Healthcare Assistant

We are recruiting for compassionate, caring and communicative Healthcare Assistants. If you are experienced or looking for a career change we would love to hear from you.

Our community hospitals provide a range of comprehensive healthcare services for patients over the age of 18 and in some sites also outpatient services. The units predominantly provide rehabilitation and end of life support for palliative patients and their families.

Health Care Assistants will work closely with all users of our services and their families, friends and carers, who all play an invaluable contribution in how our users experience our services.

As a Healthcare assistant you will provide clinical, health and personal care for patients under the direction of the nurse in charge.

You will maintain at all times, a kind, caring and professional attitude towards patients, relatives and colleagues within the clinical setting, taking into consideration dignity, privacy, and confidentiality, cultural and religious needs.

In addition, you will work with other team members to ensure that plans of care are carried out to the agreed standard.

You will be expected to participate in 24-hour internal rotation which includes working a mixture of the following shifts: early, late, night and long days and undertake other duties where requested which are compatible with the grading of the post.

One of the largest community NHS trusts in the UK, KCHFT are rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC. We’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of care to patients and deliver excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values Compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent.

We’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, which leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. So, all our colleagues have equal access to career opportunities.

We’ve signed up to be a real UK living wage employer. The real Living Wage is the only UK wage rate voluntarily paid by 7,000+ UK businesses who believe their staff deserve a fair wage. Committing to the real UK Living Wage is one way we’re delivering our pledge to be the best employer.

Flexibility is another way we do this. In the NHS, we’re reminded every day how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement without having to sacrifice time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both.

Looking for professional development? We can support that too Our career pathwayswill help you achieve your aspirations.

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.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

Find out more about the community difference here.

Good luck We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity

Although vaccination against COVID-19 is not mandatory, we are strongly encouraging 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.