Assessor | Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 18 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £25,147 - £27,596 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 May 2024 |
| Location: | Margate, CT9 5DD |
| Company: | Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6211154/846-6211154-CF |
Summary
Are you ready to start a new career pathway working within a joint enterprise of Health and Social Care?
You could become part of this combined Service bringing the unique benefits of a wrap round recovery service from hospital discharge. The principle of the service ensuring that recovery involves working towards the person being as independent as possible through enablement.
These are newly developed posts working across Health and Social Care, supporting recovery and delivering enablement in all areas of daily life including personal care and supporting nutrition, whilst also monitoring the patient’s condition. Contributing to an overall plan of care, which includes the support of the multi-disciplinary teams from Health and Social Care.
We are looking for someone who:
• Believes in providing personalised support
• Can work independently and flexibly
• Respect privacy and dignity
• Looking to develop their skills
• Develop operational strengths
• Works to targets
• Good IT skills
• Ability to understand the business need and who want to expand their knowledge in both a Health and Social Care setting.
• Knowledge of working within the Health or Social Care sector is required, with strong assessment skills to support and steer people through their recovery and then move on to be as independent as possible.
The operational hours of the service are 08:00 – 20:00 seven days a week (working on a shift basis).
Additional Working Pattern: 11.5 hour days rolling roster pattern4 week pattern – 3 weeks of 3 days, 1 week of 4 days to include alternate weekends
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 valuesCompassionateAspirationalResponsiveExcellent
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! Ourcareer pathwayswill 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.
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.
If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know so they can help you with this.
All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate. Interviews are due to take place on the 20th May 2024.
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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.
This advert closes on Sunday 12 May 2024