Complex Care Nurse in Hawkhurst

Main area Complex Care Nursing Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 30 hours per week (4 x 7.5 hour shifts/week including weekends) Job ref 846-8211540-CF

Employer Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Hawkhurst Community Hospital Town Hawkhurst Salary £32,073 - £39,043 pro rata per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 13/10/2026 23:59

Complex Care Nurse

NHS AfC: Band 5

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 or working on the Staff Bank within these organisations. Nursing and AHP vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses/AHPs.

Now is the time to be part of a healthcare transformation. The new NHS 10-Year Plan puts community care at the centre of service delivery—shifting resources closer to where people live and promoting prevention over hospital admission.

As a member of a community-based NHS trust, you’ll be at the forefront of this change. Work in integrated neighbourhood teams, delivering joined-up care alongside GPs, mental health professionals, social workers, and voluntary services. Benefit from new roles, clear career pathways, apprenticeships, and personalised development support.

The plan also brings new workforce standards: improved flexible working, mental health support, safe workplaces, and strong protections against discrimination. With greater investment in underserved areas and a focus on reducing health inequalities, your work will have local impact and national importance.

Community trusts are leading the way in digital innovation, using tools like virtual wards to reduce admin and improve patient care.

If you’re passionate about making a difference, this is your chance to help deliver a modern, inclusive, and community-focused NHS.

Main duties of the job

Please note, this vacancy does not meet the criteria for skilled worker sponsorship. Therefore, we are unable to accept applications from candidates that cannot provide documentary evidence of right to work in the United Kingdom

Are you passionate about making a real difference to people living with frailty and complex long-term conditions? Join our Complex Care Nursing team and help enable people to live well at home and reduces hospital admissions.

Working across a designated Primary Care Network, you will support a caseload alongside experienced Band 6 and Band 7 Complex Care Nurses. You'll undertake routine assessments, patient reviews and monitoring, supporting people with conditions such as Heart Failure, COPD and diabetes.

Key responsibilities include phlebotomy, blood pressure and weight monitoring, Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) set-up and review, foot and skin assessments, administering medications including insulin, and providing education to promote self-management and independence.

This is an excellent opportunity to develop your clinical skills within a supportive team, with access to training and development opportunities that will help you build confidence in managing patients with increasingly complex needs.

If you are compassionate, motivated and committed to improving patient outcomes, we'd love to hear from you. Join us and make a lasting difference in your community.

Working for our organisation

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is due to integrate with Medway Community Healthcare on 1 October 2026. Following integration and to align our community services to the new Neighbourhood Model of care delivery, there will be a period of consultation which may result in changes affecting some services, teams or roles. Depending on the area you are applying to work in, this could include potential changes to your role, work base, reporting arrangements, or terms and conditions of employment. Any changes would be subject to consultation and managed sensitively and in line with relevant employment processes. Please do contact the recruiting manager if you have any concerns about this so they can answer any questions you might have.

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by CQC, we deliver high-quality care that improves the health of our communities. We are looking for people who share our values:Compassionate, Aspirational, Responsive and Excellent.

We are proud to be an inclusive, welcoming organisation and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We use protected characteristic information for monitoring only and it is not seen by recruiting managers, except where applicants choose to be considered under our disability guaranteed interview scheme.

We know life outside work matters. As a flexible working-friendly organisation, we welcome conversations about arrangements that help you thrive while supporting excellent care for our patients.

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 kentchft.recruitment@nhs.net, quoting the vacancy reference number, so we can support you further.

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 .

Person specification

Qualifications, training and experience

• Level 6 Degree or equivalent qualification, or equivalent knowledge acquired through experience plus a diploma in nursing.
• You’ll need to have recent experience of healthcare gained through education, work experience or previous employment
• You will be a registered health care professional with the Nursing and Midwifery Council
• A full, valid UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country

Knowledge and skills

• You will need to have a customer focussed approach which is essential to: Provide patients, clients and their families with the best possible experience
• You will need to be able to be able to use IT systems and databases
• You will understand where to signpost clients and families to alternative services to support behaviour change and improve health
• You will know when you are within your own limits and when to escalation
• You will have knowledge of up-to-date clinical practice by using up- to- date skills and adhering to evidence-based procedures and clinical effectiveness frameworks. You will fully understand the role and remit of a health care worker
• Having an awareness of developments within the NHS would be an advantage

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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