Caseload Manager

Job overview

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.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and adaptable Community Nurse Team Leader to join our supportive and progressive team in Herne Bay. You will embody the Trust’s CARE values and work within a close-knit team dedicated to delivering high-quality, patient-centred care to the local community.

Our Community Adult Nursing teams are working closely with Primary Care Networks to drive innovative, holistic, and needs-led approaches to patient care. This is an exciting time to join us and be part of shaping the future of community services.

Herne Bay serves a diverse population with complex needs, offering the opportunity to deliver proactive, tailored care in a community setting.

We are committed to supporting your professional development from the start, helping you grow into an excellent clinical leader while making a meaningful difference to patients’ lives.

Main duties of the job

You will play a key role within a multidisciplinary team, managing patients with complex needs in the community. This role offers the autonomy to plan and deliver care, while developing your assessment and treatment skills with the support of strong clinical supervision and leadership.

You will also support junior colleagues in their development, helping to build a skilled and confident workforce for the future. For Community Nursing roles, a Specialist Practitioner (District Nursing) qualification is essential, although development and secondment opportunities may be considered.

As a Trust, we are committed to supporting your ongoing learning, development, and career progression. For more information on career pathways, please get in touch—we look forward to hearing from you.

Detailed job description and main 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 [email protected], 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.

Find out more about the community difference here.

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