Job overview

We are looking for a passionate and skilled Band 6 Community Nurse Team Lead to join our Thanet Community Nursing Team, soon to be based at our brand new £10million state-of-the-art Thanet Health Hub.

Our new hub directly supports the Governments new 10-year plan, that places community care at the heart of our health system.

This plan represents one of the most significant shifts in NHS history: moving care from hospitals into neighbourhoods, from reactive treatment to proactive prevention. And here at Kent Community Health, we're right at the forefront.

Planning to open in Autumn 2025, our new Thanet Health Hub will consist of an NHS community diagnostic centre, a range of community NHS services, including community nursing, relocation of an existing GP surgery and signposting and support to access health and care services provided by voluntary sector organisations, such as Age UK.

Full details of our new hub can be found here Thanet health hub | Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust.

With the foreword vision of the NHS being in community-based care, there truly has never been a better time to join us

All interviews are being held at the Thanet Health Hub on Saturday 19^th July.

Please note we will not be able to offer virtual interviews on this occasion 

Main duties of the job

You will play a vital role in our multidisciplinary services; managing patients with complex needs in the community. You’ll have the freedom to plan care in your own way, with time to develop your assessment and treatment skills, with access to great supervision and a clinical lead to make sure you are on the right track.

You will be supporting junior colleagues with clinical development, helping them to reach their potential and develop the workforce of the future. If you are applying for a Community nursing role, it is essential that you hold the Specialist Practitioner (District Nursing) qualification. We will consider development and secondment opportunities.

When you join us, you are joining an “Outstanding” rated Trust. One that constantly works to improves the lives of our teams and our patients.

With our “We Care” strategy, our ambitions are to put our communities first, deliver a better patient experience and importantly, be a great place to work for all of our workforce.

For more information about the roles and these exciting new developments for our teams, please get in touch!

Working for our organisation

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 suits us both

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