Specialist Community Matron End of Life & Dementia Care

Job summary

This is an exciting time in Community Services and in particular Integrated Care.

We are looking for a Community Matron who is creative, highly engaged, and flexible to join our friendly Integrated Care Team within Provide. Mid Essex is located 30 miles northeast of London, Our community covers 130 square miles and includes the only city in Essex, plus open countryside and attractive villages. Chelmsford City, offers first class shopping, wining & dining and visitor attractions, leisure opportunities and recreational open spaces.

You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team supporting them in providing high quality care to patients.

You may be required to support services within your locality across the Mid Essex region at other Organisational sites, should the need arise, therefore access to a car is essential. Our operational hours are 08.00 - 23.00, seven days a week, the post holder will be required to Monday-Friday 0800 - 1600.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will act as a professional and clinical role model for end of life care, dementia and the out of hours nursing service, demonstrating strong leadership and upholding the values of the organisation and profession as well as behaviours to facilitate a culture of trust, openness, integrity, kindness and mutual support.
• They will act as an ambassador for Provide and demonstrate excellent customer care.
• This role involves working collaboratively with hospices, community palliative care teams, primary care, secondary care, care homes, dementia intensive support service and voluntary organisations. Supporting local and national palliative care strategic planning to provide seamless integrated care for palliative patients and those important to them.
• The post holder will work with community teams to support and advise people living with dementia and those important to them at each stage of disease progression or as patient need changes and until end of life.

About us

Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.

We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people's homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.

A highly respected, award winning health and social care provider. We expect our staff to demonstrate and uphold our values at all times:

Vision: Transforming Lives

Values: Care, Innovation and Compassion

Mission: An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.

Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+ and Ethnic Minority Networks.

We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups. If you have the skills and experience for the job, please apply regardless of your background.

Eligible for NHS Pension

Employer details

Employer name

Provide CIC

Address

St Peters Hospital

Maldon

CM9 6EG

Employer's website

https://www.provide.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Provide CIC

Address

St Peters Hospital

Maldon

CM9 6EG

Employer's website

https://www.provide.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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