Community Staff Nurse

NHS; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading community health trust as a Community Staff Nurse, providing essential care to patients in their homes. You'll assess, plan, and implement holistic care while supporting a diverse team. Flexibility in hours and a commitment to high standards are key. This role requires a full UK driving license and offers a chance to make a real difference in the community.

Qualifications

• Experience in community/acute healthcare.
• Commitment to professional development.
• Ability to work autonomously.

Responsibilities

• Assessment and planning of holistic care.
• Manage a caseload of patients with complex needs.
• Support junior staff and work in a multi-professional team.

Skills

Communication

Organizational Skills

Problem-Solving

Education

Diploma or Degree in Adult Nursing

Registered with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)

Tools

Microsoft Office

E-Pay

E-roster

RiO

Job description

Go back Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

Community Staff Nurse

The closing date is 18 May 2025

An exciting opportunity to join West Kent Urgent Care Services Team. Our Urgent Care Service provides a two-hour response to patientsin crisis at home. Our aim is to prevent unnecessary hospital admission and facilitate early discharge from the acute hospitals. We alsoprovide unscheduled care out-of-hours for patients who may be at the end of life, or experiencing an urgent need for healthcare.

We carry out detailed holistic assessments, developing personalised plans of care in collaboration with patients and their carers. Our patients are complex, and require proactive risk management, in order to be maintained safely at home. We maintain clinical oversight,and ensure all actions are completed appropriately.Nurses use a wide clinical skills base to provide hospital-level care at home. This includes IV therapy, end of life symptom control andmanagement via syringe driver, catheterisation skills, phlebotomy, wound management, risk assessment, as well as general observationsand fundamental nursing care.This service is providing nursing care within patients' homes and covering West Kent. The ability to drive is essential to this post.

Main duties of the job

• Assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of holistic careo The development of integrated care plans in partnership with the patiento To order equipment and send onward referrals as necessaryo To support in the supervision and development of all junior staff including Health Care Assistants and Studentso To actively work as a member of the multi-professional team to provide high quality care to patientso To undertake a range of competent clinical interventions and identify any deterioration in patients' condition, taking appropriateaction.o Manage a caseload of patients on a daily basis consisting of patients with complex needs associated within a specific speciality.o To support in duty role and complete triages

Additional Working Pattern: Full and part time hours available. Long days, weekends and night shifts

About us

Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we've got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences

We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn't visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission

The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won't involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We'll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

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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. As such you will be asked to confirm you have a full UK driving licence where driving is a requirement of the role to be able 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.

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Diploma or Degree in Adult Nursing.
• Registered as fit to practice by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).

Experience/Knowledge

• Experience of recent community/acute healthcare gained through education or work experience placement or previous employment
• Supporting others and mentorship
• Demonstrates a commitment to professional development
• Insight and understanding of current issues in nursing and the NHS
• Community Experience and working an autonomous practitioner
• Experience with the use of Microsoft Office and a variety of IT packages (E-Pay / E-roster/ RiO)

Skills & abilities

• Excellent Excellent communication skills- verbal and written and interpersonal skills
• Evident commitment to high standards of patient-centred care
• Effective organisational skills
• Ability to reflect on practice, accept criticism and act constructively
• Understanding of own accountability, responsible and reliable
• Utilises a problem-solving approach to work.
• General IT skills and the ability to learn new technology quickly
• Holds current UK driving licence/permit & access to vehicle
• Commitment to teaching others

Personal attributes

• Ability to motivate and organise others to ensure best practice.
• Ability to manage and lead change
• Ability to work under pressure
• Demonstrates a positive image of the nursing profession
• Involvement in standard setting and audit

Ability to manage

• Ability to prioritise care delivery in a professional manner, considering Trust policies and procedures.
• Ability to manage own time effectively.

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