Out Of Hours Healthcare Assistant

Integrated Care System; Dartford; On-site; GBP 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading community healthcare provider in Dartford seeks a Healthcare Assistant to work within their community nursing team. The role requires flexibility, a UK driving license, and the ability to provide care in various settings. The ideal candidate will support healthcare delivery during out-of-hours and help prevent unnecessary hospital admissions. This position offers competitive salary and various employee benefits including professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Salary of £23,875

Group pension access

Free tea and coffee

Membership in My Reward Hub

Access to earned wages

Mental and physical wellbeing support

Professional development opportunities

Innovation funding support

Qualifications

• UK driving license and access to a car.
• Ability to deliver care independently.
• Experience in healthcare or caring roles preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist senior team members in providing care in homes or clinics.
• Deliver healthcare between 8pm - 8am.
• Implement best practices to improve service delivery.

Skills

Autonomous work

Flexibility

Excellent communication

Job description

You will be based at Livingstone Hospital, Dartford, as part of our community nursing team who provide care to people in their own homes or within a clinic setting.

We empower our staff to work autonomously and flexibly by providing state-of-the-art tablets, allowing them to check in from home, write notes on the go, and avoid being confined to an office. This enables staff to enjoy working in their chosen community background.

You will work as part of the out-of-hours team within the community, delivering healthcare between 8pm - 8am.

As this is a community-based role, you will need a UK driving license and access to a car.

Main duties of the job

Working closely with our Community Nursing Team, as a Healthcare Assistant, you will support and assist senior team members to provide care to people in their homes or within a clinic setting for a wide range of conditions including diabetes, wound care, and end-of-life care. Our work is crucial to the community as we aim to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions. In this role, you will care for patients in the way you believe is best, delivering high service standards, sharing best practices, and actively improving our work methods.

About us

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UK’s leading independent providers of community health and care services. We work with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services focusing on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children’s community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology, and MSK services, as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year. We are guided by our values: we care, we think, we do.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people. As a Disability Confident committed company, we provide facilities, work environment adjustments, and technical solutions to be inclusive of everyone.

Sometimes, roles are very popular, and we may need to close applications earlier than the specified date. If you're keen to join us, please apply as soon as possible.

To learn more about HCRG Care Group, visit our website.

Job responsibilities

As a Healthcare Assistant, you will be part of our valued team based at Livingstone Hospital in Dartford. You will feel valued within HCRG Care Group and will have access to exclusive rewards and benefits, including:

• A salary of £23,875 with access to our group pension
• Free tea and coffee at your base location
• Membership of My Reward Hub, offering discounts on everyday purchases, cashback, and vouchers
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high-interest rates
• Support for your mental and physical wellbeing, including healthy recipes, activity challenges, trauma support, legal, debt, and life management help, as well as career coaching and counseling
• Opportunities for professional development through our Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture encouraging ideas to help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care, supported by at least £100,000 of annual innovation funding

Person Specification

General Requirements

• Click Apply for this job above to view the Job Description on our career site

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A Disclosure check will be required to identify any previous criminal convictions.