Registered Nurse (Community): Sponsorship Available

Job 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 supporting housebound patients across Thanet, including Margate, Ramsgate and surrounding coastal villages. Working within Primary Care Networks, you will deliver personalised care to patients with complex and long-term conditions, helping them remain safe and independent at home. We offer excellent development opportunities to build advanced clinical skills, including palliative and end of life care, medication management, IV therapy, wound care, catheter management, bladder and bowel care, and support for long-term conditions.

Main duties of the job

No two days are the same in this varied and rewarding role. You will assess, plan, deliver and evaluate patient care, undertaking activities such as wound assessments and dressing changes, administering medications, managing catheters, and providing palliative and end of life care. Working both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will organise and prioritise your caseload, maintain accurate clinical records, support colleagues, and respond to changes in patients’ conditions. You will also play an important role in safeguarding adults and children, assessing capacity, escalating concerns appropriately, and working collaboratively with healthcare and multi-agency partners to achieve the best outcomes for patients.

Person Specification

Qualifications, training and experience

Essential

• You will have a 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. This role is ideal for a newly qualified graduate nurse
• You will be a registered health care professional with the Nursing and Midwifery Council

Knowledge and skills

Essential

• You will need to have a customer focussed approach
• 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 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

Desirable

• Having an awareness of developments within the NHS would be an advantage

Closing Date: 15 November 2026