Community Nurse

Job summary
Are you a Registered Nurse wanting to gain the skills, knowledge, and competencies relevant to the community?

Do you want to develop your career within a clinically led organisation, at the forefront of the revolution of adult community nursing?

Are you passionate for high quality patient care and experience?

We are seeking a highly motivated Registered Nurse to work within a wider team of nurses and health care assistants. You will work under the direction of a District Nurse, to assess, implement and evaluate person centred care for a caseload of patients, undertaking venepuncture, wound care, catheterisation, syringe drivers, end of life care and symptom control. On achieving all relevant competencies, the post holder will be reviewed for a Band 6 Senior Community Nurse post.

Post holders will be available to work Monday to Sunday between 8am and 8pm. A full UK driving license and vehicle for business use if required for this post, however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.

Procare Community Services are not a UKVI sponsoring organisation, so all candidates are required to have their own independent right to work.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification to understand more about the opportunity this role presents you.

Main duties of the job

• Job Purpose: The post holder will visit adult patients in their own home who have an identified nursing need including those with a long-term condition, complex care needs and needing care at home and the end of life.
• The post holder will use an electronic patient held record system, EMIS as a record of care and all our nurses are provided with a work Iphone and Ipad for mobile working.
• The community nurse will use a range of nursing skills including venepuncture, wound care, catheterisation, syringe drivers, end of life care and symptom control and on successfully attaining all the competencies required will be reviewed for a Band 6 Senior Community Nurse post.

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.

Details
Date posted: 21 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 5
Salary: £33,677 to £40,996 a year Per Annum Pro Rata inc. HCAS
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 067-CR-Community Nurse-NG
Job locations: Jarvis Centre, Stoughton Road, Guildford, GU1 1LH, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
We recognise that a highly skilled community nursing workforce is the cornerstone to safe patient care and avoiding unnecessary admission to hospital and have lots training and development opportunities available, alongside a career development pathway with opportunities for development at every level through to band 3 to band 8.

All community nurses work as part of a local team, closely with the local acute hospital, social care, mental health teams, GPs, and Practice Nurses and use the electronic clinical record, EMIS with a work Ipad and Iphone provided.

Person Specification
Education / Training / Qualifications

• Essential: Registered Level 1 Nurse with current Nursing and Midwifery Council registration

Knowledge and Experience

• Essential: Ability to assess nursing needs and implement nursing care and treatment
• Essential: A full UK driving license and vehicle for business use if required for this post, however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010
• Essential: Ability to prioritise visits in accordance with patient clinical need
• Essential: Ability to organise own workload without direct supervision

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Procare Community Services
Employer's website:

For questions about the job, contact:
Clinical Lead, Stephanie Ray, View email address on meeveem.com, View phone number on meeveem.com

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