Total 140 Health / Beauty / Fitness job vacancies in Dartford, DA2 6PB

General responsibilities Clinical Responsibilities Managerial responsibilities Professional responsibilities Education and development responsibilities In addition to the responsibilities outlined above, please see the detailed job description and person specification for further information.

As a Student District Nurse, you'll be part of our valued team at Livingstone Community Hospital, Dartford. You will feel valued as a Student District Nurse within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: AFC Band 5withNHS Pension andfull Agenda for Changeterms and conditions Free tea, coffee, and milk at your base location Plentiful on site-parking Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates 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 career coaching and counselling Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise 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 The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission To complete the course, applicants must be able to meet the academic requirements of the University of Greenwich and must be available for the whole year. Applicants should: Be currently registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) as a Nurse Normally have at least 2 years post registration experience including community experience. Have a relevant degree, normally at 2:2 or above (at least 120 credits at level 6) Have evidence of competence, experience, or academic ability to study at the level required for the programme. have successfully completed a research module or be able to demonstrate evidence and knowledge of research theory and practice. Interviews to take place week commencing 21st October.

There is an exciting opportunity for Registered Mental Health Nurses to join the Forensic Inpatient Directorate at The Bracton Centre and Memorial Hospital - Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust.

We are a Trauma Informed Service, looking for dynamic and compassionate individuals. We are seeking to recruit nurses who are curious about the ways that adversity and traumas impact our patients’ behaviours, functioning, clinical presentations and engagement. You will be supported to deliver high quality nursing to patients, in which your nursing therapeutic and relational skills will help our patients to feel safe, listened to, valued, engaged and empowered.

You will be supported to be a trauma responsive nurse, developing practices that avoid causing further harm, promote engagement and create a safe context for healing and recovery.

You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, where good communication supports the management of clinical and risk issues on the ward. You will ensure appropriate evidence-based practices are used, including Trauma Informed Care, a traffic light system for the prediction of violence and aggression and safety huddles.

The Forensic Directorate supports occasional rotation of staff to other wards to enable them acquire new skills, avoid burnouts and gain the full benefit and experience working in the forensic directorate. The post holder may hence be rotated to another ward as part of further development and to meet service needs.


• Working autonomously within the parameters of the role, implementing the delivery of quality nursing care, contributing to the physical, psychological, social, recreational, and spiritual care in a recovery focused and trauma-informed way, through therapeutic engagement and activities, and taking steps to address any issues that arise.
• Leading on and undertaking activities to ensure that the fundamentals of care are met, such as physical and psychological safety, emotional and social support, nutrition, hydration, hygiene, and comfort.
• Co-ordinating and evaluating collaborative patient-centred care, offering choices and opportunities to empower patients whenever possible.
• Getting feedback and improving plans with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT).
• Providing accurate information about care in an accessible format to patients and their relatives / carers, and regularly engaging with carers and families within the remits of confidentiality.
• Promoting service user engagement, supporting emotional regulation, and creating a safe context for healing and recovery.
• Liaising and working positively with members of the multidisciplinary team and partner organisations.
• Developing the management of care needs through:

a) Initial data collection

b) Monitoring of individual service user / patient progress

c) Feedback and discussion.

d) Producing reports and in-care reviews.

e) Devising a plan of care and interventions under supervision.







Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
• We’re Kind
• We’re Fair
• We Listen
• We Care



You will be supported to be a trauma responsive nurse, developing practices that avoid causing further harm, promote engagement and create a safe context for healing and recovery.

You will have access to multiple sources of support, including supervision, preceptorship, MDT working, training and staff support sessions. These will enable you to use communication and connection to patients to create safety, support emotional regulation, reframe frustrating behaviours and reflect on your own practice.

You will be part of a service focussed on re-emphasising relational security within the physically secure setting, such as providing patient choice when possible, collaboration and transparency/

Please refer to attached Job description and Person specification.


This advert closes on Wednesday 23 Oct 2024

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You will be supported to be a trauma responsive nurse, developing practices that avoid causing further harm, promote engagement and create a safe context for healing and recovery. You will have access to multiple sources of support, including supervision, preceptorship, MDT working, training and staff support sessions. These will enable you to use communication and connection to patients to create safety, support emotional regulation, reframe frustrating behaviours and reflect on your own practice. You will be part of a service focussed on re-emphasising relational security within the physically secure setting, such as providing patient choice when possible, collaboration and transparency/ Please refer to attached Job description and Person specification.

What skills and experience we're looking for

An exciting position has arisen for an experienced Senior Speech and Language Therapist to join The Golden Thread Alliance. The person appointed to this role will be part of our central team, working with children across the Trust to provide specialist support and advice.

We are looking for someone with experience working with children to support and develop their speech and language skills. The post holder will offer SALT assessments, create support plans, and provide advice and support to parents, carers and school staff. As the Senior Speech & Language Therapist, you will play a key role in creating, developing, and assessing the systems for speech and language across the Trust and developing the provision within our schools. This is a new role within the Trust so you would be able to take ownership of not only the role but also the systems for speech and language across our schools, alongside the School Improvement Partner for SEND.

This role is a permanent position, 32.5 hours per week term time only. The salary is within the Kent Range 10 £37,374 FTE, actual pro rata salary £27,758.60, based on 32.5 hours per week, 38 weeks per year.

The Golden Thread Alliance is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020 and therefore is subject to an Enhanced DBS Disclosure. In line with KCSIE guidance, all candidates who are shortlisted will be subject to an online search. This search is not part of the shortlisting process itself and all shortlisted candidates will have the opportunity to address any issues of concern resulting from the search.

Two references are also required prior to commencement of employment.

Early applications are encouraged, and The Golden Thread Alliance reserves the right to close the vacancy if a suitable candidate is found.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

What the school offers its staff

Our staff benefits package includes:

• Commitment to your ongoing Continued Professional Development
• Two family days
• Half-day Christmas Shopping Leave
• Access to Local Government Pension scheme/Teachers’ Pensions
• Eyecare vouchers through Specsavers
• Annual Flu Jab offer for all staff
• Employee Assistance Programme to support your wellbeing

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

The post holder will provide and develop a high standard of Occupational Therapy (OT) servicesto the Inpatient Occupational Therapy Team, working within the Band 6 OT 9 monthly rotations intoEmergency Medicine and Integrated Discharge Team incorporating A&E Majors and Minors andMedical Short Stay Area (Cypress Unit); Stroke Unit; Trauma Orthopaedics and Outpatient Hand Therapy; Medicine (inclusive of Oncology, Gastroenterology, Respiratory, Endocrinology);Elderly Medicine.The post holder will provide specialist OT assessments, interventions and advice for patients andrelatives, using evidence based client-centred principles. They will work towards both preventionof admission to hospital and facilitation of discharge from hospital; working closely with MDTmembers and discharge planners and relevant community services.They will manage, supervise and develop Band 5 OTs, OT assistants, apprentices and studentsand promote the role of Occupational Therapy within the inter-professional team and ensure thatgood communication exists within the medical, nursing and other professional staff.The post holder in conjunction with the Head OT and Senior OTs, actively monitor anddevelop the OT service, continuously striving to improve the quality of service.They will maintain a high standard of care and clinical practice through liaison with those workingin the team and maintain close working relationships with other senior Occupational Therapists tofacilitate integrated and collaborative rehabilitation programmes especially when patients moveacross professional and organisational boundaries.The post holder will work to provide care across a 7-day service when on rotation within theintegrated discharge team, working with the stroke team and any other team that develops modelof 7 day working.

In this role, you will oversee pharmaceutical services to the Gastroenterology service, including inpatient and outpatient clinics. You will lead the strategic development of pharmacy standards within the service and collaborate with colleagues to ensure the safe and effective use of medications, particularly in high-risk areas such as antimicrobial stewardship. As a senior member of the team, you will contribute to cost-saving initiatives, manage staff, and support training and education efforts within the department. Additionally, you will work to enhance medication safety, contribute to clinical audits, and take an active role in the departments continuous improvement efforts. If you are a proactive, organised, and motivated pharmacist looking for a leadership opportunity, we encourage you to apply for this rewarding role within our forward-thinking organisation. Dependent on experience you may be offered this post as a band 7-8a progression plan to give you the necessary tools to excel in this role.

Main responsibilities dispensing both dispensaries, working the Quality Assurance department, receptionist, delivering medications to the wards, supply stocks to the wards

We are seeking a dynamic, creative, and enthusiastic Occupational therapist to join our leadership team at DGSCMHT.

You will provide clinical leadership on our care pathways within Mental health together + pathways

This will be achieved by providing supervision andspecialist mental health advice and education to staff within the team. and offer clinical sessions offering short-term interventions based on psychological informed evidence based therapies and offer professional advice to client/patients and their carers, other professionals/ partners.

Being a key member of the leadership team you will support clinicians to provide timely and evidence based interventions.

Providing expertise in occupational therapy assessments/interventions and provide OT specialist support to the team (OT's and trainee OT's)

Developing working relationships with partner agencies and teams to ensure seamless progress of patients through the care pathways.

Supporting the leadership team in reviewing care across the services

Please see JD for more details

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.

Please see Job description and personal specification for full details of duties and responsibilities


This advert closes on Sunday 20 Oct 2024

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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 cant wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.

Clinical Responsibilities: Act as a self-directed practitioner who directs, provides and evaluates the highest standard of evidence-based nursing care to patients within their own home, founded on agreed management care plans and protocols. Work independently and without direct supervision in a variety of clinical settings, Trust wide and in the community, prioritising workload to meet the regular unpredictable situations that may occur within this role. Demonstrate the ability to work independently and perform comprehensive patient assessments based upon history taking and physical examination. Demonstrate highly developed clinical reasoning and decision-making skills. Make and receive direct referrals to and from the relevant members of the multi-professional teams. Acquire a variety of specialist nursing skills and knowledge, including assessments, planning and management of chronic diseases in the home, such as heart failure, wound management and respiratory disease. Please see attached job description for more information.

1. Clinical Responsibilities1.1 To ensure all necessary material resources are available and allocate as appropriate1.2 Assess, plan, implement and evaluate physical, social and psychological care, accordingto the needs of the patient1.3 Perform independent colposcopy and cervical screening examinations1.4 Make appropriate decisions regarding referral to Colposcopy MDT.1.5 Responsible for the safe storage, use and administration of all medicines and substancesaccording to Trust policy1.6 To maintain and update skills required for cervical screening and colposcopy1.7 Provide suitably trained person/s to assist in clinical procedures, whilst maintaining thepatients safety during invasive procedures at all times1.8 Act as the patients advocate during consultations, investigations and treatment1.9 Ensure nursing practice is evidence-based, within own scope of practice and that all clinicalpolicies, procedures, protocols and guidelines have all been agreed with the Matron andbeen through the correct governance process1.10 Lead on improvement projects within the Colposcopy Service1.11 Act as an effective role model, resource and advisor to lead the assessment, co-ordinationand care delivery1.12 Lead on facilitating and supporting efficient and effective patient pathways and careprogrammes, ensuring high standards of care1.13 Ensure that patients are processed through the department in a safe and timely manner1.14 Lead on ensuring that there is effective communication within the department, includingliaison with medical staff and other disciplines and services1.15 Supervise and co-ordinate the clinical standards of all staff within the department and informthe appropriate personnel of changes in circumstances which may affect the delivery ofcare within the unit1.16 Lead on clinical governance and quality assurance for the service, show leadership and bean effective change innovator in areas of patient safety and clinical effectiveness1.17 Undertake clinical audits as required, and to be responsible for monitoring and evaluatingways to use this data to inform staff and to improve patient care1.18 Responsible for the maintenance and checking of emergency and resuscitation equipmentand procedures1.19 Maintain own professional practice and have knowledge of new developments1.20 Be aware of new concepts within clinical practice and promote and participate in suchschemes1.21 Ensure that all documentation is accurate and timely, adhering to local policy and procedureand meeting legal requirements where appropriate2. Managerial Responsibilities2.1 Manage own time, resources and diary2.2 To ensure that the Colposcopy Department complies with local and national health andsafety standards, including highlighting risks and completing risk assessments2.3 Work closely with the Gynaecology Outpatients Senior Sister, the Matron and ServiceManager regarding all management, quality and performance issues related to theColposcopy Service.2.4 Daily organisation of service/ patient caseload2.5 To respond to all appropriate PALS enquiries and complaints, both informal and formal, andto any quality alerts, if required2.6 To attend national, regional or local meetings as part of the Colposcopy Team2.7 Oversight of the current demand and capacity for Colposcopy, and the management ofnational targets, including the organisation of ad-hoc extra sessions as required2.8 Supervision and mentorship of new staff to the department2.9 Maintaining and monitoring standards of performance for the department2.10 Participate in the development and update of local policies, as well as assisting in theimplementation of national, Trust and local policies2.11 Participate in data collection, evaluation, audit and accreditation as required2.12 To be integral to the development of the Colposcopy Department, ensuring compliance withthe BSCCP Quality Standards2.13 Assist with interviews and selection of new staff, supporting their induction and training2.14 Lead on the use of lessons learnt from complaints or incidents in any teaching or trainingprogramme.2.15 Present progress updates of project action plans at multidisciplinary meetings and answerqueries relevant to the project including data and statistical analysis where required2.16 Ensure a high level of professional awareness both personally and throughout thedirectorate by holding/attending appropriate meetings, seminars, etc.3. Education and development responsibilities:3.1 All budget holders will undertake on the job training in all matters financial and will beresponsible for ensuring they are setup in the finance/procurement/HR systems with theappropriate authorisation levels.3.2 Undertake annual review and statutory and mandatory training3.3 Provide learning opportunities for staff, (including classroom teaching and bedside training)3.4 Support the mentoring and supervision of student nurses and midwives whilst on placementin the Gynaecology Outpatients Department, and allocated to sessions to Colposcopy3.5 Link with other organisations to facilitate education of self/others3.6 Comply with NMC revalidation requirements3.7 Ensure attendance at department training sessions as required forprofessional/personal/service development3.8 Act as an effective role model, educator, and personal mentor/supervisor for other staff,student nurses and midwives and other trainees, participating in their developmentprogrammesGeneral responsibilities:Patient Experience Staff should ensure that they always put the patient at the heart of everything they do. Allstaff will strive to create a positive patient experience at each stage of the patients/serviceusers care journeyTrust Policies and Procedures To adhere to the Trusts agreed policies and procedures.Equal Opportunities To promote and develop the equality of opportunity in accordance with the Trusts EqualOpportunities PolicyConfidentiality To protect the confidentiality of information relating to the Trust, Patient and Staff or otheragenciesQuality To provide a quality service to internal and external agencies and participate/ developclinical governance within sphere of responsibility.Infection Control All Trust employees are required to be familiar with, and comply with, Trust polices andguidelines for infection control and hand hygiene in order to prevent the spread ofhealthcare-associated infections. For clinical staff with direct patient contact, this will include the uniform and dress codepolicy, the use of personal protective equipment guidance, the guidance on aseptictechniques and the safe handling and disposal of sharps. All staff are required to attend mandatory training in Infection Control and be compliant withall measures known to be effective in reducing healthcare-associated infections.Health and Safety To share responsibility for abiding by health and safety policies and regulations, infectionprevention and control policies and act in accordance with the Risk Management Policy.Sustainability It is the responsibility of all staff to minimise the Trust's environmental impact by recyclingwherever possible, switching off lights, computers, monitors and equipment when not inuse, minimising water usage and reporting faults promptly.Our Behaviours All staff are expected to behave in accordance with Our Behaviours. The six areas offocus are the responsibility of each individual and should be the basis for all workundertaken within the Trust.Safeguarding The Trust expects all employees to adhere to the principle that safeguarding children andadults is everybodys responsibility, including the escalation of any concerns.Category Description/Definition Frequency/MeasuresWorking Conditions The Post holder will be based in theGynaecology Outpatients DepartmentFrequentPhysical Effort Moderate Physical ExertionExcessive screen time

General Administration Provide advice and secretarial and administrative support to the College Tutors/Training Programme Directors in all matters relating to the delivery of Speciality Training within the Trust. Attend and take minutes of the Local Faculty Group Meetings and participate in the Local Academic Board Meetings, ensuring all relevant Speciality Training related action points are acted upon. Arrange sufficient representation by medical and non-medical staff for any Speciality School activity such as recruitment and ARCP panels. Reporting Maintain a record of all non-statutory leave for Speciality Trainees and report to the Medical Educational Manager. Maintain a confidential record of any Trainee Requiring Additional Support. Respond to requests for data and information from Health Education England. Rotations and Educational/Clinical Supervision Liaise with College Tutors regarding the allocation and placement of Speciality Trainees to training posts. Ensure each Educational and Clinical Supervisor and College Tutor is aware of the allocation of supervisor/trainee on commencement for the year within the Trust. E-Portfolio, Assessment and Teaching Develop expertise in the e-Portfolios. Take responsibility for the up-keep of the e-portfolio for medical trainees including data entry and reporting. Arrange and administratively support the teaching programmes for Postgraduate Doctors and students. Communication and Data Management Develop expertise to enable the competent handling of day-to-day enquiries concerning Specialty Training within the Trust including curriculum delivery, teaching topics, assessment, leave and learning. Establish and maintain good lines of communication with those involved in Specialty Training i.e. Programme Directors and Educational Supervisors to ensure an effective flow and recording of information Represent the Trust by attending internal and external meetings in relation to Specialty Training and to keep abreast of development and changes to the delivery of training Assist with the marketing of Darent Valley Hospital to Medical Students and Postgraduate Doctors at all grades Provide advice and information on the study leave process. Induction Co-ordinate the publication of induction documentation for all Speciality Trainees Liaise with relevant specialties to ensure that departmental inductions fulfil the clinical governance requirements at the start of each rotation Collect, record and report on attendance at Trust and Departmental Induction Organise and arrange the delivery of induction for Medical Students at the beginning of each placement block, or as they arrive, booking Centre facilities and resources as appropriate. Undergraduates Placements Work with the Director of Undergraduate Medical Education (DUME), other Trust staff and external agencies to ensure that medical student placements are well organised and effective. Liaise with relevant Trust departments notifying them of future student placements and ensure that accommodation is booked accordingly for medical students. When completing your application, please read through the person specification table at the back of the job description document and explain in your supporting statement how you meet these criteria. This will help us to shortlist your application.

The clinical commitments required of the appointee will be as detailed in the Weekly Programme of Duties though service needs may require alteration of the timetable without notice. The appointee will be required to visit any patient in any establishment forming part of the Trust at the request of the Consultant. The appointee will be required to be full shift rota and will be required to take part in Internal Cover arrangements during the absence of the Registrars and middle grades on annual or study leave. The appointee will be required to undertake those administrative duties commensurate with the post and to be responsible for the supervision and support of the Senior House Officers. He/she will be encouraged to undertake research under the supervision of the consultants. So far as is consistent with proper discharge of the above duties the post holder undertakes to deputise from time to time for absent colleagues. The Post holder undertakes, exceptionally, to perform additional duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances, eg cover on call duties.

For more information or to arrange an informal visit please contact Sue Govier, Named Nurse Safeguarding Children on 01322 428469