Healthcare Assistant - Billericay Ward | Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Southend University Hospital NHS Trust
Salary:	£25,760 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Chelmsford, CM1 7ET
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	13 Aug 2026
Closing date:	12 Sept 2026

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Summary

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

We are currently looking for individuals with experience to join our dynamic , caring and friendly NHS family on Billericay Ward, which looks after ENT and Max Fax patients. This is a rewarding experience and is a fast paced area delivering high quality specialised care.

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.

Billericay is a 20 bedded ward with, 4 admission trolleys and a waiting room and clinic where we accept patients form ED and other Hospitals. As a HCSW on Billericay you will be part of the nursing team to help assess, discharge and treat both emergency and post op surgical patients in the Chelmsford area and beyond. We take Emergency ENT and Max patients and not limited to from Basildon, Southend and PAH.

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.

The main roles include but are not restricted to

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

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 Monday 17 Aug 2026

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