Community Nurse

The NHS 10 year plan puts care in the community at it's heart, providing personalised, accessible and holistic support closer to home and to be able to rise to the challenges of increasing complexity and acuity. Enhanced community services will come together to support the person to stay safe and independent in the place they call home., The role of the Community Nurse is to support the Community Nursing team to deliver individualised patient care in accordance with national and local priorities, organisational policies, procedures and guidelines. This includes the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of safe patient care and the ability to raise concerns in a timely manner when it is appropriate to do so.

You will be working as part of the Integrated Neighbourhood teams and will have close liaison with other Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) members. You will be required to actively participate and contribute to daily handovers and team meetings.

We expect you to prioritise your daily work in line with clinical and patient need and to maintain accurate and legible patient records using an electronic patient record system. We would also expect you to contribute to patient risk assessments, identifying any untoward situations and the reporting of these through our incident management system.

If you want to be part of this exciting challenge then consider coming to work with CSH Surrey. We are looking for talented, forward- thinking Staff Nurses to join our Community Nursing services.

The successful applicant will be part of the Nursing workforce and will provide safe and effective care under the indirect supervision of a Senior District Nurse within the Community Nursing team. You will be working within the scope of your practice, providing, holistic nursing care to our patients living within a defined geographical location within the community. You will support and supervise HCAs, Nursing Associates and Pre-registration nurses. You may also be expected to participate in service improvement initiatives and audits. You will be supported by the service to develop your nursing skills with on-the-job training and, if appropriate, be able to take part in our internal Preceptorship Programme.

Please note that Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. Candidates must possess valid UK right-to-work documentation.

CSH Surrey are part of the NHS and are Surrey's longest established NHS community services provider, so our employees get NHS pay and pensions, and also receive the Fringe High-Cost Allowance of 5%.