Community Complex Care Nurse

Nurse Seekers; Maidstone; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A community healthcare services provider in Maidstone seeks a Community Complex Care Nurse to support vulnerable adults with complex health needs in their homes. The role requires delivering specialist clinical care and assessing nursing needs. Candidates should have a Registered Nurse qualification and active NMC registration, demonstrating strong clinical knowledge and excellent communication skills. The position offers flexibility, ongoing training, and an opportunity to work within a supportive clinical team.

Benefits

Ongoing training and professional development

Opportunity to lead and shape care packages

Flexible working and community travel

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse qualification with active NMC registration.
• Experience supporting adults/children with complex health needs.
• Ability to manage clinical decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Assess and evaluate nursing care for complex needs patients.
• Deliver specialist clinical care including tracheostomy management.
• Train and supervise healthcare support workers.

Skills

Strong clinical knowledge

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Ability to work independently

Commitment to safeguarding

Education

Registered Nurse qualification (degree level or above)

Job description

Role Overview

Community Complex Care Nurse – supporting vulnerable adults with highly complex health needs within their homes.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care for adults and children with complex health needs.
• Deliver specialist clinical care including long‑term ventilation, tracheostomy management, oxygen therapy, suction and enteral feeding.
• Provide skilled, evidence‑based nursing care in community and home settings.
• Safeguard children and adults at risk and follow safeguarding policies.
• Act as a clinical lead within allocated care packages when required.
• Support, train, mentor and supervise healthcare support workers; undertake competency assessments, supervisions and appraisals.
• Provide education and guidance to patients, families and carers.
• Carry out home risk assessments to ensure patient and staff safety.
• Maintain accurate and contemporaneous paper and electronic records.
• Liaise with families and carers, education professionals and multi‑disciplinary and multi‑agency teams.
• Participate in audits, clinical governance and service development.
• Maintain supplies and equipment required for individual care packages.
• Travel within the community to visit clients as required.

Person Specification

• Essential: Registered Nurse qualification (degree level or above); active NMC registration; commitment to the NMC Code of Conduct; experience supporting adults and/or children with complex health needs; strong clinical knowledge and evidence‑based practice; ability to work independently and manage clinical decision‑making; excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to work flexibly within a community‑based service; commitment to safeguarding, infection control and quality assurance; willingness to travel within the TN11 area.
• Desirable: Tracheostomy care, ventilation, enteral feeding and catheterisation experience; acting as a lead nurse within care packages; experience of regulatory inspections; knowledge of clinical audit and research‑based practice; experience working within regulated care environments.

What’s on Offer

• Community‑based nursing role with autonomy and variety.
• Ongoing training and professional development.
• Support with NMC revalidation and mandatory training.
• Opportunity to lead and shape complex care packages.
• Work as part of a highly skilled, supportive clinical team.
• Enhanced DBS required.
• Flexible working and community travel.