Assistant Practitioner

3 weeks ago

Ashford, United Kingdom Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust Full time

We are looking for an enthusiastic Assistant Practitioner to join [whole school approach team] and be part of our caring and progressive Kent School Health service. This is a varied and interesting role, working closely with local schools to provide the best possible start in life for Kent children.

Our school health teams provide support to families with children aged five to 19. This is a varied and interesting role, working closely with local schools to provide the best possible start in life for Kent children.

What will the role involve?

Providing and analysing data

Good interpersonal skills to support schools, parents and children

Deliver presentations

Attend and contribute to team meetings

Build relationships with colleagues to enhance the team working environment.

This role is a community
- based role so the majority of your duties will be carried out between your home and a community setting for example a school or trust site. We also offer a generous NHS pension, annual leave entitlement and a competitive pay framework to progress through.

If your enthusiastic and enjoy working with families and up for a new challenge then we would love to hear from you.

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 C ompassionate A spirational R esponsive E xcellent

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.

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 pathways will help you achieve your aspirations

Job responsibilities

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.

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