Health Care Assistant | Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 12 Mehefin 2025 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £24,169 per annum |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 12 Gorffennaf 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Maidstone, ME16 9PH |
| Cwmni: | Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7266022/380-AC0713 |
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We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and flexible Healthcare Assistant to join our established team of nursing staff based on Chartwell Ward.
The role involves providing care and support to our younger adult in-patients currently experiencing acute mental health difficulties requiring an inpatient admission, this can be challenging at times so patience is a must.
Commitment to meeting the needs of people with mental health problems and valuing their rights is a prerequisite.
You will be required to adopt a flexible working pattern and be committed to self-development and training. There will be the prospect of undertaking an NVQ and Health Care Worker Certificate.
Please note, that we are currently unable to offer sponsorship for Band 2 Healthcare Assistant/Support Worker roles as they do not meet the UK Visas and Immigration criteria
• Consistently delivering a patient-focused service, which promotes optimum independence.
• Providing and receiving routine information orally, in writing or electronically to inform work colleagues, patients, clients, carers, the public or other external contacts.
• Offering appropriate support and advice to patients and their carers.
• Enabling patients to maintain and improve their independence by promoting involvement in therapeutic activity.
• Giving physical health care and physical health checks as required or instructed documenting the physical health checks on the early warning scoring system (NEWS2), chart and reporting changes to the nurse/healthcare professional in charge.
• Undertaking day to day tasks as allocated by Nurse/healthcare professional in Charge.
• De-escalation is required at times, also must be able to undertake PSS restraint training.
• Patience and understanding in talking to and caring for our young adults, when they are distressed.
Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.
We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.
Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.
We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.
You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.
The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.
Our strategy
Our mission is what we set out to do every day
We deliver brilliant care through brilliant people
Our vision is where we want to be in the future
To provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.
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This advert closes on Thursday 26 Jun 2025
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