Nursing Associate

Nursing Associate – Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 22 September 2025

We have an exciting opportunity to recruit an NMC Registered Nurse Associate to join our Community Nursing Team based at Coxheath.

We support patients from GP practices within the Athena and Ridge Primary Care Network (PCN).

The teams provide nursing care to predominantly housebound patients. Each team takes responsibility for a defined geographical patch, which allows good working relationships with local GPs, care homes, Social Services, voluntary organisations and other stakeholders.

The District Nursing Service also provides local clinics for patients requiring their clinical skills. We believe the addition of the new Nursing Associate role will complement the current skill-mix for providing nursing care within a community setting.

Main duties of the job

This is a highly rewarding role, and nurses are supported to achieve all the clinical skills required for the role.

Clinical areas will include wound management care, end of life care, medicines administrations and bladder and bowel care, amongst other duties.

You will be supported by senior staff and the team; therefore, these posts will suit those wanting to move to a community setting. Staff will be required to drive their own car and are able to claim mileage costs and access the NHS car lease provision, following their probationary period.

Car owner/driver essential, subject to the provisions of the Equality Act (2010).

Together we can empower you to really make a difference to patients\\\’ lives. The very different world we are living in at the moment has given us the opportunity to rethink how we provide our services here at KCHFT.

About us

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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Job 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 kentchft.recruitment@nhs.net 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 cant wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered with the NMC as a Nursing Associate registrant
• Valid driving licence in the UK with access to a vehicle

Experience

• Knowledge of nursing theory and best practice at Nursing Associate level Working within the NMC Code of Conduct Experience of working as part of a team
• Experience of community environment

Knowledge

• Understands the role and remit of a Band 4 registered nursing associate role
• Awareness of professional issues and recent developments in the NHS and Primary Care including Clinical Governance, NICE, Essence of Care
• Knowledge of up to date clinical practice

Skills and abilities

• Sound communication and interpersonal skills (verbal and written)
• Ability to use own initiative

Personal attributes

• Ability to motivate and organise others to ensure best practice
• Committed to delivering high standards of care
• Ability to work under pressure
• Flexible and adaptable

Ability to manage

• Ability to manage own time effectively
• Able to support the implementation of local and national agenda for health under the guidance of the Registered Practitioner
• Ability to prioritise care delivery in a professional manner, taking into account Trust policies and procedures
• Able to work an internal rotation shift pattern across a varied care setting

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust