# Assistant Practitioner - Discharge to Assess Team > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/assistant-practitioner-discharge-to-assess-team/c1e2c75c-5713-41b7-8148-508e7585523f - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/assistant-practitioner-discharge-to-assess-team/c1e2c75c-5713-41b7-8148-508e7585523f.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Maidstone Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 pro rata per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday 7.5 hours per day) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-31T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-17T09:00:56.499Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Kent/Maidstone/Kent_Community_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Assistant_practitioner/Assistant_practitioner-v8233043 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8233043?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.kentcht.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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. Be part of a service that is redefining how health and social care work together. Home First, a pioneering partnership between Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust (KCHFT) and Kent County Council, is at the forefront of the NHS vision. We support people to return home from hospital safely and confidently, helping them regain independence in the place they know best: their own home. From the day of discharge, our dedicated team of Home First Support Workers, Assessors and Team Leads provide early intervention, personalised support and seamless coordination with health, social care and voluntary sector partners. We take time to understand each person's unique situation, strengths and goals, creating tailored plans that may include care support, specialist equipment or connections to community organisations such as Age UK. By focusing on what matters most to individuals, we help people recover faster, reduce reliance on hospital-based care and achieve greater independence. If you're passionate about person-centred care, collaborative working and being part of the future direction of the NHS, Home First offers a rewarding opportunity to make a real difference every day. Join us and help transform lives through integrated, community-based care. ### Main duties of the job Join the Discharge to Assess (D2A) team and play a vital role in helping people move safely from hospital to the next stage of their recovery. As part of the innovative Home First model, D2A supports individuals who no longer require an acute hospital bed but need further assessment to determine their long-term health and social care needs. Working within hospital Transfer of Care Teams, you'll collaborate with a wide range of partners including acute trusts, Kent County Council, Continuing Healthcare, community services and voluntary organisations. You'll support people with a variety of needs, including complex care requirements, end of life assessments and those recovering from orthopaedic treatment. This is a rewarding role where compassion, communication and teamwork are at the heart of everything. You'll be a key point of contact for patients, relatives, carers and partner organisations, helping to guide people through what can often be an uncertain and challenging time. Your varied day may include triaging referrals, supporting registered clinicians, liaising with care providers and care homes, speaking with patients and families, and using a range of IT and healthcare systems. Full training will be provided. Based at Maidstone or Tunbridge Wells Hospital, with hybrid working available, this is an exciting opportunity to join a forward-thinking service that is transforming patient care across Kent. ### 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 kentchft.recruitment@nhs.net, 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. Find out more about the community difference here. Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity. ### Applicant requirements This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge and Skills **Essential** - You will need to have a customer focussed approach - Provide clients and their families with the best possible experience - You will need to be able to be able to use IT systems and databases - You will fully understand the role and remit of an Assistant Practitioner - Prioritise care delivery in line with trust policies and procedures **Desirable** - Having an awareness of developments within the NHS would be an advantage. ### Qualifications, training and experience **Essential** - You will have either: A level 5 foundation degree level of study Or you will be able to demonstrate the equivalent level of experience - In addition you will also have Functional Skills at Level 2 (Literacy and numeracy/ GCSE grade A-C/ 4-9 or equivalent in English and Maths) - You’ll need to have recent experience as a healthcare worker gained through education, work experience or previous employment ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 624.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10543172) - [staff privacy notice (pdf, 528.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2665) - [kchft values into action (pdf, 440.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=479) - [staff journey illustration (pdf, 2.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2277) - [a guide to completing your application (pdf, 296.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2025) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.