Job summary
Our work is crucial to the community as we aim to prevent unnecessary hospital submission and support hospital discharges. In this role, you will care for patients by delivering our high service standards, sharing best practice, and actively helping to develop and improve the way we work.
We empower our staff to work as autonomous staff members, and as part of a multidisciplinary team, with the provision of ipads / tablets to promote remote working and enable staff to be out in the community supporting patients within their own home.
Main duties of the job
- To assist in the provision of a high standard of planned individualized, holistic rehabilitation programmes for patients in the community, under the care of the Urgent Care Response and Intermediate Care Team, including recuperative and palliative care.
- To support the management and discharge of patients as part of the rapid response team. Will be required to work in the community in support of this.
- Being prepared to work over seven days per week in order to meet service needs.
- Will support general practice in early identification and anticipatory care planning for all patients identified at risk of admission to hospital in order that inappropriate admissions are avoided.
- To assist in providing nursing/therapy care as delegated by the Lead Therapist/Team Sister within patients homes. This includes providing short term personal care prior to a care package commencing e.g., washing, dressing, meeting all hygiene needs.
- To maintain knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to deliver a quality service that is responsive to the changing needs of patients.
- To participate in and support qualified team members in health promotion activities
- To provide clerical and administrative support to the team as delegated by the Lead Therapist/Team Sister
About us
You will feel valued as a within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
- 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 a majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
Details
Date posted
13 January 2026
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£24,937 to £24,937 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
HCRGCG/TP/116242/18186
Job locations
HCRG Care Group
Gravesend
Kent
DA11 0DG
Employer details
Employer name
HCRG Care Group
Address
HCRG Care Group
Gravesend
Kent
DA11 0DG
Employer's website
https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)
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