Job summary
Surrey Downs Health & Care
Join our friendly and supportive Dorking team and make a real difference to patients in your local community. We're looking for a committed Community Nurse to help us deliver outstanding, patient-centred care. Whether you're newly qualified or an experienced nurse, we'd love to hear from you.
In this role, you'll provide high-quality nursing care to patients in their own homes, care homes, and clinics. You'll see a wide variety of conditions and needs, from wound care and palliative support to long-term condition management and rehabilitation, working closely with a skilled and multi-disciplinary team.
At Surrey Downs Health & Care, we're committed to supporting your professional growth. You'll benefit from regular supervision, ongoing training, and opportunities for development, as well as playing a key role in supporting student placements. We also offer a flexible working model across sites, giving you the chance to build both your skills and your career in community nursing.
Main duties of the job
To work within the team, contributing to team management and the development of innovative practice. To be responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of holistic care packages.
About us
Surrey Downs Health & Care provides care closer to home through our Community Nursing Teams, Primary Care Networks, Community Hospitals, and Specialist Services, working as part of an innovative partnership of local NHS organisations.
Our Community Nurses play a vital role in delivering person-centred care that crosses traditional boundaries. By working across GP practices, patients' homes, care homes and clinics, we ensure that local people receive the right care, in the right place, at the right time.
The Surrey Downs Health & Care partnership brings together:
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The three GP federations - GP Health Partners, Dorking Health Care and Surrey Medical Network - representing practices across Surrey Downs
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Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
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Surrey County Council
This collaboration means patients benefit from joined-up, seamless care. By working as one system, we can improve outcomes, reduce unnecessary hospital admissions, and make it easier for people to access the care and support they need.
Our shared values underpin everything we do in community nursing: providing outstanding, compassionate care and supporting people to remain well and independent within their own communities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Work as part of the team undertaking lead responsibilities as negotiated and agreed with District Nurse
- Treat all patients as individuals, respecting their privacy and dignity at all times
- Assess individual care needs, implement and evaluate holistic programmes of care
- Involving, supporting, informing and educating family/carers
- Take every opportunity to promote health and wellbeing of the patient
- Develop effective communication and liaison systems
- Maintain clear and comprehensive, signed and contemporaneous records according to SDHC procedures
- Facilitate/undertake training and professional updating for team and students
- Act as an assessor and mentor to qualified and unqualified staff
- Maintain, develop and monitor standards of evidence based nursing care
- Maintain own professional and clinical integrity in line with NMC guidelines
- Support/mentor team members and participate in clinical supervision activities
- Work without direct supervision and to maintain close liaison with the senior team member, deputising as required
- Be responsible and maintain timely patient care
- Be responsible for maintain data entry and other record keeping
- To work in co-operation and partnership with all other professionals and agencies involved in the care of the patient
- Be aware of and act upon when necessary, procedures that are in place to protect vulnerable individuals
- Participate in the SDHC Clinical Governance Strategy
- Participate in the SDHC Risk Management Strategy
- Undertake any such other duties which may be required from time to time as are consistent with the post
- Maintain own professional and clinical integrity in line with NMC guidelines
- Staff are employed to work within SDHC localities and may be reasonably requested to move base temporarily or on a more permanent basis, as requested by service needs.
Please refer to the job description and person specification for mode details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Work as part of the team undertaking lead responsibilities as negotiated and agreed with District Nurse
- Treat all patients as individuals, respecting their privacy and dignity at all times
- Assess individual care needs, implement and evaluate holistic programmes of care
- Involving, supporting, informing and educating family/carers
- Take every opportunity to promote health and wellbeing of the patient
- Develop effective communication and liaison systems
- Maintain clear and comprehensive, signed and contemporaneous records according to SDHC procedures
- Facilitate/undertake training and professional updating for team and students
- Act as an assessor and mentor to qualified and unqualified staff
- Maintain, develop and monitor standards of evidence based nursing care
- Maintain own professional and clinical integrity in line with NMC guidelines
- Support/mentor team members and participate in clinical supervision activities
- Work without direct supervision and to maintain close liaison with the senior team member, deputising as required
- Be responsible and maintain timely patient care
- Be responsible for maintain data entry and other record keeping
- To work in co-operation and partnership with all other professionals and agencies involved in the care of the patient
- Be aware of and act upon when necessary, procedures that are in place to protect vulnerable individuals
- Participate in the SDHC Clinical Governance Strategy
- Participate in the SDHC Risk Management Strategy
- Undertake any such other duties which may be required from time to time as are consistent with the post
- Maintain own professional and clinical integrity in line with NMC guidelines
- Staff are employed to work within SDHC localities and may be reasonably requested to move base temporarily or on a more permanent basis, as requested by service needs.
Please refer to the job description and person specification for mode details.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- o1st level registration
- oEvidence of clinical competencies
Desirable
- oWillingness to complete appropriate courses
- oEvidence of continued professional development
Experience
Essential
- oTo have an understanding of current issues affecting the NHS
- oExperience/knowledge relevant to particular post
Desirable
- oRelevant post registration experience
- oSome community experience
Skills
Essential
- oAbility to assess, deliver and evaluate quality care
- oIT and data entry skills
- oAbility to organise own time efficiently
- oAbility to develop new skills appropriate to role
Other
Essential
- oCar driver with a valid License to drive in UK with access to a car to use for business purposes
- oFlexible
- oReliable
- oAdapt positively to change
Desirable
- oAbility to work under pressure
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- o1st level registration
- oEvidence of clinical competencies
Desirable
- oWillingness to complete appropriate courses
- oEvidence of continued professional development
Experience
Essential
- oTo have an understanding of current issues affecting the NHS
- oExperience/knowledge relevant to particular post
Desirable
- oRelevant post registration experience
- oSome community experience
Skills
Essential
- oAbility to assess, deliver and evaluate quality care
- oIT and data entry skills
- oAbility to organise own time efficiently
- oAbility to develop new skills appropriate to role
Other
Essential
- oCar driver with a valid License to drive in UK with access to a car to use for business purposes
- oFlexible
- oReliable
- oAdapt positively to change
Desirable
- oAbility to work under pressure
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
