Community Staff Nurse | Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A community trust in healthcare is seeking a dedicated Registered Nurse to join their Urgent Care Services, providing critical nursing care within patients' homes across West Kent. The role involves managing complex patient needs, assessing and creating care plans, and supporting junior staff. Candidates must hold a valid UK driving licence and have a passion for delivering exceptional patient care. Apply before October 12, 2025.

Qualifications

• Ability to provide hospital-level care in a home environment.
• Experience in holistic care planning and implementation.
• Proficiency in managing complex patient needs.

Responsibilities

• Assess and create care plans for patients.
• Support junior staff and students.
• Manage a caseload of patients with complex needs.

Skills

Clinical assessment

IV therapy

Wound management

Driving

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

Overview

This role is within of the Urgent Care Services West Kent which provides a two-hour response to patients in crisis at home. Our aim is to prevent unnecessary hospital admission and facilitate early discharge from the acute hospitals. We also provide unscheduled care out-of-hours for patients who may be at the end of life, or experiencing an urgent need for healthcare. This may include treating acutely unwell people that would otherwise require hospital admission, and also supports hospital discharges. The service operates 24 hours a day 365 days a year.

Nurses use a wide clinical skills base to provide hospital-level care at home. This includes IV therapy, end of life symptom control and management via syringe driver, catheterisation skills, phlebotomy, wound management, risk assessment, as well as general observations and fundamental nursing care.

This service provides nursing care within patients’ homes and covers West Kent, so the ability to drive is essential to this role.

Responsibilities

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

About the organisation and culture

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. We seek 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 welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences.

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. We encourage flexible working and will support arrangements that suit both staff and patients.

Practical notes

As a community Trust, many roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. You will be asked to confirm you have a full UK driving licence where driving is a requirement of the role 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 provide all the information about this role. Please review the criteria and tell us what you have done that shows you meet it in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format, please let our recruitment team know.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you; their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We may close the vacancy early if there is a lot of interest. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated, to protect safety for patients and staff.

Find out more about the community difference here. Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.

This advert closes on Sunday 12 Oct 2025.