About this role
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 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.
Main duties of the job
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.
About us
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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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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Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Bachelor's degree (BA (BSc) NVQ level 6, Ordinary degree or equivalent demonstrable experience
Desirable
Public Health related training/CPD Training/teaching/facilitation qualification.
Experience Essential
Experience of group management/facilitation and training design and delivery Experience of managing projects and undertaking evaluation
Desirable
NHS specific IT system experience Knowledge of finance system Understanding of NHS Community Services
Knowledge Essential
Design and development of standard and bespoke data reports Proven use of office systems, with advanced use of Microsoft Office, i.e. MS Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Excel
Desirable
An understanding of the current public health agenda and challenges
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details Employer name Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital
Herne Bay
CT6 6EB
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.kentcht.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)