Health Care Assistant

Job description

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.

Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.

We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.

Job overview

Are you looking for a new challenge in a rewarding environment?

Applications are invited for Band 2 Health Care Assistant to work within our Cardiology unit.

The CCUHOPKINS is 29 beds acute Cardiology unit that meet the holistic needs of patients with variety of cardiac conditions. It has an exceptionally dedicated team, and we are looking for highly motivated, compassionate and enthusiastic individual to join our team. The successful candidate must possess excellent communication skills, high sense of professionalism and a strong belief in the value of teamwork.

Main duties of the job

Day to day, you'll work under the supervision of our registered staff to help:

Wash and dress patients
Monitor and record clinical observations
Support patients to eat and drink
Help patients move around
Make beds and maintain a clean, safe clinical area
Talk to patients and their families
Perform specialised skills such as ECG, blood sugar monitoring
Manage stock levels for linen and other supplies

Working for our organisation

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. One such example of this collaborative work is the launch of our HCA Academy, an ICS initiative between Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) and Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSEFT) to support the incoming Health Care assistant (HCA) workforce. The academy models a 'one workforce' cross system approach to the onboarding, induction, education, and experience of Healthcare Assistants.

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.

We look forward to your application.

Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications.

Unfortunately, there is no Visa Sponsorship available for this role. Whilst we are able to employ candidates on a graduate Visa, we are unable to offer sponsorship once the graduate visa expires. - for some roles - i.e. roles for band 2 to 4, inclusive.

Person specification

Essential

Essential criteria

• English and Maths GCSE or Equivalent

Desirable criteria

• Care certificate

Essential

Essential criteria

• An understanding of working in the health care setting
• Experience of working in an environment with changing demands and priorities

Desirable criteria

• Understanding of data protection and patient confidentiality

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.

Please note, the selection processes at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn't accurately reflect their skills, and you will be required to declare on your application if AI has been used before submitting your application.

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