Are you passionate about patient care and looking to start or develop your career in healthcare? We are recruiting Senior/Healthcare Support Workers (HCSWs) at Bands 2 & 3, offering fantastic opportunities for career progression into nursing, allied health professions, or specialist areas such as theatres.
Our recruitment approach focuses on supporting your professional growth through Apprenticeship programmes that develop the knowledge, skills, and behaviours needed to deliver high-quality patient care.
We have opportunities across all areas of the Trust, and we welcome applications from individuals with or without prior healthcare experience who are eager to build a career in the NHS.
Our assessment day is designed to establish your skills and experience, and to signpost you to the right pathway. If successful, you will be offered one of the following pathways:
1. Recruitment to band 3 for those with relevant previous experience and/or qualifications, and the opportunity to complete a level 3 apprenticeship
2. Recruitment to band 2 to upskill you into clinical care, with the opportunity to complete either a level 3 apprenticeship or join our level 2 HCSW Academy
3. Recruitment to a band 2 in our HCSW Academy for those new to care or with little prior experience (please see attached Apprentice Flyer)
Applicants must be able to meet and provide the following:
1. Attend an Assessment Day at Ipswich - Monday 18th August 2025 (venue tbc)
2. HCSW Academy Starters will need to commit to a start date of Monday, 6th October 2025
3. Have residency status that allows you to work. Please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship for these roles.
4. Meet pre-employment requirements including ability to provide references covering the last three years, a satisfactory DBS check, and Occupational Health requirements
5. As you will be working shifts including nights, you must be 18 or older at commencement
We are ESNEFT, providing hospital and community health services to nearly one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, clinics, and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organizations in England, employing over 12,000 staff.
We support our staff through extensive training and development opportunities, flexible working options, a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days of annual leave (pro rata), and NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers various services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we focus on improving processes and removing delays for staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters through a partnership with Epic, a leading electronic patient record (EPR) provider. This digital transformation aims to bring a top EPR system to ESNEFT, enhancing hospital life for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, we want to hear from you.
Learn more about living and working here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role, please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Sunday, 10 August 2025.
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