Band 5 Community Staff Nurse

Band 5 Community Staff Nurse

HCRG Care Group

Dartford

Full time

Job Introduction

We’re looking for an enthusiastic and passionate Band 5 Community Nurse to join our friendly and welcoming Community Nursing team based in Dartford, North Kent to help us continue to change things for the better.

If you are newly qualified, let us support you with our forward‑thinking Preceptorship scheme that we have just been awarded a Quality Mark for. This is a mixture of face‑to‑face, e‑Learning and workshop‑based learning to support your development in your chosen career pathway.

This is a 37.5‑hour full‑time opportunity. The community nursing team works across 7 days per week, 08.00 – 20.00.

A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes is essential.

Main Responsibility

Put your NMC/1st‑level registration to great use, working independently and as part of a wider multidisciplinary team. You will deliver positive experiences to patients at every stage of their healthcare journey, providing care that reflects our high service standards and sharing best practice.

The Ideal Candidate

Community nurses with NMC/1st‑level registration who are confident using IT systems and can demonstrate working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel).

A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes is essential.

Package Description

As a Band 5 Community Staff Nurse you’ll be part of our valued Swanley and Rural PCN Team based at Dartford Central.

You will feel valued as a Community Nurse within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• AFC Band 5 Salary pro rota with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions plus a 5% high‑cost area allowance
• Plentiful onsite parking
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases such as grocery shopping and cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high‑interest rates
• Online and face‑to‑face help with your mental and physical well‑being – from healthy recipes and activity challenges to post‑trauma support, legal, debt and life‑management help, as well as career coaching and counselling
• Access to e‑Learning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our \’Outstanding\’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas that help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ring‑fenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards, with a majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission
• Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location

About The Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, HCRG Care Group is one of the UK’s leading independent providers of community health and care services. We work with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and musculoskeletal services, as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year, guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We are a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work‑environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

Safeguarding and protecting children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of utmost importance. Everyone who joins our team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

Finally, the company you will work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job we will process and hold information about you. For more information on how we use your data, please see our website’s privacy policy.