Vacancies

Community Nurse

Main Responsibility

• Implement and evaluate care and treatment in agreement with the patient and as defined in the care plan – escalates any deviation from the care plan or change in condition to the District Nurse / GP accordingly
• Maintains accurate and legible patient records in line with professional and organisational requirements – this includes contemporary paper records and electronic patient record system
• Actively participates and contributes to team meetings and daily handover
• Takes responsibility for a defined caseload in the absence of the District Nurse, under the direction of the Practice Teacher / Team Leader
• Actively involved in the development and implementation of community nursing service developments and initiatives
• Participates in clinical audit and the implementation of changes to ways of This job description is not exhaustive and may change as the post develops or changes to align with service needs. Any such changes will be discussed directly between the post holder and their line manager. working / clinical practice as a result of findings, recommendations and action plans
• Participates in risk assessment and promotes the safety and well-being of patients, staff and any other persons at all times and assist in ensuring a safe work environment
• Ensure that all complaints, untoward incidents, accidents and areas of clinical risk are identified and reported to the District Nurse in accordance with the organisation policies
• Keeps up to date with professional requirements, health care developments, clinical evidence, National Service Frameworks for practice, National and Local policy and guidelines
• Responsible for completing all own mandatory training within the required timeframes
• Accesses and participates in regular clinical supervision and peer review
• Participate in own annual appraisal and undertakes own continuing professional development in order to maintain and develop knowledge and skills
• Access regular 1-1 meetings with District Nurse
• Undertake mentorship training, facilitate the teaching and learning experiences for all students and staff
• Accountable for own professional actions in line with the NMC code and organisational policy and guidelines
• Monitors and orders stock levels and equipment in line with budget and lean principles
• Responsible for the security, care and maintenance of equipment ensuring standards of infection control and safety are maintained

The Ideal Candidate

Personal Specification

Essential

• 1st Level Nurse Registration (live registered with the NMC
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Communication

• Team worker and ability to work alone
• Ability to listen to and to communicate with patients and carers in a compassionate and caring manner
• Presentation skills for teaching to individuals e.g. patients and to small groups e.g. students

Knowledge

• Knowledge of recent developments within health and social care
• keeps up to date with evidence based practice and research related to nursing and health care in the community
• Analytical & Judgemental Skills
• Ability to operate community equipment
• Ability to assess needs and implement care
• Ability to identify and pass on urgent client information to the District Nurse / Team Leader

Planning & Organisational Skills

• Ability to work across a seven day week
• Ability to undertake nursing skills and to prioritise visits in accordance with patient need
• Ability to organise own workload without direct supervision
• Ability to input data manually and electronically according to organisational policies
• Works within agreed Policies and This job description is not exhaustive and may change as the post develops or changes to align with service needs. Any such changes will be discussed directly between the post holder and their line manager. Procedures

Physical Skills

• Ability to travel effectively and efficiently within the locality and at times, across Surrey
• Dexterity to enable clinical skills to be performed i.e. removal of sutures venepuncture IV Therapy

Other

• Current driving licence and access to a car during the working day

Package Description

You will feel valued as a Band 5 Nurse with HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• £28,407 - £34,581 Band 5 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Free tea, coffee, and milk at your base location 
• Plentiful onsite parking
• 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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