Community Staff Nurse

Bidvane; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Job summary

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Twilight Nurse to join the West Kent Urgent Care Service. The role delivers urgent, complex and end-of-life care in a 24/7 setting, combining autonomous practice with hospital-style treatments.

You will perform comprehensive assessments, develop personalised care plans and supervise junior colleagues, while coordinating care and signposting to additional services as needed.

Qualifications

• Level 6 degree or equivalent qualification plus nursing diploma.
• Registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
• Recent healthcare experience gained through education, work experience or previous employment.
• Able to use IT systems and databases and signpost to other services.
• Up-to-date clinical knowledge following evidence-based procedures.

Responsibilities

• Provide holistic, person-centred care to patients with diverse and complex needs.
• Deliver urgent, complex and end-of-life care in a 24/7 service.
• Undertake comprehensive assessments and develop and review personalised care plans.
• Deliver clinical interventions including IV therapy, syringe driver management, catheterisation, phlebotomy and wound care.
• Monitor patients for deterioration and respond appropriately.
• Manage a daily caseload and support triage and referrals.
• Coordinate care, arrange equipment and make onward referrals.
• Support patients, families and wider professionals.

Education

Level 6 degree or equivalent + nursing diploma

Job description

This Twilight Nurse post sits in the West Kent Urgent Care Service at Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust. The team gives a rapid two-hour crisis response, keeping people safely at home, avoiding hospital admission and supporting timely discharge from acute settings. The 24/7 service combines autonomous working with complex and end-of-life care, using hospital-style treatments such as IV therapy and syringe drivers. At this stage it is open only to Kent and Medway NHS staff and bank workers, student nurses and newly qualified nurses, with no visa sponsorship.

What the job involves

• Provide holistic, person-centred care to patients with diverse and complex needs
• Deliver urgent, complex and end-of-life care in a 24/7 service
• Undertake comprehensive assessments and develop and review personalised care plans
• Deliver clinical interventions including IV therapy, syringe driver management, catheterisation, phlebotomy and wound care
• Monitor patients for deterioration and respond appropriately
• Manage a daily caseload
• Support triage and prioritisation of referrals
• Coordinate care, arrange equipment and make onward referrals
• Work in partnership with patients, families and wider professionals
• Supervise and support healthcare assistants, students and junior colleagues
• Collaborate with health and social care colleagues
• Contribute to the smooth running of the service

What’s required

Qualifications

• Level 6 degree or equivalent qualification, or equivalent knowledge gained through experience plus a nursing diploma

Registration & licences

• Registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council

Experience

• Recent healthcare experience gained through education, work experience or previous employment

Skills & knowledge

• Customer-focused approach
• Providing patients, clients and families with the best possible experience
• Ability to use IT systems and databases
• Knowledge of where to signpost clients and families to other services
• Up-to-date clinical knowledge and practice, following evidence-based procedures and clinical effectiveness frameworks
• Understanding of the role and remit of a healthcare worker

Checks & eligibility

• Full valid UK driving licence, or full licence issued by an EU country
• Documentary evidence of right to work in the UK

Nice to have

• Awareness of developments within the NHS

What’s offered

• Flexible working arrangements, discussed with applicants