Assessor

Job overview

Our Enablement and Urgent Care services are responsive and flexible with the aim of supporting people to develop and maintain their independence within their home environment. Our aim is to prevent unnecessary hospital admission and facilitate early discharge from the acute hospitals. Home First Assessors work closely with people who use our services, their families, friends and carers, who all play an invaluable role in how our users experience our services. They are expected to be kind and responsive, professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services provided across the Health and Social Care economy.

Main duties of the job

Holistic assessment of ongoing care and support needs both personal activities of daily living and social needs. Empowering the person to have the confidence to maintain independence for as long as possible through risk assessment, care planning and sign posting.

Creation of detailed, person centred care plans. Give advice and guidance to access equipment /minor adaptations for the home. Oversight and supervision of the Support Workers on the team. Please see JD for comprehensive breakdown.

Additional Working Pattern: 13 x LD shift over 4 week roster to include weekend and bank holiday working

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts and the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB).

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.

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 please make sure you apply as soon as possible. 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.

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