Total 6,376 job vacancies in Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1ST

Key Responsibilities: As a senior leader working in partnership with schools and the wider community, supporting children and young people experiencing mild to moderate emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties and their families in the self-management of presenting difficulties To take the lead in any complex relationships or system issues with our partnership with Education and working within the wider mental health sector. To support clinical supervisors in their task of overseeing the assessment, formulation and treatment and management plans for schools, parents, children and young people being supported by the MHSTs using a range of psychological interventions. Work in partnership with children, young people, families and schools to develop goals, plans for intervention, and agreed outcomes. To support and empower children, young people and families to make informed choices about support. To operate at all times from an inclusive values base which recognises and respects diversity. Provide overall clinical leadership for the MHSTs within Kent & Medway. Undertake accurate assessment of risk to self and others where needed, and support the service to ensure that risk assessments are applied using clinical knowledge drawing on formulation and best practice guidance. Ensure the MHSTs adhere to the service referral protocols and through supervision to help signpost unsuitable referrals to the relevant service as necessary. Through close case management and supervision, escalate cases where the level of need becomes beyond scope, or more severe, ensuring adherence to other relevant elements of service delivery. Provide a range of information and support to schools for evidence based psychological treatments, primarily guided self-help. This work may be face-to-face, by telephone or via other media. Ensure MHSTs adhere to an agreed activity contract relating to the overall number of children and young people contacts offered, and sessions carried out per week in order to improve timely access and minimise waiting times. Ensure the keeping of coherent records of all activity in line with service protocols and use these records and outcome data to inform decision-making. Complete all requirements relating to data collection. Assess and integrate issues relating to transitions, education and training/employment into the overall therapeutic process. Work within a collaborative approach involving a range of relevant others when indicated. Work in collaboration with children, young people and communities to enhance and widen access to support health promotion. To provide some joint specialist mental health assessments and interventions for children, young people and families. To oversee clinical supervision structures. To help the clinical supervisor judge when the EMHPs are able to work independently with specific clients and interventions To provide reports and communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients To support the MHSTs to liaise with other education, health, social care and voluntary sector staff from a range of agencies, in the care provided to children, young people and families. Represent the trust when engaging in system wide events or delivering external training, managing system working and promoting the service. (Please see JD for more detail) If you are an overseas qualified nurse and wanting to start your journey to becoming a UK based registered nurse with the NMC, you can check whether you are eligible to be supported through our Capital Nurse consortium. Please visit; https://www.capitalnurselondon.co.uk/how-to-apply/. Whilst NELFT is happy to welcome overseas nurses we are unable to consider your application directly. You should submit your interest and apply through the Capital Nurse London group. Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for some job roles, and this will be identified through filtering questions at the start of any job application on the Trac recruitment system.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and committed pharmacy technician to lead on the delivery of a high-quality clinical pharmacy service to the Inpatient wards and Community services in the West Kent locality. Working as part of our medicines management senior management team, you will lead and manage pharmacy technicians in the locality to ensure they are supported to work both in the inpatient and community settings.

The post holder needs to have excellent communication skills, and a desire to work on the front line in mental health with patients, carers and healthcare professionals alike as part of our innovative mental health pharmacy team. We are passionate and dedicated to ensure medicines safety is at the heart of patient care.

Our pharmacy technicians are provided with opportunities for personal growth and development, including support to do accredited medicine management qualification and NHS leadership courses.

Take on operational responsibility for managing pharmacy technicians in their locality to ensure safe and effective delivery of medicines management services within the inpatient and community services.

Working alongside the lead clinical pharmacists, key aspects of this clinical post will include managing pharmacy technicians to provide support and advice on medicines management to the inpatient and community services. This will include focusing on medicines reconciliation on admission, discharge facilitation, patient counselling, medicines supply and ensuring that pharmacy staff in the community teams are competent and confident in delivering pharmacy services in all clozapine and depot clinics within their locality.

You will have a particular role in implementing and monitoring the inpatient and community clinical pharmacy standards and working closely with the Chief, Deputy Chief Pharmacist and Lead Clinical Pharmacists to identify service gaps and areas for improvement.

You will also be involved in providing training and undertaking and developing audits and projects to evaluate and improve services alongside pharmacy and trust priorities and objectives.

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 across the county.

The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.

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.

The roles and duties of this post include:
• Managing pharmacy technicians in the locality to ensure medicines management processes are to a high standard across all sites.
• To provide a comprehensive medicines management service to the mental health unit, including ward pharmacy visits, multidisciplinary team meetings and community and crisis team support.
• Promote seamless and integrated care for patients with mental health conditions, supporting the transition of patients across care settings so they receive the required level of care to support them in taking their medication safely in the most appropriate care setting.
• Support discharge planning to provide a smooth and safe transition of care. Ensure seamless pharmaceutical care across the KMPT teams where the post is based.
• Be responsible for relevant teaching and educational programmes for the staff in the inpatient, community services and for health care professionals working in primary care.
• Discussing medication with patients and carers and developing a variety of approaches to support informed care.
• Educating colleagues about medicines management and medicines optimisation.


This advert closes on Sunday 1 Dec 2024

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We are looking for a suitable candidate to work alongside our team of medical and clinical oncologists.

The post holder will join our team of medical and clinical oncologists providing Oncology services from an West Kent base. We have a well-established oncology research department, providing the opportunity for the post holder to run and develop clinical trials.

Locum Consultant in Medical Oncology, 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 consultant colleagues when you are covering on-call or 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.

To work in close co-operation with other medical, professional and managerial colleagues, both within and outside the specialty, to provide high quality health care to the Trust’s patients, and to make a contribution to future thinking about the Trust’s strategic direction.

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust was formed in April 2000. It consists of two District General Hospitals based at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells providing services to approximately 450,000 people living in Maidstone, Tunbridge Wells, East Sussex and the surrounding areas.

Its major hospitals are The Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury near Tunbridge Wells and Maidstone Hospital. The Kent Oncology Centre in West Kent is based at Maidstone Hospital. The Trust manages the Oncology centre based at Maidstone and Canterbury. These services form an integral part of Kent’s Cancer Services.

The Trust provides general hospital services to a population of approximately 460,000 in West Kent and North East Sussex, and some specialist services to a considerably larger population.

The Trust’s Chair is Ms Annette Doherty, the Chief Executive is Mr Miles Scott and the Medical Director is Dr Sara Mumford. Clinical services are organised into nine clinical directorates. The Clinical Director's of the Kent Oncology Centre is Dr Kannon Nathan & Dr Timothy Sevitt. The Director of Operations for the Division is Alice Farrell, and the General Manager for Oncology is Grace O'Driscoll.

Duties of this post will be to support the consultant service across a range of tumour types:

Attending Consultant led out-patient clinics (both in the Centre and Peripheral Clinics), and undertaking related admin and chemotherapy prescribing.

Supervision of SHOs and ward patients.

Review of patients attending for chemotherapy and radiotherapy if required by nursing or radiography staff.

Teaching of SHOs and medical students.

Involvement in clinical governance and audit activities.




This advert closes on Wednesday 27 Nov 2024

Are you seeking a new opportunity? Join our client's team at Cranbrook and enjoy:

Competitive Pay: Earn £12.31 per hour, overtime rates of £18.46 paid after 37.5 hours per week. Rates are PAYE, 28 days holiday per year which increase with length of service.

London weighting bonus of £7.75 per shift

Shifts: Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm with some overtime required. The odd shift of 6.30am - 2.30pm will at times be required.

Perks: Free on-site parking, provided PPE, comprehensive training.

Career Development: Access to Manpower 'MyPath' for online courses.

Responsibilities:

• Delivering exceptional customer service.
• Ensuring safe and professional operations in line with client standards.
• General yard and maintenance duties including the heavy lifting of gas cylinders
• Operating the Fork Lift - counterbalance
• Assisting in the office taking calls from customers
• Some general admin duties will be required - full training is given

Requirements:

• Valid FLT counterbalance licence - refreshed in the last 3 years
• Outstanding customer service
• Computer literate
• Successful candidates require a DBS check

Details:

• The role is due to start immediately and will run until April 2025 when it will be reviewed.
• If you are interested please telephone Manpower on 01472 361616 between 0800 and 1700 Monday - Friday or click apply!

Salary: Competitive

Hours: 40.21 hours per week, 7wk Roster, 06.00-15.00 / 06.00-18.00 (5 over 7)

Location: Folkestone, CT20 3SP



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With one of the largest growing fleets in the UK, our drivers are pivotal to delivering essential services. They work hard to serve their local communities and make a positive impact every day.



Whether you're looking to overhaul the industry, or just do a good day's work, we know that everyone here at Veolia can help us work alongside our communities, look after the environment, and contribute to our inclusive culture.



What we can offer you;

• 20 days of annual leave
  
• Refer a driver to us once you've joined and earn £1000
  
• Access to our people's pension scheme
  
• Free physiotherapy service
  
• Discounts on everything from groceries to well known retailers
  
• Access to a range of resources to support your physical, mental and financial health; so you can lean on us whenever you need to
  
• Ongoing training and development opportunities, allowing you to reach your full potential
  

What you'll be doing;

• Driving and operating a mechanical sweeper
  
• Collecting public litter bins, assisting with litter picking and traffic management
  
• Reporting any fly-tipping, graffiti, fly posting or damaged/missing litter bins to the depot
  
• Ensuring the vehicle is tipped, washed and the cab is left clear of litter, uniform and personal items at the end of your shift
  
• Accurately complete paperwork
  
• Report any accidents to depot management
  

What we're looking for;

• Class 2 Licence
  
• Up to date CPC / Digi card
  
• Being a team player is key to ensuring our collections run smoothly
  
• A can do attitude and strong time management skills
  

What's next?

Apply today, so we can make a difference for generations to come.

We're proud to be listed in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024, being named as a Top 10 Very Big Organisation to work for two years in a row! This accolade further demonstrates our commitment to our people and our actions in creating an environment where everyone can be their true selves and enjoy working at Veolia.

We want to ensure that you feel supported throughout the application process and provide reasonable adjustments where necessary and requested. If you require any reasonable adjustments as part of your application and interview process please do not hesitate to let us know.

We know how important it is to be fully committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive place to work for every one of our colleagues. We are committed to ensuring that all job applicants and members of staff are treated equally, without discrimination because of sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.

We therefore welcome and encourage all candidates who meet the minimum requirements to apply.

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Acorn by Synergie is recruiting for Delivery Drivers (Cat B) for our clients Distribution Operation in Aylesford so now is an exciting time to be part of our clients brand.

As a Delivery Driver (Cat B) Driver, our client offers:
* £140 to £200 per day - Self Employed.
* Fully Expensed Van.
* 9 hour planned Delivery Route.
* Paid Training Days.
* Full induction and training with a supportive team once your on the road.
* Free car parking.

What will the role involve?
* You will be delivering packages across a planned route to an approved timescale
* Loading and unloading parcels from your van (must be able to lift a minimum of 23kg)
* Driving a company van.
* Full training and induction will be provided and you'll work with a supportive team (Fully paid training days)

What are we looking for?
* You will need a UK or EU Driving Licence - 12 months+
* You must have no more than 6 penalty points on your licence
* Must be over the age of 21
* Hard-working, motivated and great at working in a fast-paced environment
* A good understanding of the local area would be an advantage.

If you are interested in this role then please apply ASAP
Acorn by Synergie acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment.

Acorn by Synergie acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment.

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Coyles require x1 Telehandler Driver in Kent for 4 months work



Qualifications, Skills & Experience required:

Valid CPCS/NPORS
1 relevant working reference
Full PPE
Right to work documents
Responsibilities & Duties include:

Telehandler driving
Performing all required duties on site as instructed
Conduct work according to industry health & safety standards

Job title: Senior Estimator

Salary: £70,000 - £80,000 (DOE) + Car Allowance

Location: Kent

Repairs & Maintenance

We are on the lookout for a Senior Estimator to come and join the Refurbishment Team. We are looking for candidates that have experience of working within a main contractor on Social Housing refurbishment projects, partnerships and frameworks. The ideal candidate will already be managing individual tenders up to the value of £10m.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure the contractors HSE&Q standards, operating processes, company policies and all legislative requirements are adhered to at all times.


• Manage the coordination and preparation of tender documentation.


• Develop awareness of clients' processes and procedures for bid evaluation.


• Effectively plan tender documentation and pricing information.


• Prepare tenders from architect's drawings, specifications, bill of quantities, pre-priced schedule of rates supplied by the client.


• Understand business development and the bidding market place including competitor environment and market forces (regional variation).


• Attend meetings and assist in preparation of contract mobilisation plans and provide insight into the details of the tender.


• Manage tender process to seek and establish project prices from sub-contractors.


• Evaluate, engage and negotiate on price documents, assess for accuracy and confirm best value on price and service quality.

Qualifications:

• Quantity Surveying degree or equivalent.


• Minimum 5 years Quantity Surveyor or Estimator experience is desirable.


• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office particularly Excel and keen to extend knowledge on software packages.


• Good data interrogation skills


• Organisation and project management skills, able to prioritise.


• Working knowledge of marketing and economic factors.


• Sound knowledge of building construction/maintenance techniques and materials.


• Good legal/contractual knowledge


• Valid driving licence

Job title: Quantity Surveyor (Planned/SHDF Works)

Salary: £60,000 - £65,000 (DOE) + Car package

Location: Kent

Repairs & Maintenance

Daniel Owen are proud to be representing a leading Social Housing Contractor in the Kent area that are looking for a brand new Quantity Surveyor to join their team.

You will be carrying out tasks such as being responsible for individual contractor accounts and regular reports and analysis. You will also provide commercial insight and support to ensure financial efficiency is achieved.

You will play a key role in budget management. You will be reviewing applications for payments, as well as creation of weekly and monthly reports for the Commercial Manager and Commercial Director as required.

Responsibilities:

As Quantity Surveyor on this project, you will be a vital member of the team, and will work with your colleagues and the client to:

• Support project delivery whilst achieving target margins


• Ensure all necessary contractual processes have been observed, notices issued, records kept and documents stored


• Develop and maintain positive working relationships with customers, consultants, subcontractors and your colleagues across the Property Services pillar


• Prepare and negotiate interim valuations and final accounts including all necessary measurement


• Make sure any agreement of variations with the supply chain is documented and recorded

To be successful in the role you will possess the following skills and attributes:

• Experience in working in a repairs quantity surveying / commercial environment


• Experience of working in a social housing / housing maintenance environment (either client or contractor side)


• Understanding of NHF and other bespoke schedule of rate based contracts.


• Good planning, budgeting, organising and prioritisation skills. Experience of keeping sound business records


• Strong report writing skills and able to interpret financial and other systems data. A good standard of written business English and a good working knowledge of Excel, Word and PowerPoint.


• Able to build and sustain working relationships with different departments to achieve goals


• Ability to work in a fast paced work environment and manage multiple activities and priorities to a deadline.


• Willingness to take on new responsibilities and a desire to develop new skills to progress within the organisation.

If this sounds like a role that suits your profile, then feel free to get in touch.

We are looking for Qualified Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHP) to join the teams and work with us to develop the service further and ensure we meet the core components; Whole School Approach Targeted Treatment (main evidence base is low intensity CBT individual and group) Consultation and Liaison **(if you are about to qualify from an EMHP course please apply as posts can be held for successful applicants) Our senior Clinical Team are passionate about the careers of EMHP's and we have exciting CPD program happening in service and are working closely with Health Education England (HEE) and NHS England to look at the career pathways of this new work force. We have good working relationships with University of Surrey and Kings Collage London and are looking at developing our staff to progress into senior positions and consider senior EMHP training opportunities and supervisor training.

Role: Senior Design Manager

Location: Canterbury

Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent

Salary & Package: Highly Competitive

Duties:

• You'll be working within the regional build team, supporting them in building projects
• You will be responsible for the management and delivery of design information in accordance with the agreed design programme and deliverable schedule
• Ensuring that the appointed design consultants carry out their duties in line with their appointment
• Input at both pre construction and construction stage of a project
• Mentoring junior staff
• The production of design programmes, design scopes, design responsibility matrices, appointments, schedules to record progress, upline reporting, attending/chairing necessary meetings and workshops
• Ensuring that the design is compliant to relevant legislation and technical requirements

Experience and Qualifications required:

• Previous experience working as a Senior / Design Manager for a regional and or national Contractor
• Experience of undertaking design management activities at both tender and construction stages
• In-depth knowledge of construction processes and materials
• Knowledge of current design, planning legislation and compliance issues

WHATS NEXT?

For more information, please contact Sam today.

Randstad Construction Property Engineering is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Working within the public sector you will be required to support the Environmental Health Team in the role of Food Safety Inspector.

Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Carry out Food Hygiene inspections/surveys in the district alongside other statutory functions with the Food & Safety Team.
• Gather evidence, writing letters and taking enforcement action
• Ad-hoc duties to support the wider team

To be considered for this role you will need to have:

• Ideally registered with the Environmental Health Registration Board and hold a relative qualification.
• Demonstrable knowledge, experience and expertise in relation to Food Safety.
• Relevant experience of Food Safety and enforcement.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to convey and receive information accurately with tact and diplomacy.
• Ability to organise and prioritise workload
• Able to travel within the district

This is a long-term temporary role requiring an immediate start, offering 37.5 hours per week.

New Appointments Group, Expertly Matching Employers and Jobseekers since 1975. Committed to diversity, equality and opportunity for all. Twitter: @nagforjobs

This position is for a Part Qualified Accountant in the Finance Department of a large successful manufacturing business. The role involves assisting in managing the company's financial affairs during an interim period.

• Immediate start for 3-month temporary period
• 37.5 hours a week, office based.

Job Details:

• Prepare and present financial reports
• Preparation of management accounts
• Help maintain accurate and up-to-date financial records
• Manipulating data in excel
• Support the FC in improving and simplifying processes

Person Spec:

• ACCA/AAT/CIMA part qualified
• Intermediate skills in Excel
• Sound knowledge of financial regulations and accounting practices.
• Manufacturing sector accounting experience would be preferred.

New Appointments Group, Expertly Matching Employers and Jobseekers since 1975. Committed to diversity, equality and opportunity for all. Twitter: @nagforjobs

We have an exciting opportunity for an immediate start for a Waste and Recycling Operative for a client in Aylesford on a temporary ongoing basis which could lead permanent for the right candidate.

The role is in the waste and recycling department, you can be working inside and outside. We are looking for someone with experience with a counterbalance forklift (internal certificates accepted). Part of the role will be loading waste collections using a FLT.

You will be collecting, sorting and disposing waste and recycling and sorting into relevant areas such as cardboard, plastic, wood. You could be sorting and baling waste cardboard and plastic film along with recovery of packaging waste/recycling products returned for recycling to maximise revenue from the waste streams. You will be maintaining the general cleanliness of the site.

This role is not heavy but physically demanding and can be dirty. We are looking for someone who is self-driven.

This role is Monday to Friday 8-4 and pays £13.08ph. Half hour unpaid lunch.

New Appointments Group, Expertly Matching Employers and Jobseekers since 1975.
Committed to diversity, equality and opportunity for all.
Twitter: @nagforjobs​

Temporary Helpdesk Operator

Job Title Helpdesk Operator

4 months assignment with a possible extension

£16.00 per hour (paid weekly)

Facilities Managements purpose is to manage the day to day issues that arise around station assets. FM source, maintain and upgrade station assets as and when necessary. Forecasting asset life spans and working to obtain value for money and using up and coming technology to do so.

Brief Description

Provide an efficient and effective general administrative support service to internal and external customers. The administrative support you bring will make all areas of work progress smoothly from receiving and recording faults from various contact sources, to processing, progressing and issuing permits.

About the role (Internal)

As a Helpdesk Operator, you will act as the first point of contact for all fault related issues ensuring strong and accurate customer focused skills are utilised at all times. You will own through to resolution all incidents and queries that come through to you, making sure the customer is fully updated at each step of the process. Working smartly, you will utilise all departments available to you in order to mitigate any potential or future business impact on the customer.
Key Accountabilities
1. Provide effective first level support for all business related issues and Second line support to customers logging "How do I…?" calls relating to certain standard applications
2. On behalf of customers, own and manage incidents and issues through to completion
3. Accurately log, assign and update call records with all of the relevant information and track through to closure.
4. Adhere to processes relevant to each issue to meet the business need and to minimise business impact.
5. Notify, through escalation, all protracted issues or process failures to the line manager.
6. Responsible for raising user awareness of basic software skills and best practice methods in the use of standard Network Rail software and hardware tools, to improve overall productivity and reduce the number of issues raised.

Do you have…?
* Ability to understand customer requirements and determine support requirements?
* Excellent customer service skills?

* Do you have attention to detail, are you methodical and organised?
* Able to work well within a highly disciplined team under pressure?
* The ability to prioritise competing issues?

Are you…?
* Proficient in the use of Windows 10, MS Outlook, Word and Excel? Desirable: used Concept Evolution

Please Note: This role consists of a 35 hour working week, spread over varied shift pattern and own transport is desirable as public transport is limited.
This is not an IT Helpdesk position.

Brook Street is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all candidates who are veterans or spouses/partners of military personnel, and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy.

As a Disability Confident Leader, and holder of the Gold Award status from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, Brook Street, as a supplier to the Public Sector Resourcing Framework (PSR), will offer you a guaranteed interview with a PSR Sourcer.

Should you identify as a candidate with a disability and/or as a veteran or spouse/partner of military personnel and meet all the essential criteria for the role, we encourage you to reach out to us via the Brook Street website. Here you will find a link to register your interest and state the role that you are interested in. We are committed to engaging with you. 

In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates/military spouses/partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, Brook Street will interview the best candidates from within that group.