East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Falls Nurse

The closing date is 16 February 2026

Job summary

Reporting to the Lead Nurse for Falls, the post holder will be an expert Clinical Nurse Specialist and be able to demonstrate specialist clinical competence and knowledge base. With the support of the Lead Nurse, the post holder will lead the Falls Service at the designated work base, whilst providing team support at other sites as required.

The post holder will provide specialist clinical advice to healthcare professionals providing direct support and advice to the approximate 1818 yearly falls reported Trust Wide. The role will require site-based falls leadership and specialist professional advice to be provided to the nursing and multidisciplinary teams, the falls team are part of the Fundamentals of Care assisting with report writing, presenting to committees of interest whilst providing day to day support with patient assessment and proactive falls prevention. Lead the embedding of improvement initiatives and develop new opportunities for improving the Falls Service and quality of patient care.

Main duties of the job

Welcomes and supports the learning and development of all staff and pre-registration learners on practice placement within clinical area, including members of the multidisciplinary team.

Facilitate a conducive learning environment to support best practice and safe patient care.

Engage with the mandatory annual appraisal process. Identifying individual learning needs, areas of strength/development and consider opportunities to support PDP.

Ensures all relevant E-Learning, mandatory, statutory and essential training is completed and compliance is maintained.

Engages in opportunities that expand knowledge, such as; utilising this knowledge to uphold and adopt best practice in the clinical area and share updates with the wider team. Maintain professional revalidation, self-reflective practice as per registration requirements.

Maintain professional and accurate capability records and be able to produce original copies to demonstrate skills acquired

About us

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates for a Skilled Worker Visa for roles that are eligible at the time of application.

Date posted

10 February 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

344-2565COR

Job locations

QEQM Hospital

ST Peters Road

Margate

CT9 4AN

Job description

Job responsibilities

Be able to manage time effectively and identify priorities of care delivery and Falls service Caseload.

Able to manage and maintain standards of the Falls Service; led by defined guidelines, protocols, procedures, codes of conduct and followed at own discretion and caseload responsibility.

Responding and escalating to changes in the needs and/or environment. Supporting in the planning to ensure effective use of staff and resources.

Refer to and work with multidisciplinary teams to develop and support the service user, family and carers; providing specialised advice on complex patient care and management support with mitigation and specialist advice on care and the management whilst optimising safe activity in the delivery of individualised care.

Uses numeracy, literacy, digital and technological skills to support safe and effective delivery of care.

Carry out systematic and evidence-based assessments to give holistic care, taking into consideration physical, social, cultural, psychological, spiritual, genetic and environmental factors that may influence service users pathway or treatment.

Uses interprofessional and interpersonal skills to facilitate the best communication of highly complex, highly sensitive, and highly contentious information to patients, families/ carers, members of the public and workforce; where this may be challenging, unpredictable and potentially hostile.

Accepts accountability and responsibility for delivery of care and decisions within clinical practice, ensuring all care is delivered within scope of practice.

Maintains accurate, timely and legible records of documentation and care delivered, including how consent is obtained and whether the patient has capacity.

Will be able to provide and support staff to deliver safe management in pre-fall assessment and post fall care. Utilise clinical skills seek guidance and evidence-based practice guidelines working within the parameters of the trust Key Performance Indicators and National Audit of patient Falls and NMC codes of conduct are adhered to.

Analyses, assesses, plans, implements and evaluates patients that have been reviewed or referred as care needs continuously change, empowering the service user to achieve optimal health through developing and providing highly specialist packages of care and advice.

Advocate for patients best interests and respecting their moral values, beliefs, dignity and ethics.

Ability to analyse and interpret complex situations; using interpretation and assessment to mitigate risks and/or issues to patient/client clinical need; escalating to senior team when required.

Supports the need of the Trust to manage redeployment to support the provision of safe patient care and skill mix when identified by senior leadership teams. Ensuring to work within scope of practice and professional boundaries.

Holds a professional responsibility in Safeguarding vulnerable adults, young people and children, inclusive of patients valuables, adhering to Trust policies and protocols at all times

Work with various multi professional teams ensuring co creative working on quality improvement work linking with procurement, medical equipment to ensure the availability of up to date equipment and that training to staff is provided.