Job overview

Join Procare Community Services as a Community Matron and play a pivotal role in delivering proactive, person-centred care to adults with complex long-term conditions, frailty, and multiple health needs. Working within an Integrated Neighbourhood Team, you will provide advanced clinical assessment, case management, and leadership to support people to remain independent at home and reduce avoidable hospital admissions. You will work collaboratively with GPs, community services, social care, mental health teams, and other partners to coordinate holistic care and improve outcomes for patients and carers. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced registered nurse with strong clinical decision-making skills, a passion for integrated care, and a commitment to quality improvement. In return, you will join a supportive organisation that values clinical excellence, innovation, teamwork, and professional development while making a real difference in local communities.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will manage a caseload of individuals with complex needs and long-term conditions who are identified as being at high risk of unnecessary admission to hospital. You will need to have the nursing skills, experience, and expertise to assess, diagnose, treat, and evaluate health and needs.

All community nurses use EMIS as the clinical record system and are provided with a work Ipad and Iphone. We offer Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions and NHS Pension. Procare are committed to supporting the development of all employees to their full potential and all employees working within the Procare Community Services adult community nursing service will additionally have access to the staff benefits, learning and development opportunities offered by the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust.
As a Community Matron you will be required to work within the Community Coordination Centre on a rotational basis to cover late shifts and weekends, to clinically review and prioritise new, complex, and urgent referrals. 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

Working for our organisation

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.