and experience of working in an environment with changing demands and priorities
Please be aware as per the new Immigration guidelines we cannot sponsor candidates with a salary (full time or pro Rata) under the current minimum threshold.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
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