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SalaryWe have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic Band 3 Healthcare Assistant to join our Community Neuro team based at Gravesham Community Hospital.
The role is varied and interesting and our healthcare assistants are highly valued members of the team and are integral to a service user’s recovery.
You will actively work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) to provide a high quality of care and actively participate in patient’s individual rehabilitation/programmes of care under the guidance of an appropriate professional.
Package DescriptionAs a rehabilitation assistant within Community Neuro rehab, you’ll be part of our dynamic team based at Gravesham Community Hospital. You will feel valued within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
£22,000 - £23,500 salary with group pension
Free tea, coffee, and milk at your base location
Plentiful onsite parking
Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
Main Responsibilities
To take responsibility for completion of basic assessment processes under the supervision of the relevant members of the MDT – to undertake Trusted Assessor Training.
To provide and promote a high standard of rehabilitation of patients.
To work autonomously as well as part of a team
To be able to use and take initiative to seek additional work to assist the team as a whole (e.g., team administration tasks, being the first point of contact for patients, families, and other health professionals, assisting in the maintenance of service equipment).
The Ideal CandidateThe ideal candidate will be / will have:
An interest in working in healthcare and rehabilitation
An ability to work both independently and as part of a team
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Excellent time management and organisational skills
An ability to relate to both service users, their loved ones, and colleagues in a sensitive manner
An ability to deal with a range of difficult or emotional situations, demonstrating a sensitive and diplomatic approach
A desire to undertake further training and learning
Basic IT skills
Experience of working with people in a health or care setting in at least an informal or voluntary role
As this is a community based role a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes is required.
About The CompanyWe change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006 we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
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