Job Overview
Are you an experienced Healthcare Assistant seeking for flexible work within the West Essex area?
We are currently recruiting for Healthcare Assistants to join our bank pool to cover bank shifts at 4 of our wards in West Essex. Please note this is not for the wider organisation at this time.
These wards are based at St Margaret's Hospital, Epping, CM16 6TN
Poplar, Plane, Beech and Avocet Ward.
The successful applicant will be a keen and enthusiastic person, ideally with experience working in the caring profession. We are looking for someone who is motivated and able to work within a team as well as independently. As part of this role you will be required to be willing to develop your knowledge and skills through a variety of training.
Main duties of the job
- Undertaking assigned tasks that involve direct patient care in the mental health community settings.
- Act in a manner that protects and maintains the patient’s sense of dignity, personal relationships and social contact, while respecting the individual’s religious beliefs and cultural practices.
- Lifting and moving of patients when required – in lines with the Trust’s manual handling policy.
- Taking and recording of blood pressure, temperature, pulse and respiration.
- Assist in monitoring and maintaining the health and safety of patients.
Working for our organisation
If your application is successful at shortlisting stage you will be required to come and meet with us for a face to face interview at Thurrock Hospital, Grays, Essex. Please note we will
not be offering virtual interviews for this role.
Interviews will be held on Thursday 18th December 2025.
Important note: please ensure that as part of your application, you include professional references with business contact information covering your last three years of employment history. We are unable to accept personal or character references.
As a newly appointed employee, you are responsible for incurring the cost of your initial DBS check relevant to your post; the amount will be deducted from your first salary with the Trust.
Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services. We also hold the Disability two tick symbol and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with learning disabilities, we encourage people with a disability to apply. If you require this application form in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape etc, please contact the Recruitment Department on 01375 364513 or email epunft.recruitment.adverts@nhs.net and we can arrange for this to be dispatched to you.
The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly, we would advise however due to the high number of applications we receive that if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes.
Important Notice: Recently the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 (the Regulations) which amended on 22 July 2021 and come into force on 11 November 2021 that anyone directly employed to work in a Care Home or who are required as part of their role to be deployed to a CQC registered care home are required to have had both their COVID vaccinations, unless they are exempt. This is therefore a requirement of this role and will form part of our pre-employment checks.
Please note - staff who are formally at risk within the organisation will be given priority in securing alternative employment. Should it come to light that a post being advertised by the Trust is considered ‘suitable alternative employment’ to an individual who is at risk, the recruiting manager will be advised and the post will be withdrawn from NHS Jobs.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
