Band 5 Community Nurse

Integrated Care System; Camberley; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join the Integrated Care System as a Band 5 Community Nurse, dedicated to delivering high-quality healthcare within the Adult Community Services in Surrey. This role involves diverse responsibilities including patient assessment, care planning, and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams to enhance health outcomes in the community. As a key member of the nursing team, you will benefit from a structured preceptorship program, ensuring you grow into a skilled and confident community nurse. Embrace this exciting opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of patients.

Benefits

NHS Pension

Free tea and coffee

Discounts via My Reward Hub

Emergency wage access

Support for mental wellbeing

Professional development opportunities

Open culture for service improvement

Qualifications

• Current registration with NMC.
• Willingness to undertake further education.
• Keeps up to date with evidence-based practice.

Responsibilities

• Undertake assessments, care planning, and evaluations.
• Lead clinical audits and governance.
• Support palliative care and long-term conditions management.

Skills

Compassionate communication

Clinical assessment

Evidence-based practice

Ability to prioritize workload

Education

1st Level Nurse registration

Job description

Are you passionate about delivering high-quality healthcare in the community? We are excited to offer a fantastic opportunity for the role of a Band 5 Community Nurse to join our team within Adult Community Services in Surrey.

This role covers the Surrey Heath locality, and you will be expected to travel across the area. Therefore, having a driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential.

The community nursing team works from 8am to 8pm, 365 days a year. Our shifts include a mixture of 8am to 4pm, 9am to 5pm, and 12pm to 8pm. You would only do one late shift a week and join the rota to work one weekend in four.

This position is suitable for a student nurse about to qualify who would like to work in the community. We offer a robust and supportive preceptorship programme for your first year, helping you develop into a confident and skilled community nurse.

Main duties of the job

Within this role, you will:

• Undertake first-line assessment, care planning, and evaluation of patients' care needs, taking action to address underlying causes, e.g., nutrition assessment, biomechanical assessments.
• Manage referrals to the community nursing service, assessing the priority of need appropriately and adhering to criteria to treat.
• Work with the multidisciplinary team to support the management of people with long-term conditions, palliative care, and terminal illnesses.
• Plan, deliver, and evaluate health promotion strategies and advice to empower individuals.
• Utilize evidence-based practice and research to inform patient care.
• Be responsible for the caseload in the absence of the District Nurse for short periods, with support from a named District Nurse.
• Participate in and lead clinical audits and the clinical governance agenda, implement changes in clinical practice, and support monitoring and evaluation.
• Implement, monitor, and maintain agreed standards of care, reporting to the District Nurse when standards cannot be met.

Please see the full list of responsibilities in the attached JD.

About us

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’s 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 are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We are a Disability Confident committed company, working to provide facilities, work environment adjustments, and technical solutions to be inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we may need to close it earlier than the shown date. If you're keen to join our team, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2

Job responsibilities

• 1st Level Nurse registration (currently registered with NMC).
• Willingness to undertake further education around management of long-term conditions.
• Evidence of continuous professional development in line with revalidation.
• Keeps up to date with evidence-based practice and research related to nursing and healthcare in the community.
• Ability to listen to and communicate with patients and their carers compassionately.
• Presentation skills for teaching individuals and small groups.
• Ability to work across a seven-day week.
• Ability to prioritize and organize workload independently.
• Ability to travel effectively within a defined geographical area.

Other requirements:

• Occasional exposure to unpleasant working conditions.
• Frequent contact with body fluids.
• Current driving license and access to a vehicle during working hours.

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

• An AFC Band 5 salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms.
• Free tea and coffee at your base location.
• Membership of My Reward Hub for discounts, cashback, and vouchers.
• Access to wages as you earn them for emergencies.
• Support for mental and physical wellbeing, including recipes, activity challenges, and counseling.
• Access to eLearning, career pathways, and professional development opportunities.
• An open culture encouraging ideas to improve service delivery.
• Working for an organization committed to high clinical and quality standards, with many services rated good or outstanding by CQC.

Person Specification

General Requirements

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Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and a DBS check will be required to check for any criminal convictions.