Healthcare Assistant - Neptune Children's Ward inWestcliff-On-Sea inWestcliff-On-Sea PUBLISHED 24 DEC 2023
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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.
To support this one workforce model the successful candidate for this post will be required to attend our5-day (Monday to Friday) face to face HCA Academy Induction Programme at our MSE ICS Education Hub at Brentwood Community Hospital. Your start date will therefore fall in line with the HCA Academy induction dates across the month, which will be discussed and agreed during the recruitment process.
This will be followed by an additional 3-day MSEFT corporate / local welcome during your second week of employment with MSEFT.
Our HCA Academy Induction has been designed to train and support successful candidate through the early stages of their employment at MSEFT, and will provide opportunities to enhance skills, knowledge and experience.
Furtherinformation will be provided postinterview
The Paediatric department is looking to recruit a Band 2 Healthcare Assistant who will work on the Neptune Ward and within the Paediatric Department.
The HCA will collaboratively function as part of the multi-disciplinary team within the Paediatric Department working within the Trust's policies and procedures. The HCA is expected to work with and support the Paediatric Directorate as a whole, inclusive of the Paediatric Assessment Unit, Neptune Children's Unit, the Paediatric Outpatient Department, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), and the Emergency Department
The Health Care Assistant (HCA) will function as part of the multi-disciplinary team within the Paediatric Department to provide a seamless service & high quality care to patients, working collaboratively as part of the PAU or Neptune Children's Unit teams.
The HCA is expected to undertake assigned tasks involving direct care to meet the needs of the patients in support of and supervised by a registered nurse. The HCA will work within the Trust's policies and procedures and uphold any Paediatric area philosophies.
It is expected that the Health Care Assistant will continue to develop their own capabilities and knowledge of nursing tasks in line with the Trusts career pathway. The post holder will work long days and night shifts to meet the service needs. It is expected that the post holder will be able to carry out all the duties listed within the job description but also they may carry out other similar duties in support of the unit environment which are not listed. No duties are to be undertaken by the post holder unless they have received the appropriate training or instruction.
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.
To support this one workforce model the successful candidate for this post will be required to attend our5-day (Monday to Friday) face to face HCA Academy Induction Programme at our MSE ICS Education Hub at Brentwood Community Hospital. Your start date will therefore fall in line with the HCA Academy induction dates across the month, which will be discussed and agreed during the recruitment process.
This will be followed by an additional 3-day MSEFT corporate / local welcome during your second week of employment with MSEFT.
Our HCA Academy Induction has been designed to train and support successful candidate through the early stages of their employment at MSEFT, and will provide opportunities to enhance skills, knowledge and experience.
Furtherinformation will be provided postinterview
The Paediatric department is looking to recruit a Band 2 Healthcare Assistant who will work on the Neptune Ward and within the Paediatric Department.
The HCA will collaboratively function as part of the multi-disciplinary team within the Paediatric Department working within the Trust's policies and procedures. The HCA is expected to work with and support the Paediatric Directorate as a whole, inclusive of the Paediatric Assessment Unit, Neptune Children's Unit, the Paediatric Outpatient Department, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), and the Emergency Department
The Health Care Assistant (HCA) will function as part of the multi-disciplinary team within the Paediatric Department to provide a seamless service & high quality care to patients, working collaboratively as part of the PAU or Neptune Children's Unit teams.
The HCA is expected to undertake assigned tasks involving direct care to meet the needs of the patients in support of and supervised by a registered nurse. The HCA will work within the Trust's policies and procedures and uphold any Paediatric area philosophies.
It is expected that the Health Care Assistant will continue to develop their own capabilities and knowledge of nursing tasks in line with the Trusts career pathway. The post holder will work long days and night shifts to meet the service needs. It is expected that the post holder will be able to carry out all the duties listed within the job description but also they may carry out other similar duties in support of the unit environment which are not listed. No duties are to be undertaken by the post holder unless they have received the appropriate training or instruction.
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