Senior Healthcare Assistant

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust; Herne Bay; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a passionate Senior Healthcare Assistant to join their team in Herne Bay. This role focuses on providing high-quality care to patients at home, ensuring their safety and well-being, while contributing to a supportive and flexible work environment. Ideal candidates will be compassionate and committed to ongoing personal and professional development.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Ongoing training and development

Focus on staff well-being

Qualifications

• Experience in providing personal care.
• Ability to work in a team and communicate effectively.
• Commitment to continuous professional development.

Responsibilities

• Provide care to local patients and families as part of a team.
• Monitor quality and provide feedback on care received.
• Work to keep individuals safe and well at home.

Skills

Compassionate

Teamwork

Excellent communication

Job description

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Are you interested in joining a Trust committed to your development?

Would you like to be part of an organisation that really values your well-being?

Do you want to treat people rather than conditions?

Here at KCHFT we are constantly working to improve the lives of our staff and our patients. We care for you so you can care for your patients.

Our “We Care” strategy means that our ambitions are to put our communities first, deliver a better patient experience and importantly, be a great place to work for all of our workforce.

These aren’t just empty words either. At our “Outstanding” rated trust more than half of our workforce work flexibly, including compressed hours and term time only. More than 70% of our workforce feel we take positive action on health and wellbeing, and we aim to improve this. We are proud to say that we consistently score above the national average in our staff survey results, particularly for our focus on the well-being of our workforce.

And with the forward NHS vision being based on community care, there has never been a better time to join us.

We are looking for a Band 3 Healthcare Assistant to join our close nit team in Margate

Healthcare Assistants provide care to people at home as part of a care plan agreed with local nursing teams.

As a Healthcare Assistant You Will

• Work as part of a team to provide care to local patients and families.
• Monitor the quality of care they're receiving.
• Provide feedback to managers on the quality of care.
  
  

Your patients could be any age, but they will often be elderly, while others may have been recently discharged from hospital, be terminally ill or have physical disabilities. As a Band 3 Health Care Assistant you will work as part of a team to keep people safe and well at home.

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

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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jason Curnow Job title: Lead Administrator Email address: [e-mail]

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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