Healthcare Assistant

We're looking for compassionate and motivated Band 3 Healthcare Assistants to join our friendly Gravesend Alliance Team. You'll play an important role in supporting the delivery of care to patients in their own homes and within community settings, helping people maintain independence and wellbeing in the place they feel most comfortable. You'll be part of a supportive and collaborative team, working alongside community nurses and other healthcare professionals to ensure patients receive safe, effective, and compassionate care. Our base at Gravesham Community Hospital is ideally located just a short walk from St Georges Shopping Centre, surrounded by cafes, restaurants, and local amenities making it a convenient and pleasant place to work from. This is a full-time role (37.5 hours per week) within a team that provides care 7 days a week between 08:00 20:00, offering flexibility across shifts. A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes is essential., As a valued member of the team, you will:

• Support patients with personal care and activities of daily living in their homes or community settings
• Assist community nurses with the delivery of high-quality patient care
• Monitor and report changes in patients health and wellbeing to the wider clinical team
• Help maintain patient dignity, comfort, and independence at all times
• Work collaboratively with colleagues as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Ensure accurate and timely documentation of care provided
• Contribute to creating a positive experience for patients and their families
  
  About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs 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.