Overview
Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts, the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Medway Community Healthcare. Nursing vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Children's therapy assistant to join the South East Kent locality team, based at the Rainbow Centre in Ashford.
As a Kent-wide Children's therapy service, there will be opportunities to work across the locality responding to service need and demand.
The Children's therapies team in South East Kent are an outcomes focussed service using a patient-reported outcome tool with children, young people and their families to understand what is important to them and what support they might need to achieve these outcomes.
You will be a part of a dynamic and innovative Children's therapies team who are committed to integrated working.
Continuing Professional development and peer supervision are available for all staff.
You will be an enthusiastic and dynamic team member with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
You will be organised and able to support a team of Children's therapists with delegated tasks and specialist clinics.
You will have experience of working with children and young people as a therapy assistant and/or experience of delivering therapy intervention to Children and young people in another setting.
You will have the knowledge and skills to be able to support the Children's therapies team provide the highly specialist assessment, advice, intervention and support for these children and their carers.
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.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
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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