Community Nurse

Procare Health Ltd; Guildford; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Procare Health Ltd seeks a Registered Nurse to operate within our community nursing team in Guildford. The role involves visiting adults in their homes, assessing needs, and delivering comprehensive care under a District Nurse's guidance.

You will perform venepuncture, wound care, catheterisation, syringe drivers, end-of-life care and symptom control. Successful candidates will use EMIS for patient records and will be equipped with a work iPhone and iPad for mobile working.

Qualifications

• Registered Level 1 Nurse with current NMC registration.
• Ability to assess nursing needs and implement care.
• Full UK driving license and vehicle for business use (adjustments allowed).
• Ability to prioritise visits and organise workload.

Responsibilities

• Visit adult patients in their own homes with identified nursing needs.
• Deliver nursing care including venepuncture, wound care, catheterisation, syringe drivers, end of life care and symptom control.
• Work under the direction of a District Nurse and progress towards Band 6 Senior Community Nurse as competencies are achieved.
• Use EMIS for documentation; work with iPhone/iPad for mobile working.

Skills

NMC registration

Home visits

Assessment skills

Prioritising visits

Organisation

Driving licence

Education

NMC Registered Nurse

Tools

EMIS

iPhone

iPad

Job description

Employer Procare Health Ltd Employer type NHS Site Jarvis Centre Town Guildford Salary £33,677 - £40,996 Per Annum Pro Rata inc. HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 05/10/2026 23:59

Community Nurse

Job overview

• Are you a Registered Nurse wanting to gain the skills, knowledge, and competencies relevant to the community?
• Do you want to develop your career within a clinically led organisation, at the forefront of the revolution of adult community nursing?
• Are you passionate for high quality patient care and experience?

We are seeking a highly motivated Registered Nurse to work within a wider team of nurses and health care assistants. You will work under the direction of a District Nurse, to assess, implement and evaluate person centred care for a caseload of patients, undertaking venepuncture, wound care, catheterisation, syringe drivers, end of life care and symptom control. On achieving all relevant competencies, the post holder will be reviewed for a Band 6 Senior Community Nurse post.

Post holders will be available to work Monday to Sunday between 8am and 8pm. 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

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification to understand more about the opportunity this role presents you.

Main duties of the job

Job Purpose:
The post holder will visit adult patients in their own home who have an identified nursing need including those with a long-term condition, complex care needs and needing care at home and the end of life.
The post holder will use an electronic patient held record system, EMIS as a record of care and all our nurses are provided with a work Iphone and Ipad for mobile working.
The community nurse will use a range of nursing skills including venepuncture, wound care, catheterisation, syringe drivers, end of life care and symptom control and on successfully attaining all the competencies required will be reviewed for a Band 6 Senior Community Nurse post.

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

We recognise that a highly skilled community nursing workforce is the cornerstone to safe patient care and avoiding unnecessary admission to hospital and have lots training and development opportunities available, alongside a career development pathway with opportunities for development at every level through to band 3 to band 8.

All community nurses work as part of a local team, closely with the local acute hospital, social care, mental health teams, GPs, and Practice Nurses and use the electronic clinical record, EMIS with a work Ipad and Iphone provided.

Person specification

Education / Training / Qualifications

• Registered Level 1 Nurse with current Nursing and Midwifery Council registration

Knowledge and Experience

• Ability to assess nursing needs and implement nursing care and treatment
• 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
• Ability to prioritise visits in accordance with patient clinical need
• Ability to organise own workload without direct supervision

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.