Healthcare Assistant - Marjory Warren Ward

Job 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 Marjory Warren Ward. This is a rewarding experience and is a fast paced area delivering high quality care. Marjory Warren ward provides care for Palliative Care, Haematology and general medicine patients

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.

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

Main duties of the job
As a Health Care Support Worker, you will be a hugely valuable support to our Nursing 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

About us
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.

Details
Salary: £25,760 a year Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Band: Band 3
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Location: Basildon

Job 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.

Person Specification
Qualifications

• Essential: Care Certificate
• Essential: Completion of a competency-based workbook or equivalent relevant experience to vocational training level 3

Knowledge and experience

• Essential: Experience of being in a demanding environment with changing priorities
• Essential: Knowledge of work procedures and practices
• Essential: Experience of working with the public
• Desirable: Experience of undertaking clinical skills in the relevant setting

Communication

• Essential: Good level of literacy - demonstrated through minimal mistakes on application form

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.

Closing date: 25 October 2026
Contact: Heather Reeves, Senior Sister/Ward Manager, View email address on meeveem.com, View phone number on meeveem.com