Senior Health Care Recall Assistant

Kent Community Health Nhs Foundation Trust; Aylesford; Vor Ort; GBP 23.000 - 27.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

NHS pension

Annual leave entitlement

Competitive pay framework to progress

Zusammenfassung

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Health Care Recall Assistant to join our Sexual Health Service. You will work as part of a supportive team, promoting safe practices and patient-centred care within the community setting.

We welcome enthusiastic colleagues who bring a professional approach, good communication and a flexible, patient-focused mindset. This role offers a rewarding career in NHS community care.

Qualifikationen

• QCF Level 3 or equivalent in healthcare (NVQ3/BTEC).
• Functional Skills Level 2 in English and Maths.
• Recent healthcare experience as a health care assistant or similar.

Aufgaben

• Deliver high-quality care while supporting sexual health needs and patient safety.
• Provide contraception, STI treatment, and advice for healthy relationships.
• Offer clinical judgement and leadership to ensure patient-centred care.
• Monitor quality of care and progress in a challenging but rewarding environment.

Kenntnisse

Sound communication skills

Customer focused

IT systems & databases

Evidence-based clinical practice

Ausbildung

QCF Level 3 / NVQ 3 / BTEC

Functional Skills Level 2 (English & Maths)

Jobbeschreibung

Job overview

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.

The NHS is changing. More emphasis on community-based care means there's never been a better time to join us.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and adaptable Health Care Recall Assistant to join our Outstanding Sexual Health Service.

We're a close team but we're never exclusive, if you can bring a professional approach and fresh ideas we would love to hear from you.

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.

Main duties of the job

Our team delivers high-quality evidence-based care to people to support their sexual health needs. You'll be part of an enthusiastic and passionate team dedicated to keeping people in Kent and Medway safe and well, now and in later life, by providing contraception, treatment for sexually-transmitted infections, and advice and support to maintain healthy relationships.

You'll provide sound clinical judgement and leadership to support our team to safely deliver patient-centred care, and consistently monitor quality and progress in a challenging but rewarding environment.

We also offer:

• a generous NHS pension
• annual leave entitlement
• a competitive pay framework to progress through

So, if your enthusiastic and looking for a new challenge then we would love to hear from you.

Working for our organisation

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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Detailed job description and main 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 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 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.

Find out more about the community difference here.

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

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) Level 3. This could be an NVQ Level 3 apprenticeship, BTEC or equivalent international qualification in healthcare. Or able to demonstrate the equivalent level of experience.
• Functional Skills at Level 2 (Literacy and numeracy/ GCSE grade A-C/ 4-9 or equivalent in English and Maths)
• Recent experience of healthcare/ working as a health care assistant gained through education, work experience or previous employment

Desirable criteria

• Care Certificate

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria

• Sound communication skills in order to understand and communicate both verbally and in writing
• A customer focussed approach
• Able to use IT systems and databases
• Knowledge of up to date clinical practice by using up- to- date skills and adhering to evidence based procedures and clinical effectiveness frameworks
• Fully understand the role and remit of a health care worker

Desirable criteria

• An awareness of developments within the NHS

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