Job overview

Now is the time to be part of a healthcare transformation. The new NHS 10-Year Plan puts community care at the centre of service delivery—shifting resources closer to where people live and promoting prevention over hospital admission.

As a member of a community-based NHS trust, you’ll be at the forefront of this change. Work in integrated neighbourhood teams, delivering joined-up care alongside GPs, mental health professionals, social workers, and voluntary services. Benefit from new roles, clear career pathways, apprenticeships, and personalised development support.

The plan also brings new workforce standards: improved flexible working, mental health support, safe workplaces, and strong protections against discrimination. With greater investment in underserved areas and a focus on reducing health inequalities, your work will have local impact and national importance.

Community trusts are leading the way in digital innovation, using tools like virtual wards to reduce admin and improve patient care.

If you’re passionate about making a difference, this is your chance to help deliver a modern, inclusive, and community-focused NHS.

Main duties of the job

Our team provides high-quality, evidence-based care to support people with epilepsy. You’ll be part of a passionate group dedicated to helping those in Kent and Medway stay safe and well, ensuring their condition is managed as effectively as possible. This involves working directly with patients and often their carers and families.

Day-to-day tasks will vary and may include taking detailed epilepsy histories and referring to other services when needed, offering general safety advice and guidance for specific situations like pregnancy, reviewing and suggesting medication adjustments in line with consultant guidelines for GPs, delivering both general and targeted education sessions on epilepsy and rescue medication, managing waiting lists and discharging patients, prioritising workloads to meet service targets, contributing to triage duties, working autonomously in line with advanced competencies set by the National Epilepsy Specialist Nurse Association, and developing best practices.

Please note, this vacancy does not meet the criteria for skilled worker sponsorship.  Therefore, we are unable to accept applications from candidates that cannot provide documentary evidence of right to work in the United Kingdom.

Working for our organisation

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

We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn’t visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission

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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