Healthcare AssistantNHS

Job summary

Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts, the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Medway Community Healthcare or working on the Staff Bank within these organisations. Nursing and AHP vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses/AHPs.

Are you passionate about helping people remain independent in their own homes and avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions? If so, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

As part of our Urgent Care Services team, you will play a vital role in providing short-term health, therapy and care support to people across the community. Working alongside Nurses, Therapists and other healthcare professionals, you will help deliver personalised care to patients who are acutely unwell, recovering from illness or injury, or transitioning home following a hospital stay.

This rewarding role offers a diverse workload where you will support individuals to achieve their goals, regain confidence and maximise their independence. From monitoring health needs and supporting rehabilitation programmes to assisting with activities of daily living, you will make a meaningful difference to the lives of patients and their families every day. If you enjoy building relationships, problem solving and seeing the positive impact of your care, you'll thrive in this dynamic and supportive team.

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting opportunity to develop and utilise a wide range of clinical and rehabilitation skills as part of a multi-professional team. Working under the guidance of Nurses and Therapists, you will deliver elements of prescribed care packages while contributing to the ongoing assessment, implementation and evaluation of patient care.

Your role will include undertaking delegated clinical activities such as baseline observations, glucose monitoring, urinalysis, wound care, equipment provision and falls prevention interventions, following competency-based training. You will also support patients to increase their independence with everyday activities and, where appropriate, assist with delivering individual and group-based therapeutic interventions.

We're looking for someone who is compassionate, motivated and committed to providing high-quality patient-centred care. In return, you'll gain valuable experience across a broad range of clinical settings, work alongside experienced professionals and be part of a service that helps people stay safely at home, recover well and achieve the best possible outcomes.

Job description

As a community Trust, many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. Where driving is a requirement of the role, you will be asked to confirm that you hold a full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment. If you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via [email protected], quoting the vacancy reference number, so we can support you further.

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

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About us

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is currently undertaking a significant programme of transformation to align our community services to the new Neighbourhood Model of care delivery, there will be a period of consultation which may result in changes affecting some services, teams or roles. Depending on the area you are applying to work in, this could include potential changes to your role, work base, reporting arrangements, or terms and conditions of employment. Any changes would be subject to consultation and managed sensitively and in line with relevant employment processes. Please do contact the recruiting manager if you have any concerns about this so they can answer any questions you might have.

Rated 'Outstanding' by CQC, we deliver high-quality care that improves the health of our communities. We are looking for people who share our values:Compassionate, Aspirational, Responsive and Excellent.

We are proud to be an inclusive, welcoming organisation and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We use protected characteristic information for monitoring only and it is not seen by recruiting managers, except where applicants choose to be considered under our disability guaranteed interview scheme.

We know life outside work matters.As a flexible working-friendly organisation, we welcome conversations about arrangements that help you thrive while supporting excellent care for our patients.

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