PCN Community Nurse

• An innovative, motivated, positive and proactive Nurse looking for a new challenge?
• Do youthrive in a fast-paced organisation with a growing team with great spirit?
• Are you comfortable making autonomous decisions while providing expert care?

The PCN Community Nurse role is focused on delivering safe, high-quality primary care nursing services to the St Neots Primary Care Network (PCN) population.

The post holder will work proactively across practice and community settings, supporting service development while providing responsive, patient-centred care.

The role requires close integration with the wider multidisciplinary team to assess, manage, and support patients with ongoing medical and nursing needs.

St Neots PCN hasa great Nursing/AHP team with a wide range of skills, we have a good support network and offer different training opportunities.

Please note the salary offered is the part time equivalent. This is a role offering 25 hours per week.

The purpose ofthe PCN Community Nurse is to deliver safe, high quality primary care nursing services to the practices population. Working within the NMC Code of Conduct and professional boundaries, the post holder will deliver primaryhealth care interventions and care. The post holder will support service development, the safe delivery of policy and procedures, and demonstrate effective professional nurse standards, advocacy and performance.

We provide the potential to develop skills in line with the needs of the business and your personal interests.

The purpose ofthe Practice/Community Nurse is to deliver safe, high quality primary care nursing services to the practices population. Working within the NMC Code of Conduct and professional boundaries, the post holder will deliver primaryhealth care interventions and care. The post holder will support service development, the safe delivery of policy and procedures, and demonstrate effective professional nurse standards, advocacy and performance.

We provide the potential to develop skills in line with the needs of the business and your personal interests.

About the Practice/Department/Team

StNeots PCN consists of local surgeries run by doctors, nurses and associated staff who know their patients and care deeply about the quality of health provided in their communities. We build upon this by investing in people,facilities and equipment to provide services that are more accessible, more convenient and more diverse within the local community. We work for our patients.

The PCN Community Nurse is expected to maintain contemporary clinical competence and credibility, and to be closely integrated with the wider practice team and related services.

Key responsibilities include:

• Reviewing and providing care for patients in the community and practice.
• Managing ongoing medical and nursing needs of patients, including advice and followup care.
• Prioritising patient needs appropriately, including arranging investigations and making referrals when necessary.
• Any patient assessed as requiring secondary care referral should be discussed with the registered GP before the referral is made.

• Registered Nurse
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Primary Care Nursing qualification
• Accredited Diploma Level Award in chronic disease management

• Experience of managing/dealing with the public/patients
• Experience of working within healthcare governance systems and understands role and responsibilities for CQC and within risk management
• Experience of using clinical systems & Microsoft Office software
• Experience in Primary or Community Care Nursing
• Management of long-term conditions
• Experience of audit and/or research
• Experience of Systm One

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.