Out Of Hours Healthcare Assistant

NHS; Dartford; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading community health provider is seeking a Healthcare Assistant for its team based at Livingstone Hospital, Dartford. In this role, you will support a variety of patient conditions while enjoying flexible working hours and access to numerous employee benefits, including professional development opportunities and a group pension.

Benefits

Group pension access

Free tea and coffee

Discounts and rewards via My Reward Hub

Access to wages as earned

Wellbeing support services

Professional development opportunities

Annual innovation funding support

Qualifications

• UK driving licence required.
• Experience in care settings is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Support senior team members in community care.
• Deliver care for various conditions, including diabetes and wound care.
• Aim to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions.

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Teamwork

Flexibility

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 to check in from home, write notes on the go, and avoid being confined to an office, enabling you to enjoy working in your preferred community environment. 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 to have a UK driving licence and access to a car.

Main duties of the job

Working closely with our Community Nursing Team, as a Healthcare Assistant, you will support senior team members to provide care to people in their own 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 ways of working.

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, working 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 help over half a million people each year, guided by our values: we care, we think, we do.

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

Sometimes, a role may be very popular, and we may need to close it earlier than the listed date. If you're interested, please apply as soon as possible.

For more about HCRG Care Group, visit our website.

Job responsibilities

As a Healthcare Assistant based at Livingstone Hospital in Dartford, you will be a valued member of our team and enjoy benefits including:

• A salary of £22,000 with access to our group pension
• Free tea and coffee at your base location
• Membership of My Reward Hub for discounts, cashback, and vouchers
• Access to your wages as you earn them for emergencies
• Support for mental and physical wellbeing, including recipes, activity challenges, trauma support, legal, debt, and life management help, plus career coaching
• Opportunities for professional development through our Learning Enterprise
• An open culture encouraging ideas to help us change lives, supported by annual innovation funding

Person Specification

General Requirements

• Click Apply above to view the detailed Job Description on our career site

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This role is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, requiring a DBS check for any criminal convictions.