Healthcare Assistant

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust; Deal; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Healthcare Assistant to join the Urgent Care Services team and provide short-term health and care support in people’s homes across the community.

You will work alongside nurses and therapists, delivering person-centred care, supporting delegated care plans, and helping patients regain independence, with opportunities to contribute to therapy programmes and care planning. This role requires a UK driving licence and NHS experience.

Qualifications

• QCF Level 3 (NVQ Level 3 apprenticeship, BTEC or equivalent).
• Functional Skills Level 2 in English and Maths.
• Recent healthcare experience as a healthcare assistant.
• Full UK/EU driving licence.
• Care Certificate (optional; support to achieve within 3 months).

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality, person-centred care under the guidance of registered nurses and therapists.
• Support delegated care plans and monitor patient progress.
• Record vital signs, glucose monitoring, routine urinalysis, wound care and falls prevention support.
• Help individuals regain independence with daily activities.
• Contribute to therapy programmes and group sessions; provide feedback to clinicians.
• Follow established procedures to ensure safe, effective care and preserve dignity.

Skills

QCF Level 3

Functional Skills L2

Healthcare experience

Driving licence

Care Certificate (optional)

Education

NVQ Level 3 / QCF Level 3

Job description

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

Healthcare Assistant

The closing date is 10 November 2026

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 safe, independent and well in their own homes? Join our Urgent Care Services team and play a vital role in preventing unnecessary hospital admissions and supporting timely hospital discharges.

Working alongside nurses, therapists and other healthcare professionals, you'll provide short-term health, therapy and care support to people in the community. Every day is different, with opportunities to support individuals who are recovering from illness, managing long-term conditions or regaining their independence following a hospital stay.

This is a rewarding role where you'll build meaningful relationships with patients and their families, helping them achieve the best possible outcomes while receiving care in the comfort of their own home.

Main duties of the job

Please note, this vacancy does not meet the criteria for skilled worker sponsorship. Therefore, we are unable to accept applications from candidates that cannot provide documentary evidence of right to work in the United Kingdom.

As part of a supportive multidisciplinary team, you'll deliver high-quality, person-centred care under the guidance of registered nurses and therapists.

Your responsibilities will include supporting delegated care plans, undertaking clinical interventions you've been trained and assessed as competent to perform, and monitoring patient progress. This may involve recording vital signs, glucose monitoring, routine urinalysis, wound care, falls prevention support, equipment provision and helping individuals regain independence with everyday activities.

You'll contribute to therapy programmes, support both individual and group sessions, and provide valuable feedback to clinicians to help evaluate progress and inform ongoing care planning. Following established procedures and best practice, you'll help ensure patients receive safe, effective care while maintaining dignity, choice and independence throughout their recovery journey.

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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Job responsibilities

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 [e-mail], 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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Good luck! We cant wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.

Person Specification

Qualifications, training and experience

• You will have either: A Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) Level 3. This could be an NVQ Level 3 apprenticeship, BTEC or equivalent international qualification in healthcare. Or you will be able to demonstrate the equivalent level of experience.
• In addition, you will also have Functional Skills at Level 2 (Literacy and numeracy/ GCSE grade A-C/ 4-9 or equivalent in English and Maths)
• You'll need to have recent experience of healthcare/ working as a health care assistant gained through education, work experience or previous employment.
• Full UK/EU driving licence
• You may also have the Care Certificate, but if not, we will support you to achieve this within the first 3 months of starting

Knowledge and skills

• You will need to have a customer focussed approach
• Provide patients, clients and their families with the best possible experience
• You will need to be able to be able to use IT systems and databases
• You will have knowledge of up to date clinical practice by using up- to- date skills and adhering to evidence-based procedures and clinical effectiveness frameworks. You will fully understand the role and remit of a health care worker.
• You will understand where to signpost clients and families to alternative services to support behaviour change and improve health.
• You will have the skill to focus on the details with the ability to spot problems. You will know when you are within your own limits and when to elevate.
• Having an awareness of developments within the NHS would be an advantage

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

£25,760 to £27,476 a yearpro rata per annum