Health Care Assistant - Burns ITU | Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Southend University Hospital NHS Trust
Salary:	£25,760 Per Annum (Pro Rota for Part-Time)
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Chelmsford, CM1 7ET
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	11 Aug 2026
Closing date:	10 Sept 2026

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Summary

We are looking for a Health Care Assistant (HCA) to join our Burns Critical Care team and work alongside a friendly and hard-working multi-disciplinary team to provide excellent patient care

If successful, you will assist in the planning, implementation, evaluation and delivery of care by providing support to registered staff, of severely burnt patients and their families. Patients include both adults and children and so, if you have previous experience working with all ages, you'll be an ideal candidate!

If this role, sounds like the right role for you, please apply today.

Some of your duties will include:

• To assist with basic nursing care, e.g. washing, moving and handling, mouth care, eye care, testing urine, assisting in pressure area care and generally attending to patient comfort.

• Assist in dressing changes

• Assist patients feeding needs

• Assist with rehabilitation of the burn injured patient

The competencies expected of the post holder may change where specific skills/knowledge are required which are necessary to deliver care within specific clinical areas.

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

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.

For more information on this varied and rewarding role, please see the attached Job Description.

We look forward to your application!

Please be aware that we reserve the right to close the vacancy early should a high number of applications be received.

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.

This advert closes on Thursday 13 Aug 2026

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