There are many opportunities to undertake non-clinical roles in Support Services for the NHS or Social Care in Mid and South Essex.
Support Services staff are a vital part of the NHS, carrying out a wide range of tasks and providing essential support to frontline staff, patients, and senior leaders. Some staff work with equipment and others transport patients and equipment around healthcare buildings and sites
Whether you are just starting out in your career or are looking for a new challenge, there are many exciting and rewarding opportunities in Support Services available.
Our Support Services teams play an essential role in keeping our sites operating smoothly and ensuring that they are clean, safe and comfortable. Opportunities in Support Services include:
- Health & Safety
- Fire Safety
- Security
- Porter
- Stores and Distribution
- Driver
- Decontamination
To be employed in some Support Services roles, you can often enter with few or no qualifications but once you have secured a role, will be encouraged to consider training opportunities to help you progress if you choose to.
If you already hold a qualification for the service you would like to work in, you could start your career as a supervisor or team leader.
For those roles where qualifications are essential such as Health & Safety Officer and Fire Safety Officer, you will need to have demonstratable experience in these areas along with relevant industry recognised qualifications.
Working for the NHS or for Social Care in Mid and South Essex provides many opportunities to develop your skills further and there are a wide range of apprenticeships, in-house training and continuing professional development opportunities available that you can use to build your career.
Some Support Services roles such as portering and security have lots of face-to-face contact with patients whereas other roles such as decontamination and stores are based away from patient areas and will be focused on the day to day operations of a healthcare setting and will have little or no contact with patients.