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We have an exciting opportunity to recruit an NMC Registered Nurse Associate to join our Community Nursing Team team based at Coxheath. We support patients from GP practices within the Athena and Ridge Primary Care Network (PCN).The teams provide nursing care to predominantly housebound patients. Each team takes responsibility for a defined geographical patch, which allows good working relationships with local GPs, care homes, Social Services, voluntary organisations and other stakeholders.The District Nursing Service also provides local clinics for patients requiring their clinical skills. We believe the addition of the new Nursing Associate role will complement the current skill-mix for providing nursing care within a community setting.This is a highly rewarding role, and nurses are sup...

Urgent Care Services provides short term health, therapy and care support to enable service users to remain in the community / home environment. This may include treating acutely unwell people that would otherwise require hospital admission, and also supports hospital discharges.The service convers 24 hours a day 365 days a year.\ Care provided at night includes End of life care, catheter care and other urgent care that is unplanned and cannot wait until the following day. This care is provided by a night nursing team.Home is nationally evidenced to be the best place to recover and regain independence. Enablement and rehabilitation will be the priority focus with active participation from service users in order to achieve maximum independence.• Following clinical care plans and recording y...

The NHS is changing. More emphasis on community-based care means there’s never been a better time to join us.We believe in treating the whole person, not just the condition.We are looking for enthusiastic and adaptable Clinical Specialist Neurodevelopmental Nurse on a permanent basis to join our caring and progressive team in Coxheath.You will work as part of a close-knit team who are dedicated to the health and wellbeing of people in Coxheath. Maidstone is made up of a diverse patient group with complex needs.• To facilitate the assessment and management of children and young people referred for assessment: ensuring the quality of care provision using Trust policies and guidelines and care pathways.• To support diagnostic assessments undertaken by medical staff• To assess for clinical pr...

Make a Real Difference as a Band 6 Community Nurse in Tunbridge Wells!Are you an experienced nurse looking for a rewarding role where you can truly impact patients' lives and empower them to thrive in their own homes?We're seeking passionate and skilled Band 6 Community Nurses to join our dynamic teams at Abbey Court in Tunbridge Wells.Our service operates 7 days a week from 8 am – 6 pm. These extended working hours allows more flexible working for anyone looking for more flexible hours. Weekend working is generally on a 1:4 ratio with dedicated days off during the week to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance.There are two teams supporting patients registered with GP practices working in Tunbridge Wells and surrounding areas supporting theTunbridge Wells Primary Care network.Each...

We have an opportunity for a Band 4 Speech and Language Therapy Apprentice to join our West Kent Adult Speech and Language Therapy team based in Tonbridge for a period of 36 months. The Adult Speech and Language Therapy (ASLT) service in east and west Kent provides services to people over the age of 18 who require assessment, diagnosis and management of acquired swallowing and communication disorders. We see patients in a range of settings including outpatient clinics, community hospitals, care homes and in their own homes.As ASLT, we are a team of more than 20 SLTs and associate/assistant practitioners across Kent. We provide regular supervision and have specialist advisors in clinical areas including dysphasia, dysphagia, motor speech disorders, dementia, dysfluency and voice.Please care...

We are looking for a band 5 Complex Care Nurse to join our Complex Care Nursing service in Tunbridge Wells. Our complex care nursing service provides proactive and responsive care delivery to support patients with frailty and other complex long-term conditions, such as Heart Failure, COPD and diabetes.We support patients with robust management plans to promote self-management, where possible, and optimise long term condition management and preventing unplanned hospital admissions. Each nurse in our team is responsible for the management and nursing care delivery to a defined patient caseload within an aligned geographical area.Your patients could be any age, but they'll often be elderly, while others may have been recently discharged from acute hospital, be terminally ill or have physical...

Patient Advice and Liaison Officers (PALS Officers) have a high standard of customer care skills and will be required to deal empathically with patients as well as professionally with all members of staff and externally with other health care professionals; consultants, GP’s and the multi-disciplinary team, both from a primary and secondary care setting.The PALS officers will support and direct people who contact the Patient, Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) to appropriate clinical services. They will aim to resolve matters quickly and signpost people appropriately. They will accurately record general queries, PALS enquiries and compliments and ensure these are sent on to the service or person concerned. If people wish to make a complaint the post holder will note these and ensure they ar...

We are looking for a Discharge Coordinator to join our Rapid Transfer Team based at QEQM in Margate. You will work as a key member of the Rapid Transfer Service, whose aim is to ensure the timely, effective, appropriate and safe discharge of patients requiring supportive discharge, from the acute into a community setting. The role involves liaising with hospital, community, GP’s and private facilities, in order to promote safe and robust discharge/transfer of care.A clinical background for this post is essentialYou will assist the multi-professional team, giving support and advice, and acting as a resource for all aspects of complex discharge planning, including NHS funded continuing healthcare.You will work at the interface between hospital and the community, providing expert advice on di...