Community Nurse

Job overview

• 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 8am and 8pm. A full UK driving license and vehicle for business use if required for this post, however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.

Procare Community Services are not a UKVI sponsoring organisation, so all candidates are required to have their own independent right to work

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification to understand more about the opportunity this role presents you.

Main duties of the job

Job Purpose:

• The post holder will visit adult patients in their own home who have an identified nursing need including those with a long-term condition, complex care needs and needing care at home and the end of life.
• The post holder will use an electronic patient held record system, EMIS as a record of care and all our nurses are provided with a work Iphone and Ipad for mobile working.
• The community nurse will use a range of nursing skills including venepuncture, wound care, catheterisation, syringe drivers, end of life care and symptom control and on successfully attaining all the competencies required will be reviewed for a Band 6 Senior Community Nurse post.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.