Inpatient Mental Health Care Assistant | Flexible Hours

Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust; Canterbury; On-site; NZD 49,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust is seeking a Healthcare Support Worker to join the team at West Kent Place of Safety, providing care to inpatients with acute mental health needs. The role requires dedication to patient rights and a flexible, development-focused approach.

The successful candidate will move to the centralised place of safety at Priority House, Maidstone in October 2026, with responsibilities including daily care tasks, information sharing, and contributing to

Qualifications

• Commitment to meeting the needs of people with mental health problems and valuing their rights is a pre-requisite.
• You will be required to adopt a flexible working pattern and be committed to self-development and training.

Responsibilities

• Consistently delivering a patient focused service, which promotes optimum independence.
• Providing and receiving routine information orally, in writing or electronically to inform work colleagues, patients, carers, the public or other external contacts.
• Offering appropriate support and advice to patients and their carers.
• Enabling patients to maintain and improve their independence by promoting involvement in therapeutic activity.
• Giving physical health care and physical health checks as required or instructed documenting the physical health checks on the early warning scoring system (NEWS2), chart and reporting changes to the nurse/healthcare professional in charge.
• Undertaking day to day tasks as allocated by Nurse/healthcare professional in Charge

Job description

Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust is seeking a Healthcare Support Worker to join the team at West Kent Place of Safety, providing care to inpatients with acute mental health needs. The role requires dedication to patient rights and a flexible, development-focused approach.

The successful candidate will move to the centralised place of safety at Priority House, Maidstone in October 2026, with responsibilities including daily care tasks, information sharing, and contributing to