Urgent Treatment Centre Technician

We are looking for an enthusiastic, self - motivated technician to join our friendly Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) in Buckland Hospital. You will be working with our emergency care practitioners who provide urgent care in this busy UTC.

The role of the Urgent treatment Centre Technician is essentially task orientated, involving the direct care of the patients and supporting the multi-disciplinary team.

These tasks are to be performed with an understanding and awareness of the broader personal needs of both the patient and his/ her family. Care will be implemented without supervision.

It is expected that the post holder will regularly work a variety of shifts in order to fulfil the duties of the post; this will include nights and weekends.The post may require the holder to work on other sites within East Kent Hospitals Trust, in order to meet service requirements and to ensure that staff maintain and develop their skills

Currently we have a Technician posts available within the UTC at Buckland Hospital. This post is for a band 3 Technician, the applicant must have completed their competencies and training required of the post to be considered for interview. Applications from Band 2's will be considered if for trainee posts. The post holder must have a willingness to work with children, adults and must be aware of the need to undertake shift work to cover the needs of the service; this includes working nights, weekends and public holidays.

We welcome applicants with customer care experience, a good command of written and spoken English, some basic IT skills and a caring and willing attitude; this post is a great opportunity to join employment with the National Health Service one of the world's largest healthcare providers

East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust is one of the largest Trusts in England and is situated in the heart of the "Garden of England." The Trust has two Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC), at Canterbury and Dover and two co - located UTC, one at the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital in Margate and the other being at the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with fivehospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.