Eligibility
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. Nursing vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses.
Overview
Are you an experienced Community Nurse ready to step into a leadership role where you can truly shape patient care? Based in Faversham and working across Canterbury, Faversham, Herne Bay and Whitstable, this Clinical Nurse Specialist role places you at the heart of delivering high‑quality care to housebound patients in their own homes.
You’ll not only provide expert clinical care but also lead and inspire your team, ensuring the highest standards are consistently achieved. Acting as a role model, you’ll bring sound clinical judgement and advanced knowledge to assess complex patients, plan their care and support effective outcomes. You’ll coordinate referrals, allocate workloads and ensure the right skills are matched to patient needs.
This is a unique opportunity to influence service delivery, contribute to service improvement and support innovative, patient‑centred care in the community. Working collaboratively with Primary Care Networks and multidisciplinary teams, you’ll help ensure patients receive seamless, holistic care that promotes independence and wellbeing. If you're passionate about leadership and community care, this role offers the chance to make a meaningful impact every day.
In this varied and rewarding role, you’ll be accountable for team performance, ensuring safe, effective and responsive care delivery. You’ll manage staffing resources, oversee duty rots, support annual leave planning and ensure compliance with mandatory training. Monitoring capacity and demand, you’ll elevate concerns appropriately and contribute to service efficiency.
You’ll lead on quality improvement, managing incidents, complaints and patient experience to drive learning and development within the team. Supporting staff progression is central—through supervision frameworks, competency sign‑off and both formal and informal teaching in areas such as end‑of‑life care and IV therapy.
Alongside leadership responsibilities, you’ll remain clinically active—assessing patients, delivering interventions and guiding complex decision‑making. You’ll also contribute to strategic initiatives, presenting proposals and supporting budget management and cost improvement plans.
Our service operates 08:00–18:00, including weekends and bank holidays, with flexibility considered.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead and inspire a multidisciplinary team to deliver high‑quality care to housebound patients.
* Assess complex patients, plan care and support effective clinical outcomes.
* Coordinate referrals, allocate workloads, and match skills to patient needs.
* Manage staffing resources, oversee duty rots, and support annual leave planning.
* Ensure compliance with mandatory training and NHS policies.
* Monitor capacity and demand, escalating concerns and contributing to service efficiency.
* Lead quality improvement initiatives, managing incidents, complaints, and patient experience.
* Supervise staff, sign off competencies, and provide formal and informal teaching (e.g., end‑of‑life care, IV therapy).
* Remain clinically active: assess patients, deliver interventions, and guide complex decision‑making.
* Contribute to strategic initiatives, present proposals, and support budget management and cost improvement plans.
Values and Commitment
Rated “outstanding” by the CQC, we pride ourselves on delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. We embrace equity, diversity, and inclusion, welcoming applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. We collect data on protected characteristics to ensure fair opportunities and support a Great Place to Work.
Flexible Working
We support flexible working arrangements to balance patient care and personal commitments. Discuss options with us to find a flexible schedule that suits both you and the organisation.
Contact
For further details or informal visits, please contact:
Name: Jennifer Cowell-Homewood
Job title: operational manager
Email address: jennifer.cowell-homewood@nhs.net
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