Community Staff Nurse | Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

Overview

We’re looking for compassionate, skilled nurses to join our West Kent Urgent Care Service, delivering rapid two‑hour crisis response to patients in their own homes. Our mission is to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions, support early discharge and provide high‑quality unscheduled care for people with urgent or end‑of‑life needs. The service operates 24/7, 365 days a year, offering true continuity of care.

As part of our team, you’ll use an extensive clinical skill set to provide hospital‑level treatment in the community. This includes IV therapy, end‑of‑life symptom management via syringe drivers, catheterisation, phlebotomy, wound care, risk assessment and essential nursing interventions. You’ll play a vital role in supporting acutely unwell patients who might otherwise require admission, ensuring they receive safe, timely and compassionate care at home.

Working collaboratively with colleagues across health and social care, you’ll help deliver a responsive, patient‑centred service that makes a real difference to people during moments of crisis.

Your role will include:

• Completing holistic assessments and planning, implementing and evaluating personalised care
• Developing integrated care plans in partnership with patients and their families
• Ordering equipment and making timely onward referrals to support safe, effective care
• Supervising and supporting junior staff, including HCAs and students, to help them grow and develop
• Working collaboratively within a multi‑professional team to deliver coordinated, patient‑centred care
• Carrying out a range of competent clinical interventions, recognising deterioration and taking prompt, appropriate action
• Managing a daily caseload of patients with complex needs within your speciality
• Supporting duty responsibilities, including triage and prioritisation of referrals

This role is ideal for a nurse who enjoys autonomy, thrives in a supportive team and is committed to delivering excellent community care.

7 days a week, long days and night duty.

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 suit us both.

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Please note:

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

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…