Job summary
- Main area
- Urgent Care
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 846-8157340-TS
- Employer
- Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Victoria Hospital Folkestone
- Town
- Folkestone
- Salary
- £49,387 - £56,515 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/08/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Nurse / Paramedic Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
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.
We are looking to recruit enthusiastic and motivated Nurse and Paramedic Practitioners to join our Urgent Treatment Centres in Folkestone and Deal.
Our Urgent Treatment Centres provide high-quality urgent care for patients with minor illness and injury, offering walk-in and NHS 111-referred appointments 365 days a year. Working alongside experienced Nurse and Paramedic Practitioners and GPs, you will play a vital role in delivering timely care closer to home and helping patients avoid unnecessary attendance at Emergency Departments.
We welcome applications from experienced practitioners who are ready to take the next step in their career, as well as ambitious candidates seeking a supported development pathway.
Development opportunities are available from Band 5. Successful development candidates will receive structured training, clinical supervision and competency support, progressing to Band 6 on completion of agreed training, competencies and examinations. Further progression to Band 7 will be considered once established within a Nurse/Paramedic Practitioner role and able to demonstrate the required leadership capabilities. More information available if required.
Applicants should be Registered Nurses or HCPC-registered Paramedics with experience in urgent or emergency care settings such as A&E, MIU or UTC. Advanced practice study, practitioner training and A&E radiology (Red Dot) experience are desirable.
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting opportunity to join a skilled multidisciplinary team delivering urgent care services across Folkestone and Deal Urgent Treatment Centres. Full and part-time opportunities are available, with services operating between 8am and 8pm, seven days a week.
As an autonomous Nurse or Paramedic Practitioner, you will assess, diagnose and treat patients presenting with a wide range of minor illnesses and injuries. You will be confident in clinical decision-making, able to think on your feet and committed to delivering safe, effective and patient-centred care.
The role offers a varied and rewarding workload, including assessment and treatment of patients aged one year and above, requesting and interpreting X-rays, wound closure and management, use of Patient Group Directions and supporting patients to remain independent within their community wherever possible.
As a senior member of the team, you will contribute to the ongoing development of the service through clinical leadership, mentoring and supporting colleagues, participation in supervision frameworks, development and review of clinical guidelines and shared responsibility for maintaining high standards of practice across the service.
Working within a supportive and experienced team environment, you will have opportunities to further develop your clinical expertise while helping shape the future of urgent care services across Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust.
Working for our organisation
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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Detailed job description and main 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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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- You’ll need to have a Level 6 Degree or equivalent qualification in relevant subject i.e. Nursing, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy or Speech and Language Therapy.
Desirable criteria
- Proven ability to work effectively within your area of practice, supported by relevant experience. As well as managing complex caseloads and supporting/ mentoring others.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Evidence of relevant specialist courses for example, A&E Radiology, imaging regulation, and initial imaging training IR(ME)R, Red Dot Course in X-ray diagnosis, Immediate life Support- Adults and Children, Recognition of the sick child training and continuing professional development (Minor illness & Minor injury) degree level
Desirable criteria
- Professional knowledge and competence in the autonomous management of undifferentiated patients, recognising limitations of the role and personal accountability
Experience
Essential criteria
- Currently working within MIU / UTC or A&E as a senior band 6 or 7
- You will need to have a customer focussed approach which is essential to; o Provide patients, clients and their families with the best possible experience o represent the Trust when talking to and working with patients, colleagues and visitors. o Work together with colleagues and other teams across the Trust.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Elaine Anderson
- Job title
- Operational Lead UTC
- Email address
- [email protected]
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