Critical Care Rehabilitation Nurse Specialist | East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust; Canterbury; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospital trust in the UK is seeking a Critical Care Rehabilitation Practitioner to oversee the Critical Care rehabilitation team and lead outpatient clinics. The ideal candidate will have postgraduate experience in Critical Care and a collaborative approach to patient care, enhancing the quality of services for patients, families, and carers.

Qualifications

• Highly developed post graduate experience in Critical Care specialty.
• Ability to manage discrete aspects of a patient’s care.
• Collaboration with the multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the Critical Care rehabilitation team.
• Set up and lead outpatient clinics.
• Contribute to nursing/midwifery/AHP practice.

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Critical Care Rehabilitation Practitioner based at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital; the post holder will be responsible for overseeing the Critical Care rehabilitation team involving setting up and leading outpatient clinics with a dedicated critical care MDT.

Role and duties

Main Duties can be located within the Role Job Description.

Enhanced practice

The post holder will work at an enhanced level of practice utilising highly developed post graduate experience, knowledge and skills in Critical Care specialty. They will manage discrete aspects of a patient’s care in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, within their current level of practice and patient group, aligned to the four pillars of practice and aligned to Trust policy, ‘Enhanced, Advanced and Consultant Level Practice- Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals (AHPs).’

Contribution to care

The post holder will contribute to nursing/midwifery/AHP practice to improve the quality of care to patients.

About us

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It\'s about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

Important information

Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country.

Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in ‘Documents to download’.

If you have further queries please don’t hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.

This advert closes on Friday 3 Oct 2025