Community Nurse

Job overview

We recognise that a highly skilled community nursing workforce is the cornerstone to safe patient care and avoiding unnecessary admission to hospital and have lots training and development opportunities available, alongside a career development pathway with opportunities for development at every level through to band 3 to band 8. 

All community nurses work as part of a local team, closely with the local acute hospital, social care, mental health teams, GPs, and Practice Nurses and use the electronic clinical record, EMIS with a work Ipad and Iphone provided.  

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Are you a Registered Nurse wanting to gain the skills, knowledge, and competencies relevant to the community?

Do you want to develop your career within a clinically led organisation, at the forefront of the revolution of adult community nursing?

Are you passionate for high quality patient care and experience?

We are seeking a highly motivated Registered Nurse to work within a wider team of nurses and health care assistants.  You will work under the direction of a District Nurse, to assess, implement and evaluate person centred care for a caseload of patients, undertaking venepuncture, wound care, catheterisation, syringe drivers, end of life care and symptom control.  On achieving all relevant competencies, the post holder will be reviewed for a Band 6 Senior Community Nurse post.

Post holders will be available to work Monday to Sunday between 8 am and 8 pm and be able to travel to patients’ homes frequently throughout the day across the locality and across Guildford and Waverley.

Working for our organisation

The Procare Chief Operating Officer is a Nurse by background, who has a real passion for all aspects of Community working. Our board is clinically led with a Director of Nursing and GPs who have vast community experience, ensuring that Procare has the expertise and knowledge base needed to develop sustainable integrated services.

With a strong emphasis on high-quality care, patient safety, and a positive patient and carer experience as the core of our strategy, our goal is to ensure excellent care for our local community. We aim to achieve this by creating a supportive and highly skilled workforce, making Procare a great place to work.

We are an innovative, ambitious, friendly, and supportive local team. We take pride in our clinically led and flat management structure, which ensures transparent leadership from all directors. We are in search of an individual with the requisite skills and attributes, someone who is pragmatic and solution-focused, and who desires to be a part of our local Community Nursing Services.