Project Support Officer - KMCR

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.

This role will support the Assistant Programme Director and Senior Project Manager and the wider Kent and Medway Care Record (KMCR) team on the delivery of the programme.

The post-holder will support the delivery of the KMCR programme through a range of project management activities. This will include working KMCR partner organisations and stakeholders to deliver the requirements of the programme plan, actively supporting the delivery of projects and programme activities

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

You'll facilitate the delivery of project outcomes by being responsible for the co-ordination and implementation of project processes, ensuring these are managed in accordance with targets and agreed timescales. Including communicating business sensitive information in a professional and compassionate manner; especially when there may be barriers to understanding or requires gaining the co-operation of others through tact, negotiation, or persuasive skills. Responsibilities include acting as a first point of contact for complex project enquires; assessing, resolving, or escalating issues; building relationships with colleagues within the organisation, wider system partners and external organisations and planning, evaluating, and recommending the appropriate use of resources within the project.

You'll ensure the project operates effectively by being responsible for administrative tasks, such as developing project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility, management of project activities and workstreams, developing and maintaining the project library and reporting systems, organising meetings, taking confidential formal minutes, recording clear actions and initiating implementation, co-ordinating and allocating tasks, measuring and analysing project performance using appropriate systems, tools and techniques, implementing changes to processes where necessary and completion of standard forms, surveys and audits.

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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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jane Love Job title: Assistant Programme Director, KMCR Email address: Sign in to view email