Community Staff Nurse

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Community Staff Nurse to join our West Kent Urgent Care Service as a Twilight Nurse, providing a rapid two-hour crisis response to help patients stay safe at home and avoid hospital admissions.

Working across a 24/7 service, you will perform IV therapy, syringe driver management, catheterisation, phlebotomy, wound care and clinical assessment, coordinating care with families and professionals to achieve the best outcomes.

Qualifications

• Level 6 degree or equivalent plus a nursing diploma.
• Recent healthcare experience, including community or acute settings.
• Registered with the Nursing & Midwifery Council.
• Full UK driving licence or EU country driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Provide holistic, patient-centred care to adults in the community setting.
• Undertake comprehensive assessments and develop personalised care plans.
• Coordinate care with patients, families and other professionals.
• Deliver clinical interventions such as IV therapy, catheterisation, wound care and phlebotomy.
• Manage a daily caseload, assist in triage and support junior staff and students.

Education

Level 6 Degree or equivalent qualification (plus nursing diploma)

Recent healthcare experience

NMC registration

Full UK driving licence (or EU equivalent)

Job description

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

Community Staff Nurse

The closing date is 11 November 2026

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 or working on the Staff Bank within these organisations. Nursing and AHP vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses/AHPs.

Join our West Kent Urgent Care Service as a Twilight Nurse and make a real difference when patients need support most. Our team provides a rapid two-hour crisis response, helping people remain safely in their own homes, avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions and supporting timely discharge from acute settings.

Working across a 24/7 service, you'll deliver compassionate, responsive care to patients with urgent, complex and end-of-life needs. Using a wide range of clinical skills, you'll provide treatments often associated with hospital care, including IV therapy, syringe driver management, catheterisation, phlebotomy, wound care and clinical assessment.

This is a rewarding opportunity for a confident and caring nurse who enjoys autonomous working while being part of a supportive, experienced multidisciplinary team. You'll collaborate closely with health and social care colleagues to deliver high-quality, patient-centred care that has a direct impact on people's lives during times of crisis.

Main duties of the job

Please note, this vacancy does not meet the criteria for skilled worker sponsorship. Therefore, we are unable to accept applications from candidates that cannot provide documentary evidence of right to work in the United Kingdom.

As a valued member of our community nursing team, you'll provide holistic, person-centred care to patients with diverse and often complex healthcare needs.

You’ll undertake comprehensive assessments, develop and review personalised care plans, and work in partnership with patients, families and wider professionals to achieve the best outcomes. You’ll coordinate care, arrange equipment, make onward referrals and deliver a range of clinical interventions while monitoring patients for signs of deterioration and responding appropriately.

The role also includes managing a daily caseload, supporting triage and prioritisation of referrals, and contributing to the smooth running of the service. You’ll play an important part in developing others by supervising and supporting healthcare assistants, students and junior colleagues.

This role is ideal for a proactive nurse who thrives in a community setting, values teamwork and is passionate about delivering outstanding care closer to home.

About us

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is currently undertaking a significant programme of transformation to align our community services to the new Neighbourhood Model of care delivery, there will be a period of consultation which may result in changes affecting some services, teams or roles. Depending on the area you are applying to work in, this could include potential changes to your role, work base, reporting arrangements, or terms and conditions of employment. Any changes would be subject to consultation and managed sensitively and in line with relevant employment processes. Please do contact the recruiting manager if you have any concerns about this so they can answer any questions you might have.

Rated 'Outstanding' by CQC, we deliver high-quality care that improves the health of our communities. We are looking for people who share our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Responsive and Excellent.

We are proud to be an inclusive, welcoming organisation and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We use protected characteristic information for monitoring only and it is not seen by recruiting managers, except where applicants choose to be considered under our disability guaranteed interview scheme.

We know life outside work matters. As a flexible working-friendly organisation, we welcome conversations about arrangements that help you thrive while supporting excellent care for our patients.

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Job responsibilities

As a community Trust, many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. Where driving is a requirement of the role, you will be asked to confirm that you hold a full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment. If you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via [e-mail], quoting the vacancy reference number, so we can support you further.

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.

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.

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Person Specification

Qualifications, training and experience

• You will have a Level 6 Degree or equivalent qualification, or equivalent knowledge acquired through experience plus a diploma in nursing.
• You’ll need to have recent experience of healthcare gained through education, work experience or previous employment. This role is ideal for a newly qualified graduate nurse
• You will be a registered health care professional with the Nursing and Midwifery Council
• A full, valid UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country

Knowledge and skills

• You will need to have a customer focussed approach
• Provide patients, clients and their families with the best possible experience
• You will need to be able to be able to use IT systems and databases.
• You will understand where to signpost clients and families to alternative services to support behaviour change and improve health
• You will have knowledge of up-to-date clinical practice by using up- to- date skills and adhering to evidence based procedures and clinical effectiveness frameworks. You will fully understand the role and remit of a health care worker
• Having an awareness of developments within the NHS would be an advantage

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

£32,073 to £39,043 a yearpro rata per annum