Health Care Assistant Needed In Chelmsford UK: Visa Sponsorship Available

Health Care Assistant  Job summary

We are currently recruiting for Band 3 Health Care Assistants to help maintain our high standard of care. The successful candidates will be able to cope in a busy and dynamic clinicenvironment, working alongside nursing and medical staff, to help with patient flow.

Right from the time you join us, you will have access to learning, development and training opportunities. As you progress in your role 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 Health care assistant role provides an exciting opportunity to learn extended skills such as venepuncture, cannulation, APD, CAPD and much more. It is a fast paced clinical area, with great learnng opportunities, two days are never the same.

Health care assistant  Main Duties

As aHealth Care Support Worker, youwill be a hugely valuable support to our team 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 the flow patients through the service.

Examples of what you may do as part of your role

• • • Undertaking observations, ECG’s and urine samples
    • Transferring patients to other clinical areas
    • Talking to patients and their families
    • Monitoring patient conditions and escalating concerns

Skills and personal attributes needed

• • • • Caring and kind
      • Cheerful and friendly
      • 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
      • Ability to escalate concerns

About us

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.