Healthcare Assistant

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 or working on the Staff Bank within these organisations. Nursing and AHP vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses/AHPs.

There has never been a more exciting time to join community healthcare. As a Band 3 Healthcare Assistant, you will play a vital role in supporting people to recover, maintain their independence, and receive care closer to home. Working as part of a dedicated multidisciplinary team, you will help deliver high-quality, person-centred care and support patients to achieve their rehabilitation goals.

In return, you will be part of a supportive and inclusive organisation that values your contribution and wellbeing. We offer a range of learning and development opportunities, clear career progression pathways, flexible working options where possible, and the chance to develop your skills alongside experienced healthcare professionals. If you are compassionate, motivated, and committed to making a difference, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

Are you a compassionate and motivated Healthcare Assistant looking to make a real difference? Join our Community Hospitals Team and help deliver high-quality, person-centred care to patients in a supportive community setting.

Our Community Hospitals provide a wide range of services, including rehabilitation, therapy services and outpatient care, supporting patients to recover, regain independence and achieve the best possible outcomes close to home. As a valued member of our multidisciplinary team, you will deliver both clinical and non-clinical care, helping patients with their daily living activities, rehabilitation goals and ongoing healthcare needs.

This varied and rewarding role includes supporting with personal care, nutrition and hydration, undertaking basic observations, catheter and stoma care, venepuncture, ECGs, bladder scanning, wound care, blood glucose monitoring and specimen management. You will also contribute to risk assessments, infection prevention, accurate record keeping and supporting patients' dignity, wellbeing and independence.

If you are caring, enthusiastic and committed to delivering excellent patient care, we can offer a supportive team environment, opportunities to develop your clinical skills and the chance to make a meaningful difference to patients and their families every day. Join us and be part of a team that puts patients at the heart of everything we do.

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.