Band 5 Community Nurse

NHS; Sittingbourne; On-site; GBP 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health service provider in Sittingbourne is looking for an RGN qualified Community Nurse. You will deliver high-quality care, supported by a dedicated team, with a focus on patient rehabilitation. The role includes a Band 5 salary of £29,970, NHS pension, and a range of wellbeing benefits, alongside opportunities for professional development. A full UK driving license is required.

Benefits

NHS Pension

Employee discounts

Access to wages as earned

Wellbeing support programs

Learning and development opportunities

Onsite parking

Free refreshments

Qualifications

• Must be a qualified and licensed RGN.
• Driving license and access to a vehicle essential.
• Confident using IT systems.

Responsibilities

• Deliver care to patients and their families.
• Maintain high service standards.
• Utilize communication and organization skills.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Organizational skills

IT proficiency (Microsoft Office)

Education

Registered General Nurse (RGN) qualification

Job description

Are you a motivated and caring Registered Nurse based in the Kent area and passionate about the rehabilitation of patients in your care? Are you looking to join an NHS Health and Social Care partner which is striving to make positive changes? Would you like to work for an organisation where more than 9 out of every ten people who use services would recommend them?

If you are newly qualified, why not let us support you with our forward-thinking Preceptorship scheme that we have just been awarded a Quality Mark for. This is a mixture of face to face, e-Learning and workshop based learning to support your development in your chosen career pathway. As a Band 5 Community nurse you will work with the friendly team in a 7 day service, working within the hours of 8am-8pm. Shifts are as follows: 8am-4pm, 9am-5pm and 12pm-8pm.

Main duties of the job

As a Community Nurse, you will care for patients and their families in the way that you believe is best, delivering our high service standards, sharing best practice, and actively improving the way we work to help us continue to change things for the better. We feel passionate that everyone should feel valued when they come into contact with our organisation, whether that's you, someone we care for or the wider community we operate in.

You will put to use your strong communication and organisation skills, along with a flexible approach, to ensure you deliver positive experiences to patients at every stage of their healthcare journey.

You will care for patients and their families in the way that you believe is best, delivering our high service standards, sharing best practice, and actively improving the way we work to help us continue to change things for the better. We feel passionate that everyone should feel valued when they come into contact with our organisation, whether that's you, someone we care for or the wider community we operate in.

A full UK driving license and access to a vehicle for work purposes is essential for this role.

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 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.

Job responsibilities

We're looking for Band 5 Nurses with an RGN qualification and license to practice, to join our community nursing team.

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

As a Band 5 Community Nurse, you'll be part of our valued team based at Kent Science Park in Sittingbourne.

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

• £29,970 Band 5 salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• 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
• Plentiful on site-parking
• Free tea, coffee, and milk at your base location

Person Specification

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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, and we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.