Band 6 Staff Nurse/Therapist- Recruitment Open Day

Band 6 Staff Nurse/Therapist Recruitment Open Day

Wednesday 11th September
Eastgate, 141 Springhead Parkway, Northfleet, Gravesend, DA11 8AD
10am – 2pm

Band 6 Staff Nurse or Therapist, with knowledge and experience in discharge planning and pathways, to join our Community Transfer of Care Hub!

In the Community Transfer of Care Hub you will manage all referrals into the Discharge to Assess Pathways across Dartford, Gravesend and Swanley. You will work alongside a talented multi-disciplinary team of integrated discharge nurses, therapists, rehabilitation and healthcare assistants and an administrator to assist in discharge planning across acute hospital services. You will be required to travel to local acute hospitals to provide in-reach support to meet the needs of the service and you’ll also be expected to visit patients in their homes and in care homes to undertake assessments in line with our "Home First" approach. Therefore, a driving license and access to a car for work purposes is essential for this role.

So, if you think you're ready to be part of something special, come along to our open day, where you will have the chance to meet with the team, find out more about exciting roles and get a tour of the site.

Here at HCRG Care Group, the management structure is visible and you will feel supported by all managers out in the services! HCRG Care Group has a friendly and stable team with fantastic relationships and great team spirit!

We offer AfC terms and conditions for our registered roles and NHS Pension.

Package Description: We are holding a Recruitment Open Day in Kent on Wednesday 11th September 2024; this is a great opportunity for you to come and see all the great work the services at HCRG Care Group in Kent provide. You will be able to discuss opportunities with the management team and get an understanding of the type of work we do and how you could be an integral part of this.

As a Band 6 Staff Nurse/Therapist you will receive Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions and an NHS pension as well as having access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

1. Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you.
2. Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates.
3. Online and face-to-face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post-trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well as career coaching and counselling.
4. Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise.
5. An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year.
6. The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with 100% of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission.

Main Responsibilities: As a Band 6 Staff Nurse or Therapist you will:

1. Undertake patient care needs assessment to identify ongoing support required for a safe acute hospital discharge.
2. Visit patients in their homes to undertake face-to-face assessments of patient needs.
3. Source appropriate care provision in the correct setting to meet these needs.
4. Ensure sourced care provision is implemented from the point of hospital discharge.
5. Communicate effectively with patients, carers and all partner organisations.
6. Maintain accurate patient records in line with professional and organisational requirements.
7. Implement and work to ensure evidence-based care/best practice.
8. Initiate health promotion activities with individuals, patients, and carers.
9. Provide in-reach assistance to the acute hospitals by providing expertise in community services to improve discharge and flow for pathways 1, 2 and 3.
10. Undertake mentorship training, facilitate the teaching and learning experiences for all students and colleagues.
11. Be responsible for liaising with external agencies to expedite Transfer of Care Packages and Nursing Home/residential Home placements.

The Ideal Candidate: The ideal candidate will have/be:

1. Registered Nurse (RN) or registered Therapists (OT / Physio) with current live PIN on NMC register or HCPC register.

About The Company: We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's 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.

As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.