Community Matron

Job summary

The post holder will manage a caseload of individuals with complex needs and long-term conditions who are identified as being at high risk of unnecessary admission to hospital. You will need to have the nursing skills, experience, and expertise to assess, diagnose, treat, and evaluate health and needs.

As part of the Proactive Integrated Care Service, you will work alongside social care, mental health, ambulance, and acute colleagues to ensure coordinated, responsive, and safe care.

All community nurses use EMIS as the clinical record system and are provided with a work Ipad and Iphone. 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

We are seeking a highly motivated and highly skilled Registered Nurse with level 6/level 7 health assessment and Non Medical Prescribing (or working towards). The ideal candidate will be a highly respected Registered Nurse with significant experience at minimum band 6. You will have a high level of clinical and nursing skills, particularly in the management of complex, frail patients and long term conditions. You will need to have experience of working across primary and community care and with the acute hospital, social care, and mental heath services.

As a Community Matron you will be required to work within the Community Coordination Centre on a rotational basis to cover late shifts and weekends, to clinically review and prioritise new, complex, and urgent referrals. You will need to be able to travel to patients homes frequently throughout the day across the locality and across Guildford and Waverley and have experience to support the District Nursing service at times of business continuity.

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.