Nurse Associate

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a well-rated team as a Band 5 registered nurse in Kent, focusing on continence care. You'll support patients through the authorizations of products, ensuring compliance with NICE standards while working in a collaborative team environment. We value diverse backgrounds and flexible working arrangements, making it an ideal place to enhance your nursing career.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience in community or acute healthcare.
• Knowledge of current NHS clinical practice.
• Ability to work under pressure and support health agendas.

Responsibilities

• Support high-quality bladder and bowel care delivery.
• Process authorizations of products for delivery service.
• Advocate for patients using a person-centered approach.

Skills

Motivation

Adaptability

Organizational Skills

Education

Degree in a health relevant subject

Registered Healthcare Professional

Job description

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Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

Location:

Maidstone, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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Yes

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Job Reference:

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Posted:

16.06.2025

Expiry Date:

31.07.2025

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Job Description:

Job overview

We are looking for a Band 5 registered nurse to join our Continence Team in the Product Delivery Service.

The Product Delivery Service is a specialist team that assess and process referrals for continence products. The team work closely with the home delivery contract product supplier and the Home Delivery Transport Team.

The Product Delivery team assess, authorise and process product requests that are received via referrals from the Continence/Bladder & Bowel Service, Community Nursing Teams, Residential & Nursing Homes and other professionals.

Please note we can only accept applications from staff with existing community nursing teams.

Main duties of the job

In this role you will support the provision of high-quality bladder and bowel care for adults in Kent, mainly through the authorisations of products processes for the product delivery service/Kent continence service.

You will act as an advocate for patients with bladder and bowel dysfunction in a
person-centred approach to ensure care is delivered that meets NICE
guidance and standards, whilst working within local eligibility criteria andsupport the development of education initiatives that focus on improvement of
outcomes of people with bladder and bowel dysfunction for patients and their
families/carers

Additional Working Pattern: Full time/ part time / shared hours with community nursing covering M-F 0800-1700 – express wishes on application form

Working for our organisation

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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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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.

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Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.

Person specification

QUALIFICATIONS

• Registered Healthcare Professional with relevant Professional body (1st Level Nurse/ NMC or Physiotherapist; Occupational Therapist; etc / HCPC) Degree in a health relevant subject or willingness to complete a degree (within 3 years of appointment)

EXPERIENCE

• Experience of recent community/acute healthcare gained through education or work experience placement or previous employment

KNOWLEDGE

• Awareness of professional issues and recent developments in the NHS Knowledge of up to date clinical practice

SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Ability to motivate and organise others to ensure best practice. Ability to work under pressure Flexible and adaptable

ABILITY TO MANAGE

• Able to support the implementation of local and national agenda’s for health under the guidance of the team lead / ward manager. Ability to prioritise care delivery in a professional manner, taking into account Trust policies and procedures.

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