Senior Healthcare Worker

2 weeks ago


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

The Vision and Hearing Support Team is part of the Community Learning Disability Service. It supports people with a learning disability across Kent & Medway to access good vision and hearing care from mainstream services. We can support with screening, familiarisation programmes, making reasonable adjustments and understanding outcomes. We believe anyone can have their vision and hearing assessed regardless of disability, and that everybody has an equal right to good care regarding their vision and hearing.

The Senior Healthcare Worker will work under the guidance of the Vision and Hearing Assistant Practitioner and Service Manager to help the team achieve its aims in delivering a high quality, equitable service across the county.

To provide support, guidance and facilitate awareness of, and access to, mainstream vision and hearing services for people with a learning disability.

To contact clients / carers to arrange and reschedule appointments both for yourself and the other clinicians in the team, and to review ongoing work e.g. progress of third party referrals, actions for the client and carers to complete etc.

To support in service development and the creating and sourcing of resources to aid clinical interventions and understanding of various health topics, including eye and ear health.

To carry out follow up visits where necessary, following assessment and guidance from other clinicians, to deliver resources, explain process / actions / pathways etc. and review progress, where appropriate.

To make contact, network and liaise with other services (typically opticians, ophthalmology, audiology, Ear, Nose and Throat, Kent Association for the Blind, Kent County Council Social Services and Sensory team).

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

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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