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 the opportunity for you!
Join us at Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust (KCHFT) in our Community Nursing 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 you will be able to expand the depth and breadth 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.
You will train alongside a skilled team of professionals who include nurses, community matrons, specialist nurses, health care assistants and therapy assistants.
As a Registered Nurse Degree Apprentice in Community Nursing, you will provide care to patients in their own homes, including residential homes, where appropriate.
Community nurses work hard to treat patients at home so they do not have to go into hospital unnecessarily.
Nurses look after people who are housebound and who have nursing needs. They carry out a range of nursing assessments and procedures, for example, medicine administration, taking blood, dressing changes, and contributing 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 and managing nursing care and working in teams; improving safety and quality of care; coordinating care.
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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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.
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Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.
