Job Introduction
Are you a thoughtful, dedicated, dynamic nurse who is passionate about holistic patient care? An exciting opportunity has arisen, to appoint an Associate Community Matron based in Midsomer Norton.
As an Associate Community Matron you would work closely with the Matron, Primary care providers and other members of the Multidisciplinary team to support patients in the Adult Community setting who are vulnerable and have complex healthcare needs. You will case manage your own group of patients, with the support of the Matron, providing clinical assessments and intervention for adults in the community.
You will be based primarily in Midsomer Norton, but the Community Matron team works across BaNES, covering the areas of Midsomer Norton, Radstock and Bath areas. Because of this you must have a UK license and have access to a car for work purposes. You will participate in the duty matron rota to cover the service.
We have built organisation-wide committees in many specialist fields. You’ll have the option to join your clinical specialism, networking with professionals from across the country. We get together regularly, auditing and sharing standard methodology for innovation and service re-design. You’ll be a part of the pool of subject matter experts bringing together clinical and operational leads. You will be a part of quality improvements, research and development activity. Here we recognise and celebrate clinical excellence and dedication.
You’re welcome to come in for an informal visit, meet our friendly team and ask any queries you may have before you apply.
Main Responsibility
Within this role, you will:
- Be responsible for contributing to the holistic assessment, planning delivery and evaluation of care to patients within their own homes.
- Implement, monitor and maintain high standards of care delivery at all times.
- Care for patients and their families in the way that you believe is best.
- Deliver our high service standards, sharing best practice, and actively improving the way we work.
For a full list of responsibilities please see the attached Job Description or contact Emma Elliott via email: emma.elliott@hcrgcaregroup.com for more information.
The Ideal Candidate
- You will be an NMC Registered Adult Nurse and have studied at degree level.
- A qualification in Physical Assessment and Clinical Reasoning skills would be advantageous.
- Having the V300 - Independent Nurse Prescriber Qualification would be beneficial. You would be encouraged to gain this qualification if you have not already achieved it.
- You will have a full UK driving license with access to a car for work purposes.
- You will also need to be confident using IT systems and be able to demonstrate working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages i.e. Outlook, Word, Excel.
Package Description
You will feel valued as an Associate Community Matron with HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- £33706 - £40588 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
- Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006 we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
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