Healthcare Assistant Continence Team

Job overview

We are looking for a Healthcare Assistant to join our Continence Service working within the Product Delivery Team.

The Product Delivery Service is a specialist team that assess and process referrals for continence products. The team work closely with the home delivery contract product supplier and the Home Delivery Transport Team.

The Product Delivery team assess, authorise and process product requests that are received via referrals from the Continence/Bladder & Bowel Service, Community  Nursing Teams, Residential & Nursing Homes and other professionals.

Main duties of the job

As a Band 3 Healthcare Assistant within the team you will  support the provision of high-quality bladder and bowel care for adults in Kent, mainly through the reassessment of products processes for the product delivery service/Kent continence service.

You will act as an advocate for patients with bladder and bowel dysfunction in a person-centred approach to ensure care is delivered that meets NICE guidance and standards, whilst working within local eligibility criteria.

Please note, this vacancy does not meet the criteria for skilled worker sponsorship and therefore, we are unable to accept applications from candidates that cannot provide documentary evidence of right to work in the United Kingdom.  If you feel you qualify for sponsorship via a discounted salary threshold, please contact us via [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference number and how you feel you qualify for a discounted salary threshold.

Additional Working Pattern: Full time/ part time / shared hours with community nursing covering M-F 0800-1700 – express wishes on application form

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. 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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