Specialist TB Nurse

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 or working on the Staff Bank within these organisations. Nursing and AHP vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses/AHPs.

We are excited to be recruiting a Tuberculosis (TB) Specialist Nurse for North Kent. We are seeking someonewith excellent communication skills, who enjoys the challenge of working with socially and medically complexpatients in a community setting and who is passionate about advocating for our patients. We are lookingforward to welcoming the right candidate to our 'Outstanding' Trust and our friendly and well-establishedteam.

We care for adults, children and babies, through case management, screening clinics, BCG vaccination and health promotion. The post will involve visiting people in their own homes, clinics and some outreach work aswell as phone and virtual appointments.

The role will primarily involve caring for patients in the North Kent, but may involve some wider travel in Kentfor training and meetings. The post holder will need to be able to work autonomously without directsupervision.

In return for your hard work we offer you a flexible working environment, personal development and a comprehensive corporate and local induction programme., Specialist TB Nurses play a vital public health role in reducing the onwards transmission of TB throughcontact tracing, identifying close contacts of index cases and offering screening in line with TB guidelines.Their role includes co-ordinating and delivering TB screening clinics, attending incident management meetingsand responding to outbreaks.Specialist TB Nurses provide expert knowledge and skills acting as a resource to advise, educate and supportthe TB multidisciplinary team and raise awareness of TB to the public and other health care professionals.

We also offer a generous NHS pension, annual leave entitlement and a competitive pay framework to progress through.

So, if your enthusiastic and looking for a new challenge then we would love to hear from you., 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.

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.