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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

Healthcare Support Worker | Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust

Company: Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and flexible Healthcare Support Worker to join our established team of nursing staff based at West Kent Place of Safety

The role involves providing care and support to inpatients currently experiencing acute mental health difficulties requiring an inpatient admission

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.

Please kindly note that the successful candidate will be moving to the centralised place of safety at Priority House, Maidstone in October 2026.

• 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, clients, 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

We are Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway and are rated ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our teams support children, young people and adults with a wide range of mental health needs. We also provide specialist services, including all-age eating disorder services and neurodevelopmental assessments for children and young people, such as autism and ADHD.

Because we work across the whole county and across hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the people we serve.

Our vision is simple: we are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It’s why we’re passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. Everything we do is guided by our values: caring, inclusive, curious and confident.

Join us if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that’s working well together.

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Please refer to the attached job description for full details and the main responsibilities of the role.

This advert closes on Thursday 27 Aug 2026

Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust

Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust

Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust