Job Summary
We are looking for an experienced Nurse with excellent communication and interpersonal skills and proven team working abilities, to be resourceful, with the ability to manage their own time effectively and prioritise their own workload.
This role is an exciting opportunity to work as part of a dynamic, multi-disciplinary team, innovating and developing transformational changes; essential for this role.
You will be part of a team that will work with care homes to enhance the quality of care.
Our focus is to enhance care in Care Homes by covering all aspects of care. You will be working within a wide skill mixed team, who are passionate about people living in a care home, taking both a medical and holistic approach.
Role
The post holder will be required to travel between care homes and have a flexible approach to their day. They must hold a full driver's licence and have access to their own transport.
The post holder may also be expected to hold clinics for non-care home patients at the surgery and work collaboratively with Bethesda's nursing team, carrying out general practice nursing duties efficiently.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be part of a team that will work with care homes to enhance the quality of care and will have experience of working within a wider healthcare team.
The candidate will also have experience in Long Term Condition Management.
About Us
Bethesda Medical Centre is a large surgery based on the cliff tops in Margate, Kent. We have approximately 19,000 patients and have a strong work ethic to provide good patient care through teamwork.
You will be part of an established and professional nursing team, Acute Care Team, HCA's, GP's, Frailty Team and Mental Health Nurses
Details
Date posted: 15 December 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 5
Salary: Depending on experience
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Job locations: Palm Bay Avenue, Cliftonville, Margate, Kent CT9 3NR
Job Description
Duties will include:
- Managing a case load of care home residents across a number of care homes.
- Provide care for the presenting patient, to include initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of care.
- Demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making, including assessment and diagnosis skills
- Carrying out regular planned (and in some cases) acute emergency visits
- Producing and reviewing ACPs, TEPs (RESPECT) and promoting the Restore 2 training.
- Proactively planning patient care and assessing ongoing patient needs
- Regular liaison with assigned GPs whenever appropriate
- Proactively working with Care Home and Nursing Home staff and management to promote ongoing planned patient care
- Discussing end-of-life care with patients and relatives
- Coordinating referrals to other services such as chiropodist, dietician and tissue viability.
- Working within their professional boundaries
- Be involved in weekly care home rounds
- The post holder may also be expected to hold clinics for non-care home patients at the surgery and work collaboratively with Bethesda's nursing team, carrying out general practice nursing duties efficiently.
Person Specification
Experience:
- Possess excellent communication skills, able to liaise with GPs, Home management and staff and with relatives
- Be able to work both independently and as part of a team.
- Be comfortable seeking advice from GP colleagues
- Be able to respond to emergencies and, where necessary, liaise with GPs about acute admissions.
- Planning and implementing individual patient care within the context of an interdependent healthcare team
- Achieving a balance between the demands of direct patient care within existing resources and the job plan.
- Communicating with and supporting distressed/anxious/worried relatives /patients.
- Continually reappraise the effectiveness of resources against the unpredictability of service demands.
- Work within a speciality with unpredictable levels of activity.
- Providing a professional advisory role to a wide variety of contacts e.g. patients, relatives, carers, junior and senior nursing, medical and paramedical colleagues.
- To participate in reporting, documenting and evaluation of the work of the Care Home Clinician and to demonstrate its importance both to patients and members of the interdependent healthcare team.
- Keep professionally up to date with continuing professional development.
Desirable
- Experience in long-term conditions
- Background of working as a Community Nurse
Qualifications
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
For further information, please see the NHS Careers website
Employer details
Employer name: Bethesda Medical Centre
Address: Palm Bay Avenue, Cliftonville, Margate Kent CT9 3NR
Employer's website: https://www.Bethesdamc.co.uk
