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Medical Protection Advertisement

Location
Salary
£29,970 - £36,483 per annum pro rata
Profession
Nurse (adult and children)
Grade
Band 5
Deadline
10 Aug 2025
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
07 Jul 2025

Job overview

Are you a highly motivated and dedicated Registered Nurse seeking a rewarding role where you can truly make a difference in patient care?

We are looking for dedicated Nurses to join our Community Hospitals teams across Kent. You’ll oversee the holistic care provided to patients, provide leadership by maintaining clinical standards, and may take charge of the ward in the absence of senior staff. Our units predominantly provide rehabilitation and end-of-life support for palliative patients and their families.

You'll work closely with patients, families, and a multi-professional team including doctors, physiotherapists, and occupational therapists. You'll contribute to a culture of excellence and be part of a team committed to providing safe, effective services and a positive patient experience. Join our organisation and help us deliver the best care!

We have opportunities at the following locations,

  • Faversham Cottage Hospital, ME13 8PS
  • Hawkhurst Community Hospital, TN18 4PU
  • Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital, Herne Bay, CT6 6EB
  • Tonbridge Cottage Hospital, TN11 0NE
  • Victoria Hospital, Deal, CT14 9UA
  • West View Hospital, Tenterden TN30 6TX
  • Whitstable and Tankerton Hospital, CT5 2HN

Please indicate in the supporting statement of your application form your 1st, 2nd and 3rd preference of Hospital locations.

Driving may be required for these roles as you may be asked to travel to other sites to provide support to your community hospital colleagues if and when needed.

Main duties of the job

It's never been a better time to join our brilliant teams across Kent, with more emphasis on community-based care. Our flexible and compassionate colleagues care for patients within a community hospital setting, supporting them to leave hospital and live a happy and healthy life at home. We treat the whole person, not just the condition, through practitioner-led and therapy-focused work. Caring for people in the community requires specialist knowledge and skills, which we will develop through our excellent educational opportunities, ranging from degrees to apprenticeship schemes.

We expect you to maintain high clinical standards, use evidence-based practises, and contribute to continuous improvement. You will manage a caseload of patients with complex needs.

You’ll be responsible and accountable for the holistic care provided to patients. You will carry out assessments, develop integrated care packages, support junior staff, and actively participate in a multi-professional team to ensure high quality care is provided to our patients.  You will be expected to participate in 24-hour internal rotation and move to other community hospital sites to cover the needs of the service.

We welcome flexible working arrangements and offer a variety of work-life balance initiatives.

We have vacancies across our Community hospitals in Kent.  If you would like to discuss this role please contact Kerenza Boulton 07392864207 or Katie Kennerell 07896464816.

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. As such you will be asked to confirm you have a full UK driving licence where driving is a requirement of the role to be able 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.