PCN Clinical Lead | Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust in Whitstable

The NHS is changing. More emphasis on community-based care means there’s never been a better time to join us. We believe in treating the whole person, not just the condition. We are looking for a skilled Clinical Lead to manage our Community Nursing Team based in the Dover area. Our Community Nursing Team provides interventions for housebound patients aged 18 and over, delivering personalised nursing care to those with complex and long-term conditions. Our aim is to enable our patients to stay at home and prevent avoidable hospital admissions.

Members of our team are supported to develop advanced skills to manage the complexity of patients on the caseload through a variety of training opportunities. As an experienced Community Nurse, you will provide your team with sound clinical judgement and act as a role model for your profession. You will be accountable for your team’s activity, undertaking or delegating the triage of new referrals, coordinating the care delivery and allocation of work to members of the team with the appropriate competencies.

Taking responsibility as the senior clinician, you will be a problem solver and decision-maker, assessing complex patients and planning their care needs. You will be responsible for ensuring appropriate allocation of staff resources on the duty roster, managing annual leave and ensuring staff remain compliant with mandatory and essential training. There is a need to ensure that capacity and demand for the service is managed effectively and concerns are escalated in the appropriate manner.

The Community Nursing service is offered to all housebound adults daily, including bank holidays and weekends, so the shift patterns cover 08:00 until 18:00; however, this role is primarily Monday to Friday with flexibility required to meet the needs of the team and the role. 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 suits us both.

Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts and the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB).

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.

Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.