Job summary

Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts, the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Medway Community Healthcare. Nursing vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses.

Are you a passionate and experienced nurse looking to make a real difference in wound care? Join our specialist Wound Management Centre team, delivering high-quality care to patients with complex and hard-to-heal wounds across community clinics and patients' homes.

You will provide assessment, planning, delivery, and evaluation of wound care interventions, helping patients achieve the best possible outcomes while promoting independence and self-management. Working across clinics and supporting Community Nursing Teams, you will collaborate closely with GPs, Primary Care Networks, and multidisciplinary colleagues to deliver seamless, patient-centred care.

You will manage a caseload, applying clinical judgement to complex situations while acting as a role model for junior staff and students. The role also offers opportunities to contribute to service development, quality improvement initiatives, and the enhancement of specialist wound care services.

If you are motivated and committed to outstanding community-based care, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

As a Wound Care Community Nurse, you will play a key role in delivering specialist wound care to patients with complex and hard-to-heal wounds in community clinics and patients' homes. Working within the Wound Management Centre and alongside the wider Community Nursing Team, you will assess, plan, deliver, and evaluate high-quality, evidence-based care that supports healing, improves outcomes, and enhances patient experience.

You will support the effective day-to-day running of wound clinics, promoting patient independence through education, self-management, and personalised care planning. Working closely with Primary Care Networks, GPs, and multidisciplinary colleagues, you will contribute to seamless, patient-centred community care.

This role requires excellent communication, organisation, and clinical decision-making skills, together with a strong understanding of community nursing, safeguarding, risk management, and clinical governance. You will maintain accurate clinical records, support quality improvement and patient safety initiatives, and escalate concerns when appropriate.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced community nurse with a passion for wound care and clinical excellence. If you are committed to delivering holistic care that helps patients remain independent while supporting improvements in local wound care services, we would love to hear from you.

Additional Working Pattern: 37.5hr per week Monday to Friday 08.30 -16.30

About us

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.

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Details

Date posted: 14 August 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 5
Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year
pro rata per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 846-8204866-CF
Job locations: South Kent wound clinics, Deal, CT14 9UA, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

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 via kentchft.recruitment@nhs.net, 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. 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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Person Specification

Qualification, training and experience.

• You will have a Level 6 Degree or equivalent qualification, or equivalent knowledge acquired through experience plus a diploma in nursing.
• You'll need to have recent experience of healthcare gained through education, work experience or previous employment. This role is ideal for a newly qualified graduate nurse.
• You will be a registered health care professional with the Nursing and Midwifery Council
• A full, valid UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country

Knowledge and skills

• You will need to have a customer focussed approach
• Provide patients, clients and their families with the best possible experience
• You will need to be able to be able to use IT systems and databases
• You will understand where to signpost clients and families to alternative services to support behaviour change and improve health.
• You will have knowledge of up-to-date clinical practice by using up- to- date skills and adhering to evidence based procedures and clinical effectiveness frameworks. You will fully understand the role and remit of a health care worker

Desirable

• Having an awareness of developments within the NHS would be an advantage

Working Enviroment

• A full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) and the ability to travel independently .

Desirable

• To be flexable and work across wound clinic bases

Working Environment

• To be able to maintain a physically demanding role that includes standing for long periods .

Desirable

• To be efficient with moving and handling and use of equipment.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name: Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address: South Kent wound clinics, Deal, CT14 9UA, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.kentcht.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:
Wound clinic Lead Nurse
Sharon Moon
sharon.moon1@nhs.net

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.