Community Matron

Procare Health Ltd; Guildford; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

Agenda for Change terms

Staff development opportunities

Job summary

Procare Community Services seeks a Community Matron to lead advanced clinical care for adults with complex long-term conditions, frailty, and multiple needs. You will coordinate integrated care with GPs, social care, and mental health teams to keep patients independent at home.

You will manage high-risk caseloads, review new referrals, and drive improvements in patient outcomes while working rotating late shifts and weekends as required.

Qualifications

• Registered Level 1 Nurse with NMC registration.
• MSc or level-7 qualification with health assessment module.
• Experience in community/nurse-led management of complex cases.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert clinical leadership and proactive case management for adults with complex needs.
• Coordinate care across organisations to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions.
• Assess, diagnose, treat, and evaluate health and care needs in the home.
• Support integrated care and quality improvement initiatives.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Case management

Advanced clinical assessment

Collaboration

Education

MSc / level 7 health assessment

Tools

EMIS

Job description

Join Procare Community Services as a Community Matron and play a pivotal role in delivering proactive, person-centred care to adults with complex long-term conditions, frailty, and multiple health needs. Working within an Integrated Neighbourhood Team, you will provide advanced clinical assessment, case management, and leadership to support people to remain independent at home and reduce avoidable hospital admissions. You will work collaboratively with GPs, community services, social care, mental health teams, and other partners to coordinate holistic care and improve outcomes for patients and carers. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced registered nurse with strong clinical decision-making skills, a passion for integrated care, and a commitment to quality improvement. In return, you will join a supportive organisation that values clinical excellence, innovation, teamwork, and professional development while making a real difference in local communities.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will manage a caseload of individuals with complex needs and long-term conditions who are identified as being at high risk of unnecessary admission to hospital. You will need to have the nursing skills, experience, and expertise to assess, diagnose, treat, and evaluate health and needs.

All community nurses use EMIS as the clinical record system and are provided with a work Ipad and Iphone. We offer Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions and NHS Pension. Procare are committed to supporting the development of all employees to their full potential and all employees working within the Procare Community Services adult community nursing service will additionally have access to the staff benefits, learning and development opportunities offered by the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust.
As a Community Matron you will be required to work within the Community Coordination Centre on a rotational basis to cover late shifts and weekends, to clinically review and prioritise new, complex, and urgent referrals. 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

Working for our organisation

The Procare Chief Operating Officer is a Nurse by background, who has a real passion for all aspects of Community working. Our board is clinically led with a Director of Nursing and GPs who have vast community experience, ensuring that Procare has the expertise and knowledge base needed to develop sustainable integrated services.

With a strong emphasis on high-quality care, patient safety, and a positive patient and carer experience as the core of our strategy, our goal is to ensure excellent care for our local community. We aim to achieve this by creating a supportive and highly skilled workforce, making Procare a great place to work.

We are an innovative, ambitious, friendly, and supportive local team. We take pride in our clinically led and flat management structure, which ensures transparent leadership from all directors. We are in search of an individual with the requisite skills and attributes, someone who is pragmatic and solution-focused, and who desires to be a part of our local Community Nursing Services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide expert clinical leadership and proactive case management for adults with complex and long-term health conditions, with a focus on preventing avoidable hospital admissions and supporting individuals to remain independent at home. Working as part of the Integrated Neighbourhood Team, the post holder will coordinate care across organisational boundaries, deliver comprehensive assessments, and develop personalised care plans that improve patient outcomes and experience.

Qualifications

• Registered Level 1 Nurse with current Nursing and Midwifery Council registration
• Qualification or experience equivalent to MSc / level 7, including health assessment module

Knowledge and Experience

• Advanced clinical assessment and decision-making skills, including the recognition and management of deterioration, frailty, and long-term conditions.
• Experience of managing complex caseloads and coordinating care for patients with multiple long-term conditions and complex health needs.
• Knowledge of safeguarding, risk assessment, health and safety, and clinical governance principles.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.