Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust Looking for Health Care Assistant at Christchurch Metropolitan Area Full Time

The Acute Response Team (ART) provides short term health, rehabilitation and care support to enable service users to remain in the community / home environment. This may include treating acutely unwell people that would otherwise require hospital admission. The service also supports hospital discharges.

Home is nationally evidenced to be the best place to recover and regain independence. Enablement and rehabilitation will be the priority focus with active participation from service users in order to achieve maximum independence.

At KCHFT, we are working with East Kent Hospitals University Trust, who are leading on developing virtual ward for people with acute respiratory infections, such as a chest infection, or with an underlying condition, like COPD, to be cared for at home.

Patients who agree to be discharged earlier from hospital, will be monitored at home using technology, such as apps, wearables or other medical devices remotely – and supported by a consultant, specialist GP or advanced practitioner. What technology will be used is still being scoped as we co-design the wards with patients and colleagues during the months ahead.

If you are interested in a new challenge and an exciting new change within the ART team and Virtual Ward, then this just may be the job for you.

Band 2 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.

Band 2 Health Care Assistants Are Expected To Be Kind And Responsive, But Professional And Informative And Contribute To The Quality Of The Services Provided Within The Community Team Across The Health Economy By

• Keeping the people who use our services as safe as possible through the use of sound clinical skills and effective risk assessments escalating concerns to Registered Professional Staff.
• Ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and adhering to evidence-based policies and procedures within scope of assessed core competence.
• Ensuring the people using our services have a good experience by respecting, empowering and working in partnership with people throughout the care planning process.

Additional Working Pattern: includes weekend working

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 pathways will help you achieve your aspirations

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Renee Fenton Job title: Business Support Manager Email address: [email protected]