Community Staff Nurse

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Community Staff Nurse to join Crawley Healthy & First  community PCN.

The PCN is a group of practices working together in collaboration with community and other health and care services. PCNs will enable greater provision of proactive, personalised, coordinated and more integrated health and social care. Care is organised around individuals' identified needs through collaborative working by service providers to deliver excellent patient care at the heart of the community.

Crawley Healthy & First  Community PCN Team are looking for registered nurses to join the team. If you are newly registered or looking for a new challenge, Community Nursing offers a great opportunity to specialise in a highly diverse and rewarding field. Community nursing offers the applicants many specialties in one role. Any successful applicants will have an individual induction plan to ease into this community environment.

Main duties of the job

To deliver high quality care in the community in patients own homes, working with patients towards rehabilitation, self-management and independence throughout the continuum of care. To participate in a team of colleagues supporting evidence based care, facilitating staff learning and development.

The main aspects of the role are diabetic management, wound management including leg ulcer diagnosis and treatment, palliative care working very closely with the Hospice and GP’s, bladder and bowel care including urethral and supra pubic catheters and other continence needs.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To deliver high quality care in the community, working with patients towards rehabilitation, self-management and independence throughout the continuum of care.

To participate in a team of colleagues supporting evidence based care, facilitating staff learning and development.

Please see job description for further information.