Band 5 Community Night Staff Nurse

HCRG Care Group; Swindon; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

HCRG Care Group is seeking a Band 5 Nurse for its community night nursing team in Swindon. The role involves delivering high-quality, person-centered care, managing complex health issues, and supporting patients and their families during critical times. Ideal candidates will possess NMC registration and have a strong commitment to professional development.

Benefits

NHS Pension

Discounts via My Reward Hub

Access to wages as earned

Support for mental and physical wellbeing

Bespoke career pathways

Free tea, coffee, and milk

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with valid NMC registration.
• Experience with systematic assessment and evaluation of care.
• Ability to perform nursing duties, including administering injections.

Responsibilities

• Deliver nursing care within clinical protocols, ensuring quality.
• Support patients with end-of-life care and complex health needs.
• Work collaboratively with healthcare teams across Community Services.

Skills

Palliative care

Communication skills

Wound care

Catheter care

Diabetes management

Independence

Education

Registered Nurse (Adult) – NMC registration

Tools

IT systems

Job description

We are looking to recruit a Band 5 nurse to join our community night nursing team compromising of Band 6 registered nurses and Band 3 Health care support workers who provide a responsive service to the Swindon residents between the hours of 22.00 and 8am across 7 days working, 365 days a year.

Responding to and caring for patients who require support during the end stage of their life and require the administration of pain relief to manage their physical, emotional and spiritual needs and supporting those patients is an essential part of this role as will be supporting the family during these times. Other clinical and nursing interventions will be supporting those patients who will be experiencing issues with their indwelling catheters, wound care, administration of medications or unexpected trauma injuries requiring wound treatment. You will also work collaboratively with the out of hours GP service, 111 and the ambulance service responding and advising on referrals which may require nursing intervention to support and care for the patients in their own homes.

With the appropriate level of clinical skills, training and support you will develop and embed the skills and confidence to work autonomously with patients in their own home, with support from the wider experienced team. This role would be suitable for an experienced nurse who is looking to develop or expand their current skills within the community setting. We are fully supportive of professional development to enable you to enhance your skill, knowledge and autonomy.

Main Responsibility

The post holder will deliver nursing care within operational and clinical protocols, ensuring safe, high-quality practice while working alongside clinical teams across community services. They will contribute to the leadership, management, and organization of the nursing team, accepting delegated nursing tasks from senior staff and escalating concerns as needed. A key part of the role is promoting a person-centered approach, ensuring service user autonomy and involvement while maintaining accurate written records in compliance with service, NMC, and partner agency standards.

Additionally, the role involves maintaining a multidisciplinary approach to care, identifying opportunities to enhance health promotion interventions, and ensuring evidence-based practice is applied in all aspects of care delivery. The post holder will be expected to challenge any practice that does not meet required standards, deliver personalized care with dignity and respect, and strive for continuous improvement in clinical practice through research and professional development.

Other responsibilities include participating in the teaching and assessment of pre- and post-registration students, adhering to Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s Equity and Diversity protocols, and managing concerns and complaints promptly in collaboration with relevant personnel. The post holder will also support the implementation of information technology within the service while ensuring compliance with data protection regulations and safeguarding protocols.

The role requires flexibility in working hours, including evenings, weekends, and Bank Holidays, with the expectation of maintaining suitable transport for service delivery. Due to the nature of the work, an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check is required.

The Ideal Candidate

• Registered Nurse (Adult) – first or second level registration with the NMC.
• Experience in systematic assessment, planning, and evaluation of needs-led care.
• Ability to perform a full range of nursing duties, including wound care, catheter care, palliative care, diabetes management, and administering injections.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Knowledge of legislation relevant to professional practice.
• Proficiency in IT systems.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills.
• Adaptability to a diverse range of responsibilities, including home visits and using patient record systems.
  • Valid UK driving license with access to a vehicle for work purposes.

Please see the attached Job description for the full list of requirements.

Package Description

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

• AFC Band 5with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions (Salary within banding, discussed and agreed based on previous salarywith evidence provided)
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as 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 wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, 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 which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced 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 we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working 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 MSK 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’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

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• Job Category HCRG - Nursing and Midwifery Registered