District Nurse

Job summary

You will lead a local community nursing team, working closely with the local acute hospital, adult social care, mental health teams, GPs, and Practice Nurses to ensure high quality care for the local population.

From 1st July 2020 Procare Community Services are providing adult community nursing services through a partnership venture with The Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust.

All community nurses use EMIS as the electronic clinical record system and are provided with a work Ipad and Iphone. We have full-time, part time and bank posts available within our adult community nursing teams.

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.

Main duties of the job

Are you a District Nurse, passionate for high quality patient care, newly qualified or experienced?

Are you seeking career development in a clinically led organisation, at the forefront of the revolution of community nursing?

We are seeking a highly motivated District Nurse with the aptitude, motivation, and leadership skills, to drive local changes and integration within community nursing. As a named District Nurse for a GP practice, accountable for a caseload of patients, you will operationally manage and lead a team to ensure effective, efficient, safe, and high-quality nursing care for patients and carers.

All work allocation and triage of referrals is through a Community Coordination Centre, which as a District Nurse you will be required to work within. Post holders will be available to work Monday to Sunday covering shifts between 8 am and 8 pm and need to be able to travel to patients homes frequently throughout the day across the locality and across Guildford and Waverley.

About us

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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for details.

All work allocation and triage of referrals is through a Community Coordination Centre, which as a District Nurse you will be required to work within. Post holders will be available to work Monday to Sunday covering shifts between 8 am and 8 pm and need to be able to travel to patients homes frequently throughout the day across the locality and across Guildford and Waverley.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Level 1 Nurse with current Nursing and Midwifery Council registration District Nursing Specialist Practice Qualification / diploma / degree Assessor / NMC Supervisor / Mentorship Nurse prescriber (V100)

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