Band 5 Community Nurse

HCRG Care Group; Sittingbourne; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading community health service provider in Kent is seeking a motivated Band 5 Community Nurse. You will join a friendly team dedicated to patient rehabilitation. The role involves caring for patients, demonstrating strong communication and organisational skills, and managing flexible shifts. Newly qualified nurses are welcome, with support through a forward-thinking Preceptorship scheme. A full UK driving license and access to a vehicle are essential. This position offers a range of benefits, including NHS Pension and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Band 5 salary with NHS Pension

Discounts through My Reward Hub

Access to earned wages

Mental and physical wellbeing support

eLearning and career development opportunities

Open culture encouraging innovation

High clinical and quality standards

Plentiful on-site parking

Free refreshments at base location

Qualifications

• Qualified nurse with RGN and license to practice.
• Confident using IT systems, Microsoft Office.
• Able to demonstrate strong communication.
• Organisational skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Care for community patients and families.
• Deliver high service standards in care.
• Work flexible hours in a 7-day service.

Skills

RGN qualification and licence to practice

Strong communication skills

Organisational skills

IT systems confidence

Knowledge of Microsoft Office

Job description

Are you a motivated and caring Registered Nurse based in the Kent area and passionate about the rehabilitation of the 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 10 of the 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 8 am‑8 pm. Shifts are as follows: 8 am‑4 pm, 9 am‑5 pm and 12 pm‑8 pm.

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.

A full UK driving licence 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.

While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we may need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you are keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

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

Job responsibilities

We’re looking for Band 5 Nurses with an RGN qualification and licence 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.

Benefits

• 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 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 as 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 ring‑fenced 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

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.