St Andrew's Healthcare
Healthcare Assistant - Essex
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Male Healthcare Assistant
Location: Basildon, Essex
Salary: £26,103 plus enhancements (Includes £1250 Essex Allowance)
Hours: Full time (37.5 hours)
The Role
Healthcare Assistants work in our Clinical areas, supporting staff teams in delivering and focusing on our Patients and their rehabilitation, daily activities, and care. The role can be quite active, and we would therefore require you to be able to cope with the demands of an active post.
To join St Andrew’s as a Healthcare Assistant, we are looking for the following:
- Good standard of literacy, numeracy, and IT skills
- Working within a mental healthcare setting will require resilience as it can be a challenging role
- Undertake personal care (washing, toileting, etc.)
- Excellent communication skills
- To be able to follow instructions and procedures
- To be able to work in a team but use your own initiative
- Observational skills
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Desirable Criteria
- A qualification in healthcare
- Experience working in a mental health/healthcare setting
About Us
St Andrew’s is a charity specializing in complex mental health. Its mission is to help people with complex mental health needs transform their lives.
With its history dating back nearly two centuries, St Andrew’s today is undergoing significant change to deliver on its mission for years to come.
St Andrew’s has hospitals in Birmingham and Essex, with its base in Northampton. It delivers inpatient and outpatient services, as well as dedicated care services for adults.
Our patients and your colleagues will expect you to live the St Andrew’s CARE values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence every single day.
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As well as a competitive salary, we offer an excellent benefits package including:
- Pension
- Sickness policy on par with the NHS
- Access to the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts schemes
- 35 days annual leave (including bank holidays), increasing after 5 years' service
- Life cover
- Electric Car lease scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Healthcare cash plan
- Free parking
- Paid DBS application
- Access to free vocational qualifications
Closing Date: Thursday 30th July 2026
Please note we may close this advert early if we receive the required amount of applications before the closing date
This position is exempt under the Equality Act 2010 regarding gender specification (formerly Section 7(2)(d) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975)
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