Job summary
Are you working in a health or social care role providing direct care to patients? Would you describe yourself as caring,compassionate, motivated and interested in developing your career within the health service? Then this may be theopportunity for you!
Join us at Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust (KCHFT) in our Urgent Care Team, train to become a qualified Registered Nurse and gain a degree in nursing whilst you work.
The programme will help you to develop the knowledge, skills and competencies of a Registered Nurse (RN), while working as a Health Care Assistant, expanding the depth andbreadth of your knowledge and skills.
If you apply for more than one of the RNDA vacancies, you will only be invited to interview once but you will be considered for every vacancy where you were successfully shortlisted.
We welcome applications from Assistant Practitioners and Nursing Associates interested in 'topping up' to become a Registered Nurse in 2-3 years (depending on qualification).
The successful candidate for this position will also need to complete an application and interview with the apprenticeship provider. Once you have been successful at both elements, you will be offered the apprenticeship position.
Please ensure you have certificates for your qualifications to evidence you have met the essential qualifications listed in the person specification.
Main duties of the job
The Urgent Care Team is a nurse led service, available 24 hours a day, every day of the year. You will train alongside askilled team of professionals who include a Team Lead Coordinator, a Quality Lead, Registered Nurses, AssistantPractitioners, and Health Care Assistants.
As a Registered Nurse Degree Apprentice with the Urgent Care Team you will provide crisis response nursing services including telephone triage to determine the priority of visits.
The service aims to provide Nursing and rehabilitation care to people in their homes to prevent them going into hospital unnecessarily. Registered Nurses use expert knowledge andskills to assess care needs, deliver and evaluate care.
They provide leadership and manage nursing teams to ensure care coordination. They carry out a range of nursing procedures, for example, infusion therapy, end-of-life care, complexwound care, and contribute to integrated care.
This job description reflects the Standards of Proficiency for Registered Nurses (2018): being an accountable professional; promoting health and preventing ill health; assessing needs and planning care; providing and evaluating care; leading andmanaging nursing care and working in teams; improving safety and quality of care; coordinating care.
About us
Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we've got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and 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 know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences
We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn't visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission
The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work
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. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won't involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We'll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both
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Job description
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 in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
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.
At KCHFT we strongly encourage 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.
Find out more about the community differencehere.
Good luck! We cant wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.
Job description
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 in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
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.
At KCHFT we strongly encourage 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.
Find out more about the community differencehere.
Good luck! We cant wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience providing direct patient care in a health and/or social care setting.
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of the role of a Registered Nurse
- Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate.
Desirable
- Evidence of recent work-based learning or self-directed learning.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively with staff, patients, carers and relatives (as appropriate) remaining sensitive and empathetic.
- Ability to recognise and manage challenging situations in a calm and professional manner.
- High standards of written communication skills with the ability to use email and internet.
- Ability to move between sites working across health and social care as required by the needs of the apprenticeship programme.
- Ability to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Appreciation of diversity, beliefs, culture, needs, values, privacy and preferences.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience providing direct patient care in a health and/or social care setting.
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of the role of a Registered Nurse
- Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate.
Desirable
- Evidence of recent work-based learning or self-directed learning.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively with staff, patients, carers and relatives (as appropriate) remaining sensitive and empathetic.
- Ability to recognise and manage challenging situations in a calm and professional manner.
- High standards of written communication skills with the ability to use email and internet.
- Ability to move between sites working across health and social care as required by the needs of the apprenticeship programme.
- Ability to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Appreciation of diversity, beliefs, culture, needs, values, privacy and preferences.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
