Closing date: 15 November 2026
Location: Thanet Health Hub, Broadstairs, CT10 2RZ
Band: Band 5 (Agenda for Change)
Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year pro rata per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 846-8359875-CF

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 or working on the Staff Bank within these organisations. Nursing and AHP vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses/AHPs.

Join our Community Nursing Team supporting housebound patients across Thanet, including Margate, Ramsgate and surrounding coastal villages. Working within Primary Care Networks, you will deliver personalised care to patients with complex and long-term conditions, helping them remain safe and independent at home. We offer excellent development opportunities to build advanced clinical skills, including palliative and end of life care, medication management, IV therapy, wound care, catheter management, bladder and bowel care, and support for long-term conditions.

Main duties of the job
No two days are the same in this varied and rewarding role. You will assess, plan, deliver and evaluate patient care, undertaking activities such as wound assessments and dressing changes, administering medications, managing catheters, and providing palliative and end of life care. Working both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will organise and prioritise your caseload, maintain accurate clinical records, support colleagues, and respond to changes in patients' conditions. You will also play an important role in safeguarding adults and children, assessing capacity, escalating concerns appropriately, and working collaboratively with healthcare and multi-agency partners to achieve the best outcomes for patients.

About us
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is currently undertaking a significant programme of transformation 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.

Essential qualifications, training and experience

• Level 6 Degree or equivalent qualification, or equivalent knowledge acquired through experience plus a diploma in nursing
• Recent experience of healthcare gained through education, work experience or previous employment. This role is ideal for a newly qualified graduate nurse
• Registered health care professional with the Nursing and Midwifery Council

Essential knowledge and skills

• Customer focussed approach
• Provide patients, clients and their families with the best possible experience
• Able to use IT systems and databases
• Understand where to signpost clients and families to alternative services to support behaviour change and improve health
• Knowledge of up-to-date clinical practice, using up-to-date skills and adhering to evidence based procedures and clinical effectiveness frameworks. Fully understand the role and remit of a health care worker

Desirable

• Awareness of developments within the NHS would be an advantage

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. 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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Contact for questions about the job
Operational Manager Thanet LTS, Samantha Twyman, stwyman@nhs.net

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