Are you a Registered Nurse with an interest in wound care and improving patient outcomes?
If you answered yes, we've got the perfect role for you.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Tissue Viability and Wound Clinic Service as a Band 5 Registered Nurse.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and caring nurse to join our developing service. Whether you already have experience in wound care or are looking to expand your knowledge in this specialist area, we would love to hear from you. This is a unique opportunity to work within our dedicated wound clinics, providing assessment and treatment for patients with a wide range of wounds and lower limb conditions across Medway.
Working within our Tissue Viability and Wound Clinic Service, you will assess, plan, deliver and evaluate evidence-based care for patients with acute and chronic wounds, helping to promote healing, improve outcomes and enhance patients' quality of life.
You will work alongside experienced wound care clinicians and the multidisciplinary team, building your specialist knowledge and skills whilst contributing to the delivery of safe, effective and patient-centred care.
You will need to be flexible as the wound clinics operate 7 days a week.
The successful applicant will be responsible for delivering high-quality, evidence-based wound care within the Wound Clinic Service.
You will:
Undertake holistic assessments, planning, implementing and evaluating care for patients with acute and chronic wounds.
Deliver wound care in accordance with current national guidance, local policies and wound care formularies.
Support the assessment and management of patients with a variety of wound types, including full lower limb and doppler assessments.
Recognise changes in a patient's condition and escalate concerns appropriately.
Maintain accurate and timely electronic patient records.
Promote patient education, self-care and independence.
Work collaboratively with the Tissue Viability Team and wider multidisciplinary team.
Contribute to maintaining safe, effective and patient-centred services.
Participate in clinical supervision, appraisal and continuing professional development.
Support students, newly appointed staff and colleagues where appropriate.
Participate in audits, service improvement initiatives and quality assurance activities.
Ensure compliance with professional standards, organisational policies and clinical governance requirements.
Contribute to the delivery of consistent, evidence-based wound care across the service.
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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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.
Job responsibilities
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
[email protected], 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.
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