Total 350 Health / Beauty / Fitness job vacancies in Maidstone, ME16 9PH

This is a secondment part-time role at Agenda for Change Band 6; with flexible working opportunities available. The post will cover Kent and Medway and out-of-area Kent and Medway patients. If your application is successful you will be notified by e-mail and advised to check your Trac/ NHS Jobs account. Therefore, please ensure that you regularly check both your email and your Trac/NHS Jobs account. This post is subject to a six-month probationary period for candidates external to the Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust To deliver an effective service it is essential that you are able to travel between bases in a timely manner. For more details, see the job description. We love the work, and we want you to join us.

They will lead on the student placement and workforce offers for AHPs across the directorate, will ensure that all AHPs work in accordance with their professional standards for practice and will be responsible for ensuring the quality of AHP therapeutic input across the directorate. They will lead on the patient and carer experience portfolios for the directorate and will be a key part of the trust wide patient and carer experience development work. They will also hold therapeutic leadership and oversight for the fully functional vocational caf hosted on the Medium Secure site. The post holder will need to be highly organised, able to prioritise conflicting demands and deliver to deadlines. They must possess the professional knowledge and attributes to strategically and professionally lead the Forensic and Specialist Allied Health Professions, innovate current practice, manage change, address quality issues and support the achievement of Allied Health Profession, directorate and trust strategic objectives. For full details of the job description and main responsibilities can be found in the JD attached.

For more information regarding this role please see the attached Job Description and Personal Specification.

For more information regarding this role please see the attached job description and personal specification.

For more information on this role please see the attached job description and personal specification.

Head of Allied Health Professions

We are really excited to be able to offer an experienced, independent, innovative individual with the skills, enthusiasm and vision the opportunity to become the Head of Allied Health Professions (AHP) for the Forensic and Specialist Directorate at Kent and Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust.

The Head of Allied Health Professions is a key member of the directorate Senior Management Team and will work closely with the other heads of profession, operational managers and business partners within the team to ensure that the directorate continues to provide the best possible care to the patients that it serves. They will also be a vital part of the AHP leadership team which spans the organisation and is responsible for ensuring that the AHP agenda and strategy are progressed and delivered upon.

The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes
(unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

The post holder will work with a diverse range of services spanning mental health and non-mental health provision across both inpatient and community settings and will represent the voices of a diverse range of Allied Health Professionals including occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, physiotherapists and prosthetists. They will also hold strategic oversight for the Peer Support Practitioner workforce within the directorate.

Essential requirements:

A recognised AHP professional qualification.

Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council.

Evidence of significant personal development through formal postgraduate courses or experience e.g. (MSc or equivalent).

Extensive experience in clinical practice, holding a broad range of experience within a variety of settings.

Proven experience within a clinical leadership / professional management role.

Experience of motivating staff and of reviewing the performance of individuals through regular supervision and appraisal.

Ability to make decisions autonomously and co-operatively as part of an inter-professional team.

Demonstrable commitment to and a focus on quality, promoting high standards of clinical care to improve patient outcomes/recovery.

Uses evidence to make improvements and seeks out innovation.

Works across teams/services/boundaries, involving, respecting and learning from clinicians, sharing and looking for collective success.

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.

Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.

We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Our strategy

Our mission is what we set out to do every day
We deliver brilliant care through brilliant people

Our vision is where we want to be in the future
To provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time

They will lead on the student placement and workforce offers for AHPs across the directorate, will ensure that all AHPs work in accordance with their professional standards for practice and will be responsible for ensuring the quality of AHP therapeutic input across the directorate. They will lead on the patient and carer experience portfolios for the directorate and will be a key part of the trust wide patient and carer experience development work. They will also hold therapeutic leadership and oversight for the fully functional vocational café hosted on the Medium Secure site.

The post holder will need to be highly organised, able to prioritise conflicting demands and deliver to deadlines. They must possess the professional knowledge and attributes to strategically and professionally lead the Forensic and Specialist Allied Health Professions, innovate current practice, manage change, address quality issues and support the achievement of Allied Health Profession, directorate and trust strategic objectives.

For full details of the job description and main responsibilities can be found in the JD attached.


This advert closes on Tuesday 27 Aug 2024

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

We are looking for a number of Band 7 Senior Paramedic Practitioners to join our Bank Team at KCHFT. If you’re looking for flexible working, don’t join an agency – work directly for the NHS!

The NHS is changing. More emphasis on community-based care means there’s never been a better time to join us.

Joining our Bank gives you the flexibility to choose your shifts at a time and place that suits you. Whether you are looking for some extra cash or something to fit around school or university or around family and other commitments, staff bank gives you the choice.

You will benefit from weekly pay and get the experience of new hospitals, wards and departments to help you develop your personal knowledge. It's also a great way to network and gain insight from colleagues outside of your usual circle.

As well as weekly pay you’ll get paid holidays AND access to the NHS pension scheme, along with all the support and training you’d expect from one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK.



Please note, this vacancy does not meet the criteria for skilled worker sponsorship. Therefore, we are unable to accept applications from candidates that cannot provide documentary evidence of right to work in the United Kingdom.

Senior Paramedic Practitioners work closely with the people who use our services in our Urgent Treatment Centres. An Urgent Treatment Centre is a GP-led service providing unscheduled or urgent care for minor injury and Primary Care conditions encompassing direct booking 111 referrals.

Band 7 HCPs are expected to have a key leadership role, acting as a role model for others. They will
communicate and maintain excellent working relationships with all those that use, commission and work
within the services delivered.

They will undertake direct clinical work for a minimum 60% of their time
Band 7 HCPs are responsible for ensuring that the team provides effective care planning which meets
professional standards and is in collaboration with their services users and carers. They facilitate reflection on the service delivery and identification of quality improvement work

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

See where you can go with KCHFT career pathways

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 can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.


This advert closes on Wednesday 14 Aug 2024

Working with service users referred to Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Service To screen, and work with all newly referred service users experiencing acute mental health crisis providing assessment or short-term interventions until crisis is resolved. To provide short-term specific psychosocial interventions for those who would benefit from crisis interventions To ensure documentation is reviewed and updated in line with quality improvement standards To shift co-ordinate lead the shift, allocate work to the wider MDT and prioritise workloads. To contribute to the planning and implementation of induction, training and education of students and staff. To contribute to the delivery of specialist/ professional training packages of in-service training and staff development when necessary. To fulfil the role of mentor/practice educator, maintaining own update training and ensuring responsibility for regular placement provision and ensuring supervision and written assessment of students whilst on placement. To assist the band 7 senior practitioner by identifying personal and professional training needs in order to appropriately plan for future training and development. To provide effective supervision, support, and guidance for support /STR/ peer workers and any work delegated to them. Responsible for the delivery of individual care plans for a caseload Expected to implement policies as directed by the trust/directorate for the department, ensuring awareness throughout the department. Participate in leading service developments.

To work as a member of the Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team, working within the home treatment function delivering support to patients and their families using evidence based, profession specific and general mental health knowledge providing client centred, recovery orientated principles and practice for individuals, families and carers referred to the Service. You will also work within the Rapid response function undertaking assessments 24/7 received from Urgent Mental Health Helpline as well as undertaking gatekeeping assessments. To work in accordance with Trust and Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team Policies and Procedures and the Care Programme Approach. To provide an alternative to inpatient admission treating patients in their home environment who are presenting in a crisis with significant distress.

• Demonstrates ability to work as a team member as well as alone making autonomous decisions in a fast-paced environment.

• Supporting Band 7 to manage a case load of service users who have complex acute/crisis needs

• Balancing all aspects of the job role.

• Being flexible and responsive to competing demands

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.

Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.

We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Our strategy

Our mission is what we set out to do every day
We deliver brilliant care through brilliant people

Our vision is where we want to be in the future
To provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.

• Working with service users referred to Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Service

• To screen, and work with all newly referred service users experiencing acute mental health crisis providing assessment or short-term interventions until crisis is resolved.

• To provide short-term specific psychosocial interventions for those who would benefit from crisis interventions

• To ensure documentation is reviewed and updated in line with quality improvement standards

• To shift co-ordinate lead the shift, allocate work to the wider MDT and prioritise workloads.

• To contribute to the planning and implementation of induction, training and education of students and staff.

• To contribute to the delivery of specialist/ professional training packages of in-service training and staff development when necessary.

• To fulfil the role of mentor/practice educator, maintaining own update training and ensuring responsibility for regular placement provision and ensuring supervision and written assessment of students whilst on placement.

• To assist the band 7 senior practitioner by identifying personal and professional training needs in order to appropriately plan for future training and development.

• To provide effective supervision, support, and guidance for support /STR/ peer workers and any work delegated to them.

• Responsible for the delivery of individual care plans for a caseload

• Expected to implement policies as directed by the trust/directorate for the department, ensuring awareness throughout the department.

• Participate in leading service developments.


This advert closes on Monday 26 Aug 2024

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

We are recruiting for two Specialty Doctor's to come and work within Community Paediatrics in Kent for an Outstanding rated NHS Trust.

With the focus of the NHS shifting to a more community-based approach for patients there has never been a better time to join a Community Trust!

You will work as part of a team consisting of consultants, specialist and specialty doctors, an ACP, nurses, health care assistants and admin staff.

If you are a forward thinking, innovative individual seeking an exciting opportunity to help plan and deliver modern and dynamic Community Children’s services we'd like to invite you to apply.

You will be working with managers and professional colleagues to ensure the efficient running of our services.

Some of the clinical areas you will get to work within are:
• Second and third tier community Paediatrics assessments
• Neurodevelopmental and Behavioural Paediatrics
• Looked After Children’s medical assessments and assessments for Social Services
• Child Sexual Abuse medical assessments
• Participation in the SARC rota (this is negotiable as part of the role)
• Child Health Promotion
• Educational medicine
• Education and training and trainee supervision and teaching
• Clinical audit/governance
• Research opportunities within the Trust

A suitable applicant for the whole-time post is sought but applicants who are able to work part-time will also be considered.

You will not be expected to participate in acute on-call duties. Your job plan will be agreed during your induction period.

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

See where you can go with KCHFT career pathways

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 difference here.

Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.


This advert closes on Sunday 25 Aug 2024

Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions. Following your Corporate Induction you will be expected to attend the Trusts 2-week Induction Programme for RNs, NAs, RMs, ODPs and Paramedics. The programme is full-time (please email mtw-tr.professionalstandards@nhs.net if this is problematic)and will involve travel to both Trust sites. The programme includes supernumerary shifts in the clinical area, classroom-based sessions and e-learning. Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check at Enhanced Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children). At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work. We support our staff with disabilities to ensure they have the adjustments they need to be the best they can be in the workplace.Collaborating with Access to Work means that our staff are assessed by experts in the workplace and we ensure that their recommendations are implemented as quickly as possible. You can find out more here: Access to Work: get support if you have a disability or health condition: What Access to Work is - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Interview Date: To be confirmed.

Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions. Following your Corporate Induction you will be expected to attend the Trusts 2-week Induction Programme for RNs, NAs, RMs, ODPs and Paramedics. The programme is full-time (please email mtw-tr.professionalstandards@nhs.net if this is problematic) and will involve travel to both Trust sites. The programme includes supernumerary shifts in the clinical area, classroom-based sessions and e-learning. Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check at Enhanced Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children) At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work. We support our staff with disabilities to ensure they have the adjustments they need to be the best they can be in the workplace. Collaborating with Access to Work means that our staff are assessed by experts in the workplace and we ensure that their recommendations are implemented as quickly as possible. You can find out more here: Access to Work: get support if you have a disability or health condition: What Access to Work is - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Interview Date: To be confirmed.

We have efficient systems for reducing GP workload: Our pharmacists and nursing team play an integral role within the organisation delivering our Long-Term Condition Management as well as managing medication changes from hospital letters and discharges. We have pharmacy team support daily which helps reduce GP workload and they are always available to offer medicines advice. Our administration team consists of skilled medical secretaries who deal with all referrals and help with all correspondence to external health professionals. We have a proficient coding team that will ensure your correspondence is kept to a minimum freeing your time up to concentrate on contact time with patients and good clinical care. Our friendly receptionists ensure that your surgeries run smoothly on a day-to-day basis. We also have a navigator system that has been developed specifically to the Practices vision and this helps with continuity of patient care. Quality of prescribing Support the practice pharmacists with Medication review for all patients on repeat medication and maintenance of the medication review system. Review list of medicines for newly registered patients and add to their medication record as appropriate and ensure patients are entered into any monitoring systems, medication review dates added. Ensure annual monitoring tests are performed and reviewed where appropriate, e.g., ACE-I/A2RA, amiodarone, digoxin, lipid lowering drugs, warfarin, antipsychotics, antiepileptics, antidepressants. Provide medicines reconciliation following discharge from hospital. Review discharge information and update patients repeat medication list as necessary. Support the practice to improve prescribing quality and performance against national and local targets. Support the provision of prescribing advice to prescribers and clinical staff in the practice regarding changes in drug safety information, discontinued products, changes in licensing etc. Cost-effective use of medicines Support the implementation of QIPP switches that have been agreed. Support the practice to achieve QOF. Involvement in QOF areas as requested by the practice where medications are concerned (e.g., fractures and offering bone protection drugs) Support patients with good Medicines Use e.g., inhaler technique, use of glucometers. Implement and support Repeat Dispensing. Liaise with local community pharmacists and act as a point of contact regarding any prescription queries, amendments, or appropriate switches for out-of-stock medicines. Liaise with local care homes regarding medication requests and queries. Act as a point of contact for prescribers and pharmacies for patients using monitored dosage systems and repeat dispensing relating to any changes in drug treatment. Review out-patient letters which include changes to drug treatment and make changes to patients repeat medication list as appropriate (or query prescribing if not in accordance with Formulary) Review out-patient discharge recommendations and issue prescriptions as requested. Report any secondary care recommendations to prescribe non-formulary or red drugs to the local MM team. Support queries from reception staff regarding patients making unusual requests for past medication, overuse of medication and refer to GP as necessary. Assist with prescribing audits arising from safety concerns or good prescribing practice. Medicines Optimisation Provide information and guidance to patients to improve adherence with medicines taking. Promote and support the use of shared decision making. Monitor use of drugs for patients who may be overusing or misusing drugs and alert prescribers as necessary. Respond to queries from GPs and other clinical staff and contact patients where necessary. Respond to queries from receptionists regarding any medicine-related matters and contact patients where necessary. Communication and relationship skills Develop communication systems to ensure effective dissemination of information within the practice. Information may be sensitive and may contain patient identifiers. Information will be highly complex, e.g., prescribing, and patient activity data.

To provide a high standard of care to any patient for whom you have clinical responsibility. This will include any patients referred to you and cared for by you personally or by members of your team and, in addition, any patients of Specialty Doctor colleagues when you are covering for annual leave. To participate in clinical and other service activities and developments with the aim of ensuring a high standard of patient care across the Trust.

Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions. Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check atStandard Level. At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work. We support our staff with disabilities to ensure they have the adjustments they need to be the best they can be in the workplace. Collaborating with Access to Work means that our staff are assessed by experts in the workplace and we ensure that their recommendations are implemented as quickly as possible. You can find out more here: Access to Work: get support if you have a disability or health condition: What Access to Work is - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Interview Date: To be confirmed