Senior Community Nurse

Procare Health Ltd; Haslemere; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Procare Health Ltd in Haslemere (NHS site) invites applications for a Senior Community Nurse. You will visit patients at home and care homes, deliver clinical care, and contribute to a multidisciplinary team. EMIS records and a provided IPad/IPhone support daily documentation and communication.

Driving will be required to cover a defined caseload within the local community. The role offers progression pathways from band 3 to band 8, a preceptorship program, and training opportunities;

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration.
• Degree level education in a relevant area.
• Experience in community nursing preferred.
• Full UK driving license and access to a vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Provide home visits and assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care for a caseload.
• Perform clinical skills such as venepuncture, wound care, catheterisation, and end-of-life care.
• Work under the District Nurse and participate in MDT meetings.
• Maintain EMIS records and ensure high standards of documentation.
• Deliver shifts 8am–8pm, Monday to Sunday as needed.

Skills

Venepuncture

Wound care

Catheterisation

End of life care

Syringe drivers

Compression bandaging

Dopplers

EMIS

Education

NMC registration

Degree level education

Tools

EMIS

Job description

Employer Procare Health Ltd Employer type NHS Site Haslemere Hospital, Town Haslemere Salary £41,957 - £50,387 Per Annum Pro Rata inc. HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 20/09/2026 23:59

Senior Community Nurse

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Job overview

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?

This unique position offers you the opportunity to work as part of a highly skilled community workforce who are the cornerstone of safe patient care. You will work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team to visit patients in their own homes and care homes to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions. We have lots of training and development pathways at every level through from band 3 to band 8. We provide a preceptorship program to support you in your role and ongoing training and development.

We use electronic clinical records through EMIS and a work IPad and IPhone will be provided.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking a highly motivated and ambitious Senior Registered Nurse to join the wider Community Nursing Team which includes Community Matrons, District Nurses, Registered Nurses, Nursing Associates and Healthcare Assistants. You will work under the direction of a District Nurse to assess, implement and evaluate person centred care for a caseload of patients. You will undertake clinical skills including venepuncture, wound care, catheterisation and end of life including syringe drivers.

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.

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

Communication

• Communicateseffectivelywithpatients,carers,andallmembersofthemultidisciplinary team.
• Maintainsaccurateandlegibledocumentationandclinicalrecordsinlinewithprofessionalandorganisational requirements – this includes contemporary paper records and electronic clinical record system, EMIS.
• ActsasthenominatedLeadNurseandoverseesdailyhandoverensuringrecordofthedailyhandoveris logged.
• MaintainsstrongworkingrelationshipsandcommunicateseffectivelywithGPs,practicenurses,social services, acute / community hospital colleagues, borough council staff and the local voluntary sector.
• Communicateseffectivelywithothersinvolvedinpatientcareincludingweekends/outofhours,usingmobile phone, and emails to enable a timely response to patient’s needs.
• AttendsGP/caseload meetings andMDT meetings if the District Nurse caseload holder is unable to.
• Activelycontributestolocalitybased,team,workinggroupsandGP meetings.
• WorksunderthedirectionoftheDistrictNursetodocumentandensurehighqualityandeffectiveassessment, treatment, implementation, and evaluation of nursing care to patients and carers within their own home setting.
• Takes responsibility for a defined caseload in the absence of the District Nurse.
• ResponsiblefortheeffectivetriagingofreferralsandallocationofworkacrossalocalitywithintheCommunity Nursing Team.
• Prioritisesdailyworkinlinewithclinical/patientneedandescalateswherethereareissueswithundertaking daily visits.
• Undertakesfullnursingassessmentsofpatients, includingthosewithmultiple pathology andcomplex health and social needs.
• Responsibleforagreeingthepatient’scareplan,liaisingwithothers,andadaptingthecareand treatment
• Responsiblefor the monitoringof medicationregimes, assessingeffectsandadvisingpatientsonthesafe storage and disposal of drugs.
• Initiates,implements,andevaluateshealthpromotionactivitiesandself-carestrategieswithindividuals, patients, and carers.
• Evaluatescareandtreatmentinagreementwiththepatientandasdefinedinthecare plan.
• Escalates any deviation from thecare planor change in condition at hand over and to theDistrict Nurse / GP accordingly.
• Responsible for the correct use of aids and equipment supplied for patients and carers and for the security, care and maintenance of equipment ensuring standards of infection control and safety are maintained – including equipment loaned to patients.
• Undertakeallaspectsofmedicinesmanagementrelatedactivitiesinaccordancewithinthe company’s
• Undertakeallaspectsofmedicinesmanagementrelatedactivitiesinaccordancewiththe company’s
• medicinespolicywhereappropriatetraininghasbeengivenandcompetencieshavebeen achieved.
• Responsibleforrecognisingtheneedsoftheservice,identifyingrisk,andmakingrapidautonomousdecisions, escalating to the District Nurse Team Lead and Clinical Lead as required.
• Participatesinriskassessmentandpromotesthesafetyandwell-beingofpatients,staffandanyotherpersons and ensures a safe work environment.
• Appropriately delegates patient visits to other members of the team, including non-registrants.

Service Development

• Actively involved inthe development and implementationof adult community nursing service developments and initiatives.
• Promotingandsupportstheimplementationofinnovationandtechnologywithinthe workplace.
• Participates in clinical audit and the implementation of changes to ways of working / clinical practice fromfindings, recommendations, and action plans.
• Actively participates in and contributes to meetings and working groups that inform the adult communitynursing service and nursing profession.
• Actively involved inthe development and implementationof adult community nursing service developments and initiatives, including nursing strategies and frameworks.

Leadershipand Management

• Support the District Nurse with operationally managingRegisteredNursesinthecommunitynursing team.
• To monitor stock levels of dressings and other equipment in line with budget and to be responsible for the ordering of dressings and other equipment in line with lean stock management and efficient principles.
• Ensuresthatallcomplaints,untowardincidents,accidents,andareasofclinicalriskareidentifiedandreported to the District Nurse and on the electronic incident reporting system (DATIX) in accordance with policy
• Responsible for the security, care andmaintenance ofequipment ensuring standards of infection prevention and control and safety are maintained

Developmentofselfand others

• AccountableforownprofessionalactionsinlinewiththeNMCcodeandlocalpolicyand guidelines
• Recognises own limitations in the provision of clinical care and urgency of patient’s needs, referring to other health care professionals accordingly and is accountable for his/her own actions often without direct supervision
• Keeps up to date with professional nursing and regulatory requirements, health care developments, clinical evidence,NationalServiceFrameworksforpractice, nationalandlocalpolicies,andguidelinestomaintainup to date technical and professional knowledge relevant to the post
• Responsiblefortheself-developmentofskillsandcompetenciesthroughparticipation in learning and development activities and continuing professional development to maintain up to date technical and professional knowledge relevant to the post
• Responsible for completing all own mandatory training within required time frames and for ensuring this is completed for other team members
• Participatesinownannualappraisalandobjectivesettingeach year
• Accessregular1-1meetingswithline manager
• Accesses,participates,encourages,andfacilitatesregularclinicalsupervisionandpeer review
• Undertakes assessor (mentor) training (if not already done so) and updates to ensure skills are available to facilitate the teaching and learning experiences for all students, colleagues, visitors, and employees
• Supportinginduction,competencyachievement,supervisionandmentoringofnewteammembersand supporting pre-registration student nurses
• Undertakesformalstudentassessmentsandparticipatesinthemaintenanceofaneffectivelearning environment

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered Level 1 Nurse with current Nursing and Midwifery Council registration
• Educated to level 6 / degree level in relevant area

Knowledge and Experience

• Broad range of clinical skills relevant to Community Nursing that are actively undertaking, - including but not limited to Compression Bandaging, Dopplers, Venepuncture, Male & Suprapubic catheter, Syringe drivers and Palliative care Symptom Management.
• Ability to delegate nursing care and to prioritise visits in accordance with patient need and to organise workload without direct supervision
• 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

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.