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Community Matron | Minehead Medical Centre | Part-Time (20 Hours / 0.5 FTE)
Are you an experienced Community Matron with a passion for proactive, patient-centred care and supporting people to live independently in their own homes?
At Minehead Medical Centre, we are looking for an experienced and compassionate Community Matron to join our primary care team and play a key role in delivering personalised, holistic care to patients with complex health needs across our community.
Main duties of the job
- Advanced Clinical Assessment: Providing comprehensive assessment, diagnosis and management of patients with complex, long-term conditions, including frail, elderly and housebound patients.
- Proactive Care Planning: Delivering anticipatory care planning, falls assessments, polypharmacy reviews and personalised care interventions.
- Care Coordination: Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams to ensure joined-up, effective care pathways.
- Supporting Independence: Helping patients remain safe and independent within their own homes and reducing unnecessary hospital admissions.
- Leadership & Service Development: Supporting the development of proactive frailty services, early intervention pathways and community-based models of care.
- Patient & Family Support: Building strong relationships with patients, families and carers and supporting informed decision-making regarding ongoing care.
About us
For over 20 years, OneMedical Group has been redefining how healthcare is delivered in the UK. As a leading independent, family-run healthcare organisation, we provide NHS services at scale and design, build and manage the spaces where care happens, bringing everything together under one roof. We are proud to be the only organisation in the UK to do this.
We believe the best places to work are created by people who genuinely love what they do and celebrate each other's success.
At OneMedical Group, our culture is defined by a rare combination of national ambition and genuine family heart. Founded by a father and daughter who believed healthcare could be delivered with greater empathy and agility, we have built a workplace rooted in trust, empowerment and open doors.
Above all, we are united by a shared purpose: creating spaces and delivering services that make a lasting, positive difference to the health and wellbeing of the communities we serve.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Community Matron will provide advanced clinical care, care coordination and leadership for patients with complex healthcare needs across community and primary care settings.
This is an exciting opportunity to work closely with patients, families, carers and multidisciplinary teams to support some of our most vulnerable patients, particularly those living with frailty, multiple long-term conditions and complex healthcare needs.
You will be someone who is passionate about helping patients receive the right care, in the right place, at the right time.
As Community Matron, you will help patients maintain their independence, improve their quality of life and reduce avoidable hospital admissions through proactive assessment, care planning and coordinated support.
Working closely with GPs, community services, social care teams, care homes and voluntary sector partners, you will support the delivery of integrated, proactive and person-centred care. Rated 'Good' by the CQC, Minehead Medical Centre continues to invest in its people, services and local community and remains focused on continuous improvement, innovation and service development.
Based in the coastal town of Minehead, Somerset, close to Exmoor National Park and within easy reach of Bristol and Taunton, Minehead Medical Centre serves a patient population of approximately 10,000 and is supported by a friendly, dedicated team committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centred care, where you could:
- Make a meaningful difference to patients with complex and long-term healthcare needs.
- Build trusted relationships with patients, carers, community services and partner organisations.
- Work autonomously while being supported by a collaborative multidisciplinary team.
- Play a key role in developing proactive, community-focused healthcare services.
When you join Minehead Medical Centre, you will enjoy working within a supportive local team while benefiting from the resources, stability and career development opportunities offered by a wider healthcare organisation.
What We Offer
- Salary: £50,000 - £55,000 per annum FTE (40 hours), dependent on experience.
- NHS Pension: 20.6% employer contribution.
- Annual Leave: 25 days plus Bank Holidays (pro-rata), increasing with length of service, plus an extra day of leave awarded for every year of service.
- Indemnity: Professional indemnity cover provided.
- Professional Development: Ongoing training, development and career progression opportunities.
- Work-Life Balance: Flexible working arrangements where service needs allow, alongside enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Pay.
- Health & Benefits: 24/7 confidential mental health support via Health Assured EAP, Eye Care scheme, Cycle to Work scheme and OMG's Refer a Friend cash bonus scheme.
When you join OneMedical Group, you will become part of an organisation that is committed to helping you grow, make a meaningful contribution and thrive in your career. Through our developing Elevate Academy, we are creating clear and accessible pathways that support colleagues from induction and role-specific learning through to apprenticeships, specialist expertise, leadership and education.
We know that everyone's career journey is different, which is why we want every colleague to understand the opportunities available to them, identify their next step and receive the support they need to achieve it.
We also recognise that working in healthcare can be both demanding and rewarding. Our approach to wellbeing is developed with our colleagues and shaped by what they tell us matters most. We will support and empower you to look after your own wellbeing while working together to create a healthier future for our patients, our colleagues and the communities we serve.
Ready to Make a Difference?
If you are passionate about proactive community healthcare and want to help patients with complex needs live healthier, more independent lives, we would love to hear from you. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK at the time of application and throughout their employment.
OneMedical Group is committed to equality of opportunity and helping candidates perform at their best throughout the recruitment process. If you require any adjustments or support, please contact .
Person Specification
Strong understanding of multidisciplinary and multi-agency working. Knowledge of current NHS priorities, community care models and integrated care services. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective relationships with patients, carers and colleagues. Strong clinical assessment, decision-making and organisational skills. Good digital literacy and confidence using clinical systems, including EMIS. A commitment to delivering compassionate, patient-centred care and supporting service improvement.
Essential
- Strong understanding of multidisciplinary and multi-agency working.
- Knowledge of current NHS priorities, community care models and integrated care services.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective relationships with patients, carers and colleagues.
- Strong clinical assessment, decision-making and organisational skills.
- Good digital literacy and confidence using clinical systems, including EMIS.
- A commitment to delivering compassionate, patient-centred care and supporting service improvement.
Experience
Essential
- Significant post-registration experience within community nursing, primary care or management of complex patient caseloads.
- Experience working with patients living with frailty, multiple long-term conditions or complex care needs.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current NMC registration.
- Independent Nurse Prescriber (V300).
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
OneMedicalGroup
Address
2 Irnham Road
Minehead
TA24 5DL
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.onemedicalgroup.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)