Community Wound Clinic Nurse: 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. Nursing vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses.

Are you a passionate and experienced nurse looking to make a real difference in wound care? Join our specialist Wound Management Centre team, delivering high-quality care to patients with complex and hard-to-heal wounds across community clinics and patients’ homes.

You will provide assessment, planning, delivery, and evaluation of wound care interventions, helping patients achieve the best possible outcomes while promoting independence and self-management. Working across clinics and supporting Community Nursing Teams, you will collaborate closely with GPs, Primary Care Networks, and multidisciplinary colleagues to deliver seamless, patient-centred care.

You will manage a caseload, applying clinical judgement to complex situations while acting as a role model for junior staff and students. The role also offers opportunities to contribute to service development, quality improvement initiatives, and the enhancement of specialist wound care services.

If you are motivated and committed to outstanding community-based care, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

As a Wound Care Community Nurse, you will play a key role in delivering specialist wound care to patients with complex and hard-to-heal wounds in community clinics and patients’ homes. Working within the Wound Management Centre and alongside the wider Community Nursing Team, you will assess, plan, deliver, and evaluate high-quality, evidence-based care that supports healing, improves outcomes, and enhances patient experience.

You will support the effective day-to-day running of wound clinics, promoting patient independence through education, self-management, and personalised care planning. Working closely with Primary Care Networks, GPs, and multidisciplinary colleagues, you will contribute to seamless, patient-centred community care.

This role requires excellent communication, organisation, and clinical decision-making skills, together with a strong understanding of community nursing, safeguarding, risk management, and clinical governance. You will maintain accurate clinical records, support quality improvement and patient safety initiatives, and escalate concerns when appropriate.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced community nurse with a passion for wound care and clinical excellence. If you are committed to delivering holistic care that helps patients remain independent while supporting improvements in local wound care services, we would love to hear from you.

Person Specification

Qualification, 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
• A full, valid UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country

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

Working Enviroment

Essential

• A full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) and the ability to travel independently .

Desirable

• To be flexable and work across wound clinic bases

Working Environment

Essential

• To be able to maintain a physically demanding role that includes standing for long periods .

Desirable

• To be efficient with moving and handling and use of equipment.

Closing Date: 30 August 2026