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Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust; Maidstone; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Specialist Nurse Advisor to join our Children’s Therapies service in East Kent. The role focuses on holistic care planning, delivery and care coordination for babies and children within a multidisciplinary team.

The post offers hybrid working arrangements with a combination of face-to-face and virtual activity, and opportunities for supervision, training and professional development within an established community trust.

Qualifications

• Qualified nurse with experience in child health and community-based care.
• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team to deliver holistic care.
• Strong communication and safeguarding skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of holistic care linked to packages of prescribed care or identified projects.
• Support in the supervision and development of staff.
• Actively work as a member of the children’s therapies team to provide high quality care to service users.
• Act as lead and support for care co-ordinators, managing the care co-ordination pathways
• Work with key colleagues (ie education and health) to support multi agency models of service delivery.

Skills

Pediatric nursing

Care coordination

Team collaboration

Education

Registered Nurse (NMC)

Job description

Specialist Nurse Advisor | Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

Company:

Company: Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

We are seeking a dynamic and enthusiastic nurse to join our friendly team in East Kent. The Children’s Therapiesservice provides Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and Care Co-ordination services toCYP aged 0-19.

Care co-ordination is a service for babies and children (up to the age of 12) who present with an identified developingcondition or disability which is impacting on, or has the potential to significantly impact upon their long‑term developmentand/or function.

The post is suited to a nurse with experience of working with children and families in the community and who works wellin a multidisciplinary team. We currently offer a hybrid work pattern for staff with a combination of face to face andvirtual working. Please see below for the main duties of the job.

Please note, this vacancy does not meet the criteria for skilled worker sponsorship and therefore, we are unable to accept applications from candidates that cannot provide documentary evidence of right to work in the United Kingdom.

• Provide assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of holistic care linked to packages of prescribed care oridentified projects.
• Support in the supervision and development of staff.
• Actively work as a member of the children’s therapies team to provide high quality care to service users.
• Act as lead and support for care co-ordinators, managing the care co‑ordination pathways
• Work with key colleagues (ie education and health) in order to support multi agency models of service delivery.

The successful applicant will join our friendly therapies team. We pride ourselves on the support and induction offered tonew staff including; regular meetings with a line manager, access to supervision; in house and external training. We offerregular clinical governance days where all localities come together to share knowledge, skills and CPD experiences. As aband 6 you will be supported by Band 7 clinical leads from both within locality and across Kent.

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is due to integrate with Medway Community Healthcare on 1 October 2026. Following integration and to align our community services to the new Neighbourhood Model of care delivery, there will be a period of consultation which may result in changes affecting some services, teams or roles. Depending on the area you are applying to work in, this could include potential changes to your role, work base, reporting arrangements, or terms and conditions of employment. Any changes would be subject to consultation and managed sensitively and in line with relevant employment processes. Please do contact the recruiting manager if you have any concerns about this so they can answer any questions you might have.

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by CQC, we deliver high‑quality care that improves the health of our communities. We are looking for people who share our values:Compassionate, Aspirational, Responsive and Excellent.

We are proud to be an inclusive, welcoming organisation and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We use protected characteristic information for monitoring only and it is not seen by recruiting managers, except where applicants choose to be considered under our disability guaranteed interview scheme.

We know life outside work matters.As a flexible working‑friendly organisation, we welcome conversations about arrangements that help you thrive while supporting excellent care for our patients.

As a community Trust, many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. Where driving is a requirement of the role, you will be asked to confirm that you hold a full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non‑EU country) 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 [e-mail], quoting the vacancy reference number, so we can support you further.

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

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.

Find out more about the community differencehere.

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

This advert closes on Tuesday 15 Sep 2026