Healthcare Assistant - Heybridge Ward

Are you interested in a career in healthcare but are worried you don't have experience or where to start?

Rayne Ward is looking for a caring and compassionate person to join their team at Broomfield Hospital. Rayne Ward provides in-patient care to women, under a variety of specialities such as colorectal (bowel), urology (bladder) and gynaecology (reproductive system) and more.

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

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

Full time and part time positions are available, and we are open to discuss flexible working arrangements. This opportunity is available for candidates who have the right to work in the UK.

About us

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.

Details

Date posted

09 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£25,272 a year

Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

390-NR-DoM-BR-9845

Job locations

Broomfield

Court Road

Chelmsford

CM1 7ET

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Skills & Experience

Essential

• Good literacy demonstrated through minimal spelling and grammatical errors throughout application
• Experience of working with the public

Desirable

• Previous experience working in NHS
• MSEFT Healthcare Certificate
• Good IT skills

Skills

Essential

• Must be keen to learn new skills and flexible in the workplace

Desirable

• Working within a team and experience of working in an environment with changing demands and priorities

Person Specification

Skills & Experience

Essential

• Good literacy demonstrated through minimal spelling and grammatical errors throughout application
• Experience of working with the public

Desirable

• Previous experience working in NHS
• MSEFT Healthcare Certificate
• Good IT skills

Skills

Essential

• Must be keen to learn new skills and flexible in the workplace

Desirable

• Working within a team and experience of working in an environment with changing demands and priorities

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Broomfield

Court Road

Chelmsford

CM1 7ET

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.mse.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Broomfield

Court Road

Chelmsford

CM1 7ET

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.mse.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job responsibilities

Skills & Experience

Essential

• Good literacy demonstrated through minimal spelling and grammatical errors throughout application
• Experience of working with the public

Desirable

• Previous experience working in NHS
• MSEFT Healthcare Certificate
• Good IT skills

Skills

Essential

• Must be keen to learn new skills and flexible in the workplace

Desirable

• Working within a team and experience of working in an environment with changing demands and priorities