Registered Nurses - Open Day!

Job overview

Passionate about rehabilitation? We are having an open day on 30th November 2024 at Westview Community Hospital, Plummer Lane, Tenterden. TN30 6TX for nursing roles in our Westview and Hawkhurst Community Hospitals We have the opportunity for you to join our already established ward at Hawkhurst OR to be part of developing a new ward at Westview (Benenden East) in Tenterden!

The majority of our patients here require further support in becoming as independent as possible before going home and have been admitted to us either from being unwell at home or following a stay in an acute hospital.

We are looking for staff to support this exciting opportunity and be part of a multidisciplinary team, working closely together to benefit the patient’s onward journey.  Full induction and training will be delivered to enhance any skills that you have in rehabilitating patients, recognising deteriorating patients, IV administration, end of life care and wound care, dependant on your qualifications.

We have daily MDT board rounds, safety huddles and use EPMA for medication administration.

Please come along and meet our staff, where they will discuss the roles available and take you on a guided tour of the ward and facilities For further information. Please contact one of our Operational Leads: Louise Marsh 07866 062884, Rachel Nicholls 07554439581 or Bryony Donaldson 07557823356

Main duties of the job

Our community hospital nurses provide complex nursing care in an in-patient setting.

As a community hospital nurse, you'll:

• assess the healthcare needs of patients on admission
• monitor the quality of care they're receiving with us
• be professionally accountable for its delivery.

Your patients could be any age, but they'll often be elderly, while others may have been recently discharged from acute hospital, be terminally ill or have physical disabilities.

As a Band 5 Nurse you will work as part of a team to keep people safe and well in our hospitals. You will use your clinical judgement to support evidence-based care planning and make sure that people who use our services have a good experience.

“One of the big differences for me is the time we can give to our patients. We really get to know them.” Val, community hospital nurse.

Additional Working Pattern: Working a mix of long days, early and night shifts over a 7 day roster

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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.