Job overview

Would you like to be able to work flexibly around your other commitments, working as part of a multidisciplinary team providing holistic care for patients in their own homes and community settings?

We are seeking enthusiastic Community Nurses of all bands to join our staff bank for ad hoc work. We can offer shifts across community sites based in Leatherhead, Dorking, Banstead, Epsom and East Elmbridge including our twilight services, with hours between 08.00 – 23.20. We also have opportunities to work in our two community hospitals based in Dorking and Molesey, as well as our integrated unit at Epsom hospital covering 24/7. We can offer a supportive and flexible working environment, along with competitive rates of pay.

Community Nurses deliver care in patients homes and residential homes as part of a Multi-Disciplinary Team, linking closely with the GP Practices and other community services in the local areas. We work with the aim of preventing unnecessary admissions to hospital and in assisting people to manage their conditions in their own homes.

You can find out further information about us on our website at - surreydownshealthandcare.nhs.uk

Please note all candidates must have their own car with the correct insurance to be able to work 

Main duties of the job

Full time is preferable with some weekends as well ( estimate 1 in 4) 

Please note all candidates must have their own car with the correct insurance to be able to work 

Clinical competencies 

• Venepuncture 
• end of life including medicines - injectable / syringe drivers
• Ivabs ( preferable not essential) 
• wounds - compression preferable not essential 
• dopplers preferable not essential 
• wound dressings - ulcers & accidental wounds 
• Pressure area management and knowledge
• PIC lines - flush and management 
• PEG - meds and flush preferable not essential 
• bowel care - Suppositories / enema / DRE
• Insulin administration 
• injections 
• bp/pulse /sats - identifying a unwell patient 
• Catheters - wash out / inserting / removing : Male / Female/Spubic . 
• Bladder Scans 

Working for our organisation

At Epsom and St Helier – we run high performing hospitals with a strong track record in providing high quality care, delivering operational standards and meeting our financial targets. In addition to that, we are proud to host joint ventures with our partners in mental health, social care, community health and GPs in Surrey Downs and Sutton, providing adult community, children’s therapy and sexual health services as part of Sutton Health and Care, and adult community services as part of Surrey Downs Health and Care. We are committed to providing seamless joined up care for the 500,000 people we serve as their local hospitals and community services.

We know that all of our achievements are only possible because of the commitment, team work and expertise of our staff – and we truly value the dedication our teams show. As a result, we want Epsom and St Helier to be an outstanding place to work where staff are treated with, and treat others with, respect at all times.

By choosing to work here, we all also choose to be role models of respect. We can make this commitment thanks to a recent comprehensive review of the culture of our organisation (including more than 3,000 pieces of feedback from our staff and patients and thousands of us going through bespoke training and workshops), which showed us that ‘above all we value respect’ and gave us the tools to make sure we can live by this powerful value.