# Team Leader Dartford > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/team-leader-dartford/3e796c36-ff82-4fe8-8829-82f37f453b8c - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/team-leader-dartford/3e796c36-ff82-4fe8-8829-82f37f453b8c.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Ashford - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Manager and corporate - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 9-5) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-18T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-04T11:13:15.217Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Kent/Dartford/Kent_Community_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Team_Leader/Team_Leader-v7960238 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7960238?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.kentcht.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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. The NHS is changing. More emphasis on community-based care means there’s never been a better time to join us. We are looking for an enthusiastic and organised Team Leader to join our professional team in Dartford. We’re a close team but we’re never exclusive, if you can bring a professional approach and fresh ideas we would love to hear from you. Please note, this vacancy does not meet the criteria for skilled worker sponsorship and therefore, we are unable to accept applications from candidates that cannot provide documentary evidence of right to work in the United Kingdom. ### Main duties of the job We put patients first and we expect all of our colleagues to do the same, so although NHS experience isn’t a requirement for this role you’ll need to share our passion for delivering excellent patient care and keep that passion at the forefront of your professional activity at all times. The challenges come thick and fast in this role but you’ll know that your input is contributing to the excellent experience our patients and service users have every day. Could you use your skills and experience to support the NHS to deliver great patient care? Great patient care needs great people to support clinical teams. That’s where you come in. We’re always looking for enthusiastic, responsive, and adaptable people to join our outstanding trust. This role is an important one as you’ll be using your knowledge, experience and expertise to support to our hard-working frontline NHS teams. ### 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. ## Job Details 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. The NHS is changing. More emphasis on community-based care means there’s never been a better time to join us. We are looking for an enthusiastic and organised Team Leader to join our professional team in Dartford. We’re a close team but we’re never exclusive, if you can bring a professional approach and fresh ideas we would love to hear from you. Please note, this vacancy does not meet the criteria for skilled worker sponsorship and therefore, we are unable to accept applications from candidates that cannot provide documentary evidence of right to work in the United Kingdom. ## Job Description We put patients first and we expect all of our colleagues to do the same, so although NHS experience isn’t a requirement for this role you’ll need to share our passion for delivering excellent patient care and keep that passion at the forefront of your professional activity at all times. The challenges come thick and fast in this role but you’ll know that your input is contributing to the excellent experience our patients and service users have every day. Could you use your skills and experience to support the NHS to deliver great patient care? Great patient care needs great people to support clinical teams. That’s where you come in. We’re always looking for enthusiastic, responsive, and adaptable people to join our outstanding trust. This role is an important one as you’ll be using your knowledge, experience and expertise to support to our hard-working frontline NHS teams. ## 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. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Advanced knowledge and understanding of Microsoft Office packages e.g. Outlook, Word, Excel and Powerpoint - Design and development of standard and bespoke data reports - In depth knowledge of the service, site and users **Desirable** - Understanding of health and social care sector, including working knowledge of NHS structures, policies and processes ### Experience **Essential** - Practical application of HR practices, policies and procedures - Experience of handling confidential and sensitive information - Leading teams in busy and pressurised environments **Desirable** - NHS administrative experience - Experience of working with members of the public - Basic experience of a financial system i.e. Agresso ### Qualifications **Essential** - Level 4 qualification (e.g. certificate of higher education, higher national certificate, NVQ level 4) or equivalent demonstrable experience **Desirable** - NVQ Level 3 Team Leader or Supervisor or other leadership/management qualification ### Ability to manage **Essential** - Ability to plan and organise own workload without direct supervision - Proven ability to manage staff including performance and absence management **Desirable** - Ability to cope with pressure during busy periods and act in a professional manner at all times ### Skills & abilities **Essential** - Excellent written and verbal communication skills - Excellent attention to detail, accuracy and organisational skills - Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate and work effectively with a wide range of people from different backgrounds at all levels of seniority **Desirable** - Ability to record accurate minutes of meetings and present to a high standard - Ability to concentrate and focus on diverse tasks whilst dealing with frequent interruptions ### Personal attributes **Essential** - Ability to apply sound judgement and logical approach to identify key or underlying issues and use initiative to solve problems - Ability to travel to diverse sites - Ability to deal with distressing or emotional situations and discussions objectively and with emotional intelligence - Adept at both negotiation and persuasion - Ability to prioritise, multi-task and respond quickly to changing priorities, reorganising own and teams workload to meet deadlines - Ability to be innovative and objective as well as logical in resolving problems **Desirable** - Possess a willingness to learn ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 672.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10241373) - [staff privacy notice (pdf, 528.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2665) - [kchft values into action (pdf, 440.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=479) - [staff journey illustration (pdf, 2.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2277) - [a guide to completing your application (pdf, 296.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2025) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.