Rapid Response Nurse (Nights) Mid / West Kent

HRS Healthcare Ltd; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5.6 weeks annual leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Pension contributions

Christmas saver scheme

Employee of the month rewards

Discounts on goods and services

Job summary

HRS Healthcare Ltd is recruiting for a Rapid Response (Nights) Complex Care Nurse for Mid/ West Kent, based in Maidstone. You will join a regional Complex Care division and provide nursing support across designated areas, often with late or changing assignments.

The role involves a rolling two-week rota averaging 35 hours per week, with opportunities to top up hours at enhanced rates. You will work hands-on with clients and sign off competencies as needed.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with a valid NMC PIN and minimum two years’ post-registration experience.
• Experience providing community-based care, ideally complex care (spinal/brain injuries, PEG, tracheostomy care, ventilators).
• Ability to care for adults and children with complex care needs.
• Right to work in the UK and a clean UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Provide a high standard of nursing support to clients with complex healthcare needs.
• Support in providing a high level of clinical staffing contingency for clients.
• Work across Kent-based complex care clients, with potential to move between clients during shifts.

Skills

Registered Nurse

NMC PIN

Community-based care

Complex care

Spinal/Brain injuries care

PEG care

Tracheostomy care

Ventilators care

UK driving licence

Right to work in UK

Job description

Rapid Response Nurse (Nights) Mid / West Kent

Maidstone, United Kingdom | Posted on 09/14/2026

Job Description

We are actively recruiting for a Rapid Response (Nights)Complex care Nurse for Mid / West Kent.

Are you a Registered Nurse with experience of working out inthe community or with experience of working clinically with complex careclients?

Working as a Rapid Response Nurse within a regional ComplexCare division, you will provide a high standard of nursing support to ourclients with complex healthcare needs. Your main role will be to support inproviding a high level of clinical staffing contingency for the clients we workwith. This will entail working with a wide range of clients across yourdesignated area/ division, often being given late or changing assignments andat times having to move between clients during the working day or night. Fromtime to time, you may be requested to work further afield.

You will work on a two weekly rolling rota (averaging 35 hrsa week), and you will have a permanent contract with the opportunity to top upyour hours at a higher rate of pay, for example Tues, Wed, Sat, Sun, followedby Mon. Thurs, Fri. Majority of the time you will be working a clinical shiftacross any of the Kent based complex care clients, when there is no requirementfor you to work clinically then you will be signing off competencies, so agreat opportunity if you are seeking additional responsibility but stillwanting to work hands on with clients.

Requirements

About you

• You will be a Registered Nurse and hold a valid NMC PIN with a minimum of two years’ post-registration experience.
• Experience of providing community-based care ideally complex care, such as spinal or brain injuries, PEG, tracheostomy care, ventilators.
• You will have the ability to effectively manage and care for the needs of both adults and children who require complex care.
• You will have the right to work in the UK and hold a clean UK driving licence.
• To cover East / South Kent with the flexibility to cover other parts of Kent if needed.

What's on offer for the Rapid Response Nurse?

• Average hourly rate of £27.76, annualised salary £55,524 and you could pick up additional shifts if you wanted to at an enhanced rate.
• 5.6 weeks annual leave per annum
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Pension contributions.
• Christmas saver scheme
• Employee of the month rewards
• Access to discounts on goods and services offered by third parties.

HRS Healthcare acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Employment is subject to an Enhanced DBS check and professional references.