Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
Community Wound Clinic Nurse
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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.
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.
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.
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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.
Additional Working Pattern: 37.5hr per week, Monday to Friday, 08.30 - 16.30
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.
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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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For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Sharon Moon
- Job title: Wound Clinic Lead Nurse
- Email address: sharon.moon1@nhs.net
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