Community Nurse

Surrey Downs Health & Care Partnership; Leatherhead; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Surrey Downs Health & Care is seeking Band 5 nurses to work in Leatherhead PCN, joining a community-focused team delivering holistic care to patients in their homes.

Roles require a valid UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work, with opportunities for learning and professional development through our Learning & Development Department.

Qualifications

• Be an NHS Band 5 nurse with current registration (NMC).
• Be able to work within community settings and drive to visit patients.
• Commitment to holistic, patient-centred care in the community.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of the team with lead responsibilities negotiated with the District Nurse.
• Assess care needs and develop, implement and evaluate holistic care plans.
• Support and educate family/carers and promote patient health and wellbeing.
• Maintain clear records in line with SDHC procedures and data entry requirements.
• Provide professional supervision and act as mentor to junior staff where appropriate.
• Liaise with other professionals and agencies to ensure coordinated care.

Skills

NMC guidelines

Job description

Surrey Downs Health & Care

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Nurses to work at Leatherhead PCN, within Surrey Downs Health & Care. If you are passionate about caring for people and making a difference within your community, we would love to hear from you!

We are looking for nursing staff from all backgrounds including newly qualified, those more experienced, looking for a change, maybe wanting to work locally, excited by the difference of being out within the community with the benefits and challenges that brings.

To work within the team, contributing to team management and the development of innovative practice. To be responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of holistic care packages.

Please note these roles require post holders to hold a current and valid driving licence enabling them to drive in the UK and have access to a vehicle for work purposes.

We have our own Learning & Development Department that have a range of different courses and development plans that give you the opportunity to grow your career.

• Work as part of the team undertaking lead responsibilities as negotiated and agreed with District Nurse
• Treat all patients as individuals, respecting their privacy and dignity at all times
• Assess individual care needs, implement and evaluate holistic programmes of care
• Involving, supporting, informing and educating family/carers
• Take every opportunity to promote health and wellbeing of the patient
• Develop effective communication and liaison systems
• Maintain clear and comprehensive, signed and contemporaneous records according to SDHC procedures
• Facilitate/undertake training and professional updating for team and students
• Act as an assessor and mentor to qualified and unqualified staff
• Maintain, develop and monitor standards of evidence based nursing care
• Maintain own professional and clinical integrity in line with NMC guidelines
• Support/mentor team members and participate in clinical supervision activities
• Work without direct supervision and to maintain close liaison with the senior team member, deputising as required
• Be responsible and maintain timely patient care
• Be responsible for maintain data entry and other record keeping
• To work in co-operation and partnership with all other professionals and agencies involved in the care of the patient

Surrey Downs Health and Care deliver care closer to people’s own communities through our Primary Care Networks, Community Hospitals, Specialist Services and our innovative partnership of local NHS organisations.

Surrey Downs Health And Care Has a Track Record Of Providing Person Centered Care That Goes Beyond Organisational Boundaries To Do What Is Best For The Individual. This Partnership Includes

• The three GP federations GP Health Partners, Dorking Health Care and Surrey Medical Network representing practices that operate in the Surrey Downs area
• Epsom and St Helier’s University Hospitals NHS Trust
• Surrey Council County

Historically, there have been boundary lines between the organisations that provide care to people in their homes, in GP surgeries and in hospitals, but we have always been united in our mission to provide great care to the people who need us.

It’s on those grounds that the Surrey Downs Health and Care was formed – we want local people to receive the care that they need in the right environment. By bringing together our expertise, we can improve patient care and enable local people to access the right support, care and treatment more easily than ever before.

In bringing this partnership together, we are working to the same set of values that will translate into better care for our residents.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: George Hilditch Job title: Operational Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07917233266