Community Nurse - PCNs - Surrey Downs H&C ***£2,000 Welcome Payment

at  Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

ARE YOU PASSIONATE ABOUT THE HELPING PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY? IF SO, COME AND JOIN OUR FANTASTIC TEAMS.

We have exciting opportunities for Band 5 Nurses to work across our PCN Sites (listed below) within Surrey Downs Health & Care. If you are passionate about caring for people and making a difference within your community, we would love to hear from you!
We are looking for nursing staff from all backgrounds including newly qualified, those more experienced, looking for a change, maybe wanting to work locally, excited by the difference of being out within the community with the benefits and challenges that brings.
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.
Please note these roles require post holders to hold a current and valid deriving licence enabling them to drive in the UK and have access to a vehicle for work purposes.
We have our own Learning & Development Department that have a range of different courses and development plans that give you the opportunity to grow your career.

APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Dorking community nursing team cover central Dorking & the beautiful surrounding villages of Surrey. Dorking can be described as a charming market town, surrounded by the beautiful Surrey Hills, whilst you are working in the community you can catch a glimpse of the wooded hills and open landscape & as you drive through the streets of Dorking you can experience the historic streets of the town. Dorking is close to the M25 with good aces from Guilford and London. Making Dorking an excellent place to work. Flexible hours can be considered- during the day we cover 8.30-18.30 and have a twilight team from 18.30-23.30hrs. We work closely with the GP practices , Matrons , physio, hospices and Dorking community hospital to deliver interventions such as blood tests , wound care right through to high level complex care with the aim of avoiding hospital admissions . If you would like to know more about working in the Dorking community nursing team.

• Leatherhead Primary Care Networ

MAIN DUTIES OF THE JOB

PCN - Primary Care Network
It is a network formed from GP practice populations working in partnership with others to provide health and care to local communities.

What will PCNs do?

• Provide ongoing care and support
• Deploy the most appropriate staff member(s) in a coordinated and timely way to best use community resources
• Reduce risk of admission for patients
• Support people in their homes, people in care homes and through in-reach in to hospitals where necessary
• Work closely with the community hospitals and specialist teams

Each PCN has a community focused trimuvirate (group of three) of Lead GP / Community; Lead Clinician and Operational Manager. Specialist services and community hospitals work closely with the PCNs to ensure a whole system approach to working across Surrey Downs.

DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION AND MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Please see a list of our different PCNs that have current vacancies below. Please select from the drop down application which area you are interested in working when applying…

• Dorking

(Medwyn Centre, Reigate Road, Dorking RH4 1SD)

Dorking community nursing team cover central Dorking & the beautiful surrounding villages of Surrey. Dorking can be described as a charming market town, surrounded by the beautiful Surrey Hills, whilst you are working in the community you can catch a glimpse of the wooded hills and open landscape & as you drive through the streets of Dorking you can experience the historic streets of the town. Dorking is close to the M25 with good aces from Guilford and London. Making Dorking an excellent place to work. Flexible hours can be considered- during the day we cover 8.30-18.30 and have a twilight team from 18.30-23.30hrs. We work closely with the GP practices , Matrons , physio, hospices and Dorking community hospital to deliver interventions such as blood tests , wound care right through to high level complex care with the aim of avoiding hospital admissions . If you would like to know more about working in the Dorking community nursing team.

• Leatherhead Primary Care Network

(Leatherhead Hospital, Poplar Road, Leatherhead, KT22 8SD)
Leatherhead PCN team will be undergoing transformation as part of SDHC business plan . As part of this transformation, successful applicants may be required to work from a different base in the future and will be part of the consultation process for this.
This is an exciting opportunity for highly motivated and enthusiastic registered nurses to come and join the innovative community nursing team at Leatherhead Primary Care. We are a highly supportive team, who encourage nurses with or without community experience to come and join us, to make a positive contribution to nursing in the community. We can offer you the support, training, autonomy and flexibility of a modern NHS service, and we actively encourage newly qualified nurses, with an interest in pursuing a rewarding career in community nursing to apply.
(Our Banstead, East Elmbridge, Epsom & ICP PCNs do not currently have Band 5 vacancies)