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 an experienced and motivated Health Practitioner ready to take the next step into leadership? We are looking for a dynamic Team Lead to join our Health & Social Care Coordinator (HSCC) and Primary Care Lifestyle Teams within East Kent Long Term Services.
This is a rewarding and varied role where you’ll blend clinical expertise with leadership, making a real difference to patient outcomes. You will lead and support staff through supervision, mentoring, and line management, while coordinating service delivery across both teams.
Alongside leadership responsibilities, you’ll remain hands-on in patient care — carrying out assessments, supporting care coordination, contributing to MDT working, and guiding patients to the right services. You’ll also undertake Trusted Assessor equipment assessments (full training provided).
Working closely with Community Nursing teams, GPs, and wider partners, you’ll play a key role in reducing health inequalities, improving quality of life, and preventing unnecessary hospital admissions.
You bring a strong clinical background, combined with leadership or supervisory experience, and a passion for delivering integrated, patient-centred care. You’re highly organised, a confident communicator, and thrive in collaborative environments.
Key responsibilities include:
Leading, mentoring, and supporting staff development
Coordinating and overseeing service delivery across both teams
Monitoring resources, budgets, and contributing to service improvement
Collecting, analysing, and reporting data to support outcomes
Ensuring high-quality, evidence-based clinical practice
Assessing patient needs and facilitating appropriate referrals
Communicating effectively with MDTs and senior management
This role is based across Canterbury and Ashford, with regular travel for home visits, clinics, and multidisciplinary meetings.
If you’re ready to lead with purpose and improve patient care across East Kent, we’d love to hear from you.
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 the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent
We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences
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The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both
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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
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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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