Nursing Associate | Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£28,392 - £31,157 pro rata per annum
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Maidstone, ME15 7NB
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	29 Sept 2026
Closing date:	31 Oct 2026

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Summary

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.

Join our Community Nursing Team and make a real difference to patients' lives by delivering high-quality nursing care to housebound adults aged 18 and over. Our service supports individuals with complex and long-term health conditions, helping them remain safe, well, and independent in their own homes. As a Nurse Associate, you will work autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team, providing personalised, holistic care to patients within their chosen environment.

You will undertake home visits, manage a delegated caseload, participate in team handovers, and work collaboratively with colleagues, carers, and partner agencies to ensure seamless patient care. This is a rewarding and varied role that offers the opportunity to build strong therapeutic relationships while supporting patients to achieve the best possible health outcomes.

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.

No two days are the same in Community Nursing. You will deliver a wide range of clinical interventions and assessments, including monitoring and accurately recording vital signs such as blood pressure, respiratory rate, oxygen saturation, temperature, and Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS). You will administer medications via oral, topical, intravenous, subcutaneous, and Controlled Medicines Routes (CMR), undertake venepuncture and peripheral cannulation, and provide care and management of intravenous devices.

Additional responsibilities include male and female catheterisation, bladder and bowel care, wound assessment and dressing management, removal of wound closures and drains, symptom management, and holistic patient assessments. Working closely with the multidisciplinary team, you will contribute to care planning, communicate effectively with other agencies involved in patient care, and support the delivery of safe, compassionate, and person-centred services within the community.

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.

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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.

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 differencehere.

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

This advert closes on Tuesday 13 Oct 2026

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