recruiting manager

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust; Herne Bay; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job description

Sometimes people become unwell and need an urgent response and increased level of support in order for them to continue staying at home and avoid going to a hospital. Referrals are welcomed from GP's, Paramedics and other healthcare professionals when they become concerned about the health and welfare of one of their patients. We aim to respond to referrals within two hours and will arrange to visit you to assess, diagnose, treat and implement care strategies that will enable you to remain safe and well in the comfort of your own home. In many cases, we are able to support you in avoiding numerous and sometimes distressing trips to A&E.

The Urgent Care Service facilitates early hospital discharges. We believe that people recover better when they are at home or their usual place of residence. The home environment allows you to be more independent and we aim to ensure that you live a healthy life for as long as possible.

The Urgent care service has developed strong links to the hospitals in the area, we in reach into both the acute and community hospitals and can support you to come home sooner. We can often continue your medical treatment at home and can provide short term care to you for your personal care, meal preparation and medication needs.

Administrative Responsibilities

• Admin mailbox management
• Ordering and unpacking deliveries for Supply Chain/ Business World/ PPE
• Emergency suitcase checking, including phone (only applicable in Thanet)
• Fridge and cupboard temperature checks
• Supporting with booking meetings, creating agendas and minutes
• Update staff contact details/ list
• Room Bookings
• Equipment management (EME) and keeping the EME spreadsheet up to date
• Parking permits for sites (only for some localities)
• Safety alerts and responses
• Processing online ARMS referrals
• Organising new starter IT requests and equipment (including uniform)
• Supervision of B2 Admin (informal 1:1's, general training and shadowing)
• Supporting with tasks in Lead
• Administrator's absence; locality caseload reviews, KCC escalation calls & legal requests
• Organising of lease cars for the team and keeping a log – ability to drive is an essential part of this role
• Ability to cross-cover other East Kent site

Please note, this vacancy does not meet the criteria for skilled worker sponsorship and therefore, we are unable to accept applications from candidates that cannot provide documentary evidence of right to work in the United Kingdom. If you feel you qualify for sponsorship via a discounted salary threshold, please contact us via [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference number and how you feel you qualify for a discounted salary threshold.

Working for our organisation

Rated "outstanding" by the CQC, we've got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent. We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn't visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission. The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won't involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We'll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both. See where you can go with KCHFT career pathways. As a community Trust many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. As such you will be asked to confirm you have a full UK driving licence where driving is a requirement of the role to be able 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.

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. Find out more about the community difference here.

Good luck! We can't wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.