Health Care Assisstant

Are you looking to enhance your skills within a friendly clinic and have the full support from your line manager to progress your career? This may be the role for you…

Location: Essex – parking at the clinic, good public transport links, great clinic for personal development and training.

Contract type: Permanent, 37.5 hours

Salary: £20,900 (dependant on experience)

Closing date: 7th June 2023 (midnight GMT). Interviews may take place before this date for exceptional candidates.

About MSI Reproductive Choices UK (MSI UK)

At MSI UK, we know that our most valuable asset is our people, and our success depends on our ability to do things well and enjoy what we do, as we provide the best possible care and support to our clients.

Being one of the world’s leading providers of sexual and reproductive healthcare, we have a simple vision: to empower clients to make the reproductive choices that are right for them. Only when choice is a reality for each of us, can we create a better, more equal world for everyone.

Our client-centred care philosophy means respecting our clients as active partners in their own service, caring about who our clients are, their experiences, and how they feel before, during and after they access care with us.

About the Role

A healthcare assistant plays a vital role within MSI UK by providing essential support and assistance in Termination of Pregnancy and Vasectomy Services, ensuring patients receive the highest standard of care. In this role, you would work under the direction of nurses, doctors, and other healthcare professionals to deliver care to clients in our centre.

Your responsibilities as a healthcare assistant would include assisting clients with their recovery, carrying out pre-treatment checks, providing support to clients having treatment alongside a Registered Nurse/Midwife and assisting the surgeon and anaesthetist where necessary.

You would need to be compassionate, patient, and possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively communicate with clients. A healthcare assistant role can be demanding and fast-paced, but it can also be incredibly rewarding as you make a positive impact to our clients.

About You

To perform this role, it is essential that you have the following skills:

• Ability to work in a diverse and inclusive environment, respecting and collaborating with all individuals equally, and with a commitment to overcome bias and prejudice
• Ability to work as part of a team and liaise with people of all levels
• Good listening and communication skills
• Flexibility and willingness to travel to other centres with reasonable notice
• Previous HCA experience (desirable)

About Our Benefits Package

Financial

• Achievable opportunities for salary progression
• Market leading Aviva pension provider (up to 5% employer contribution)
• Over 4,000 perks and discounts through Blue Light card
• Up to £1000 salary sacrifice to purchase a bike tax free (including safety equipment)
• Up to £7000 annual season ticket loan for use on public transport
• Annual contribution towards eye test and glasses

Wellbeing

• Access to Employee Assistance Programme and Doctor Line through Westfield Health – 24/7 access to a GP over the phone who can prescribe
• Accredited Mental Health First Aiders to support employees
• Competitive family friendly benefits to support your family and working life
• Potential for flexible working
• We celebrate our colleagues through our national Employee Recognition Programme

Personal Development

• Great opportunities to progress within the organisation
• Paid training provided to ensure you are fully equipped to perform within your role and beyond
• Develop your skills through an accredited apprenticeship programme
• Training and Development learning agreements available

We’re proud to be a disability confident level one equal opportunities employer and give equal consideration to all qualified applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity / expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or age.

MSI UK is committed to safeguarding: promoting the welfare and safety of everyone involved in the delivery or receipt of sexual and reproductive health services, especially children, young people and vulnerable adults.

We consider applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close adverts early where we have received a sufficient number of applications. If you feel this is the role for you, why not apply now to ensure you're considered for this role?

For more information about the role, please view the job description.